ἀπʼ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἀπʼ

   ap

   from
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λεγούσης Γράψον Μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ ἐν κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπʼ ἄρτι ναί λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα ἵνα ἀναπαήσονται ἐκ τῶν κόπων αὐτῶν τὰ γὰρ ἔργα αὐτῶν ἀκολουθεῖ μετʼ αὐτῶν

   KAI Ê-kou-sa phō-NÊS ek tou ou-ra-NOU le-GOU-sês GRAP-son ma-KA-ri-oi hoi ne-KROI hoi en KY-ree-ōi a-poth-NÊI-skon-tes ap AR-ti NAI LE-gei to PNEU-ma HI-na a-na-pa-Ê-sōn-tai ek tôn KO-pōn au-TÔN ta gar ER-ga au-TÔN a-ko-lou-THEI met au-TÔN

   And I heard of a voice from the heaven saying Write Blessed the dead who in Lord dying from now Yes says the Spirit that they may rest from the labors of them the for works of them follows with them

Exegesis

The substantive adjective makarioi followed by the participial clause nekroi apothnēskontes {Μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ ἀποθνῄσκοντες | makárioi hoi nekrói apothnēískontes} forms the beatitude ‘Blessed are the dead who die,’ with en kuriō ap’ arti {ἐν κυρίῳ ἀπʼ ἄρτι | en kyríō ap’ árti} situating these deaths within the sphere of the Lord from this point forward.

Root and etymology

archē🔊 ἀρχήalpha–rho–chi–eta

“beginning, firstfruits”

• 🔊 ἀπαρχήaparchēfirstfruitsRomans 11:16