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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ ἄγγελος τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐτρύγησεν τὴν ἄμπελον τῆς γῆς καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν ληνὸν τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μέγαν

   KAI E-ba-len ho AN-ge-los to DRE-pa-non au-TOU eis tên GÊN KAI e-TRY-gê-sen tên AM-pe-lon tês GÊS KAI E-ba-len eis tên lê-NON tou thy-MOU tou the-OU ton ME-gan

   and threw the angel the sickle his into the earth and gathered {grapes} the vine of the earth and threw into the winepress of the wrath of the God the great

Exegesis

The subject ho angelos {ὁ ἄγγελος | ho ángelos} ‘the angel’ is introduced once and then understood for the subsequent aorist verbs, which present three decisive actions: ebalen {ἔβαλεν | é-ba-len} ‘cast’ his sickle into the earth, etrýgēsen {ἐτρύγησεν | e-trý-gē-sen} ‘harvested’ the vine, and again ebalen {ἔβαλεν | é-ba-len} ‘cast’ the harvested vine into the winepress.

Root and etymology

angellō🔊 ἀγγέλλωalpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega

“to announce, proclaim”

• 🔊 εὐαγγέλιονepsilon–upsilon–alpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–iota–omicron–nugood news, gospelMark 1:1
• 🔊 ἀγγελίαalpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–iota–alphamessage1 John 3:11