Romans 14:4:18Rom.14.4.W18TAB
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
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SY TEES EI ho KRI-nōn al-LO-tri-on oi-KE-tēn tō i-DI-ō ky-RI-ō STĒ-kei ê PIP-tei sta-THĒ-se-tai DE dy-na-TEI gar ho KY-ri-os STĒ-sai au-TON
Exegesis
The verse opens with the rhetorical question su tis ei ho krínōn {σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ κρίνων | su | krínōn} ‘you, who are the one judging,’ foregrounding the speaker’s challenge of unwarranted human judgment.
The particle gar introduces the reason dynateî gar ho kýrios stêsai autón {δυνατεῖ γὰρ ὁ κύριος στῆσαι αὐτόν | dynateî | kýrios | stêsai | autón}, identifying the Lord as the subject with the power-intensive infinitive stêsai to secure the servant’s posture, contrasting human uncertainty with sure divine support.
Root and etymology
kyrioskappa–upsilon–rho–iota–omicron–sigma
“lord, master”
In context — Romans 14:4
Who are you, the one who judges another’s servant? To his own master he stands or he falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:4:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Romans 14:4, 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.14.4.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.4.W18.S1) and character.