Romans 14:15:5Rom.14.15.W5TAB
ὁ
ho
“the”
- Transliteration
- ho
- Extended
- hoh
- IPA
- /ho/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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ho
- sentence
ei gar di-A BRŌ-ma ho a-del-PHOS sou ly-PEI-tai ou-KE-ti ka-TA a-GA-pēn pe-ri-pa-TEIS mê tō brō-ma-TI sou e-KEI-non a-POL-ly-e hy-PER hou khri-STOS a-PE-tha-nen
Exegesis
The nominative phrase ho adelphos sou {ὁ ἀδελφός σου | ho a-del-phós sou} ‘your brother’ governs the passive verb lypeitai {λυπεῖται | lu-peî-tai} ‘is grieved,’ highlighting his emotional response.
Root and etymology
adelphósalpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma
“brother, sibling”
In context — Romans 14:15
For if your brother is grieved because of food, you are no longer walking according to love . Do not, by your food, bring to ruin the one for whom Christ died.
About this coordinate
Romans 14:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Romans 14:15, so the Greek word ὁ (ho) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.14.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.15.W5.S1) and character.