τὸ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τὸ

   to

   the
2. sentence🔊 Καὶ εἶδον ἕνα ἄγγελον ἑστῶτα ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ καὶ ἔκραξεν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγων πᾶσι τοῖς ὀρνέοις τοῖς πετομένοις ἐν μεσουρανήματι Δεῦτε συνάχθητε εἰς τὸ δεῖπνον τὸ μέγα τοῦ θεοῦ

   kai EI-don HE-na AN-ge-lon he-STÔ-ta en tôi hê-LI-ōi kai E-kra-ksen phō-NÊ me-GA-lê LE-gōn PÂ-si tois or-NE-ois tois pe-to-ME-nois en me-sou-ra-NÊ-ma-ti DEU-te sy-NA-khthē-te eis to DEIP-non to ME-ga tou the-OU

   And I saw one angel standing in the sun and he cried out with a voice great saying to all the birds the flying in midheaven Come gather into the supper the great of the God

Exegesis

The goal of this gathering is expressed by eis to deipnon to mega tou theou {εἰς τὸ δεῖπνον τὸ μέγα τοῦ θεοῦ | eis tò deîp-non tò mé-ga toû the-oû}, where the repeated article before deipnon and mega marks “the supper, the great one” for emphasis, and the genitive tou theou functions as a genitive of possession or authorship, identifying this banquet as instituted and governed by God. In translation, the sequence of finite verbs and participles is preserved by using main clauses followed by participial or relative structures, while the solemn and judicial overtones of the gathering are retained through terms like “great supper” and “feast” that remain open to the context of judgment that follows.

Root and etymology

πᾶν + κρατέω🔊 πᾶν + κρατέωpi–alpha–nu; kappa–rho–alpha–tau–epsilon–omega

“one who holds all; almighty”

• 🔊 κράτοςkappa–rho–alpha–tau–omicron–sigmamight; dominionEphesians 1:19