τῷ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῷ

   tÔ

   the
2. sentence🔊 Μαρτυρῶ ἐγὼ παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντι τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου ἐάν τις ἐπιθῇ ἐπʼ αὐτά ἐπιθήσει ὁ θεὸς ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὰς πληγὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ

   mar-ty-RO e-GÔ pan-TI tÔ a-KOU-on-ti tous LO-gous tês pro-phê-tei-AS tou bi-BLI-ou TOU-tou e-AN tis e-pi-THÊ ep au-TA e-pi-THÊ-sei ho the-OS ep au-TON tas plê-GAS tas ge-gram-ME-nas en tÔ bi-BLI-ō TOU-tō

   I testify I to everyone the one who hearing the words of the prophecy of the book this if anyone adds to them will add the God upon him the plagues the written in the book this

Exegesis

The ethical dative phrase panti tō akouonti {παντὶ τῷ ἀκούοντι | panti tō akouonti} ‘to everyone who hears’ identifies hearers as morally responsible.

The perfect passive participle gegrammenas {γεγραμμένας | gegramménas} ‘having been written’ anchors the plagues as already inscribed en tō bibliō toutō {ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ τούτῳ | en tō biblíō toútō}, forming an inclusio that reinforces the text’s inviolability.

Root and etymology

meta🔊 μετάmu–epsilon–tau–alpha

“forehead, space between the eyes”

• 🔊 μέτωπονmu–epsilon–tau–omega–pi–omicron–nuforeheadRevelation 7:3
• 🔊 μέτωπονmu–epsilon–tau–omega–pi–omicron–nuforeheadEzekiel 3:8 LXX