ὅτι

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὅτι

   HO-ti

   because
2. sentence🔊 καὶ χάλαζα μεγάλη ὡς ταλαντιαία καταβαίνει ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ ἐβλασφήμησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν θεὸν ἐκ τῆς πληγῆς τῆς χαλάζης ὅτι μεγάλη ἐστὶν ἡ πληγὴ αὐτῆς σφόδρα

   kai KHA-la-za me-GA-lê hôs ta-lan-ti-AI-a ka-ta-BAI-nei ek tou ou-ra-NOU e-PI tous an-THRÔ-pous kai e-blas-PHÊ-mê-san hoi AN-thrô-poi ton the-ON ek tês plê-GÊS tês kha-LA-dzês HO-ti me-GA-lê es-TIN hê plê-GÊ au-TÊS SPHO-dra

   and hail great like talent-weight comes down from the heaven upon the people and they blasphemed the people the God because of the plague of the hail because great is the plague of it very much

Exegesis

The explanatory clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} “because” then clarifies the rationale: megalē estin hē plēgē autēs sphodra {μεγάλη ἐστὶν ἡ πληγὴ αὐτῆς σφόδρα | me-gá-lē es-tín hē plē-gē au-tēs sphó-dra} “its plague is great exceedingly.” Here megalē and sphodra combine to heighten the intensity, while autēs refers back to the hail, personifying its effect. In translation, the historical present katabainei is rendered with a present in the formal version to preserve vividness, while a simple past is used dynamically for narrative flow. The causal relationships expressed by ek and hoti are preserved with “because of” and “since,” maintaining the logical sequence from divine judgment to human blasphemy.