οἳ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 οἳ

   HOI

   who
2. sentence🔊 ἀλλὰ καθὼς γέγραπται Οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη περὶ αὐτοῦ ὄψονται καὶ οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν συνήσουσιν

   al-LA ka-THOS GE-gra-ptai HOIS ouk a-nēn-GE-lē pe-RI au-TOU OP-son-tai KAI HOI ouk a-kē-KO-a-sin sy-NÊ-sou-sin

   but as it has been written to whom not was reported about him will see and who not have heard will understand

Exegesis

A second, parallel relative clause hoi ouk akēkóasin {οἳ οὐκ ἀκηκόασιν | hoí ouk akēkóasin} employs the perfect tense to describe a settled condition of never having heard, which is then resolved by the future active synesousin {συνήσουσιν | synḗsousin} “they will understand,” emphasizing future comprehension. The twin relative clauses followed by future verbs create a balanced, prophetic parallelism: those who have not been told will see, and those who have not heard will understand. In the formal reconstruction, the citation formula is rendered literally (“just as it has been written”) and the relative pronouns are made explicit with “Those to whom…” to clarify the subjects of the future verbs. The dynamic reconstruction reshapes the formula as “as the Scripture says” and recasts the aorist passive and perfect (“was not announced,” “have not heard”) into natural English expressions (“were never told,” “have never heard”) while preserving the forward-looking force of the futures.

Root and etymology

dynamai🔊 δύναμαιdelta–upsilon–nu–alpha–mu–alpha–iota

“to be able, be strong”

• 🔊 δύναμιςdynamispower, strengthActs 1:8