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Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 καὶ ὁ διάβολος ὁ πλανῶν αὐτοὺς ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν λίμνην τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ θείου ὅπου καὶ τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης καὶ βασανισθήσονται ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων

   KAI ho di-A-bo-los ho pla-NÔN au-TOUS e-BLÊ-thê eis tên LIM-nên tou py-ROS KAI THEI-ou HO-pou KAI to thê-RI-on KAI ho pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tês KAI ba-sa-ni-sthê-SO(n)-tai hê-ME-ras KAI nyk-TOS eis tous ai-Ô-nas tôn ai-Ô-nōn

   and the devil the deceiving them was thrown into the lake of the fire and sulfur where also the beast and the false prophet and and they will be tormented day and night into the ages of the ages

Exegesis

The verse begins with the coordinated subject phrase kai ho diabolos {καὶ ὁ διάβολος | kaí ho diá-bo-los}, linking this sentence to the preceding narrative and identifying “the devil” as the topic.

The attributive participial phrase ho planon autous {ὁ πλανῶν αὐτοὺς | ho pla-nôn au-toús} follows the noun in standard attributive position, characterizing the devil by his ongoing activity of deceiving “them,” with the object pronoun autous referring back to the nations previously deceived.

The relative adverb hopou {ὅπου | hó-pou}, followed by kai to therion kai ho pseudoprophetes {καὶ τὸ θηρίον καὶ ὁ ψευδοπροφήτης | kaí tò thē-rí-on kaí ho pseu-do-pro-phḗ-tēs}, introduces a locative relative clause, “where also the beast and the false prophet (are),” with the verb “are” understood. This clause ties the devil’s fate to that of the two figures previously cast into the lake, forming a triad of condemned enemies.

Root and etymology

diaballo🔊 διαβάλλωdelta–iota–alpha–beta–alpha–lambda–lambda–omega

“to slander, accuse”

• 🔊 διάβολοςdiá-bo-losthe DevilMatthew 4:1