αὐτοῦ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτοῦ

   au-TOU

   of it
2. sentence🔊 καὶ τὸ θηρίον ὃ εἶδον ἦν ὅμοιον παρδάλει καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς ἄρκου καὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ὡς στόμα λέοντος καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ δράκων τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξουσίαν μεγάλην

   KAI to thê-RI-on ho EI-don ÊN HO-moi-on par-DA-lei KAI hoi PO-des au-TOU hôs AR-kou KAI to STO-ma au-TOU hôs STO-ma LE-on-tos KAI E-dô-ken au-TÔ ho DRA-kōn tên DY-na-min au-TOU KAI ton THRO-non au-TOU KAI ek-sou-SI-an me-GA-lên

   and the beast which I saw was like leopard and the feet of it as of a bear and the mouth of it as mouth of a lion and gave to it the dragon the power of it and the throne of it and authority great

Exegesis

A triad of comparative phrases—homoion pardalei {ὅμοιον παρδάλει | hó-mo-i-on par-dá-lei} “like a leopard,” hos arkou {ὡς ἄρκου | hōs ár-kou} “as a bear’s,” and hos stoma leontos {ὡς στόμα λέοντος | hōs stó-ma lé-on-tos} “as a lion’s mouth”—highlights the creature’s composite features, each genitive autou {αὐτοῦ | autoû} “of it” attributing them to the same entity.

The coordinated objects—ten dynamin autou {τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ | tḕn dý-na-min autoû} “its power,” ton thronon autou {τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ | tòn thró-non autoû} “its throne,” and exousian megalēn {ἐξουσίαν μεγάλην | ex-ou-sí-an megálēn} “great authority”—depict a comprehensive transfer of dominion. The translation preserves this accumulation of similes and the triadic bestowal to maintain the escalating sense of delegated sovereignty and menace.