αὐτῶν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 αὐτῶν

   au-TÔN

   of them
2. sentence🔊 Μακάριοι οἱ πλύνοντες τὰς στολὰς αὐτῶν ἵνα ἔσται ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς καὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν εἰσέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν

   ma-KA-ri-oi hoi PLY-non-tes tas sto-LAS au-TÔN HI-na ES-tai hê ek-sou-SI-a au-TÔN e-PI to KSY-lon tês dzô-ÊS kai tois py-LO-sin ei-SEL-thô-sin eis tên PO-lin

   Blessed the ones washing the robes of them so that will be the authority of them over the tree of the life and to the gates they may enter into the city

Exegesis

The fronted direct object tas stolas autōn {τὰς στολὰς αὐτῶν | tàs stolàs autôn} emphasizes the symbolic robes of purity.

The purpose clause introduced by hina {ἵνα | hína} governs two coordinated clauses: estai hē exousia autōn epi to xylon tēs zōēs {ἔσται ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον τῆς ζωῆς | éstai hē exousía autôn epì tò xý-lon tês zōês} uses the future indicative to guarantee their authority over the eschatological life-tree, while kai tois pylōsin eiselthōsin eis tēn polin {καὶ τοῖς πυλῶσιν εἰσέλθωσιν εἰς τὴν πόλιν | kaì toîs pylô-sin eis-él-thō-sin eis tḕn pól-in} employs the aorist subjunctive to express the decisive entrance into the city. The preposition epi conveys privilege, and eis indicates movement into the sacred space.

Root and etymology

omega🔊 ὦμέγαomega–mu–epsilon–gamma–alpha

“great O, last letter”