ὁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὁ

   ho

   the
2. sentence🔊 ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Γάϊος ὁ ξένος μου καὶ ὅλης τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Ἔραστος ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως καὶ Κοῦαρτος ὁ ἀδελφός

   a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS GA-i-os ho KSE-nos mou KAI HO-lês tês ek-klê-SI-as a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS E-ras-tos ho oi-ko-NO-mos tês PO-le-ōs KAI KOU-ar-tos ho a-del-PHOS

   greets you Gaius the host of me and whole of the church greets you Erastus the steward of the city and Quartus the brother

Exegesis

In the first clause, Gaios {Γάϊος | Gáïos} is followed by the article-noun-pronoun sequence ho xenos mou {ὁ ξένος μου | ho xénos mou}, where the nominative noun phrase functions appositionally, identifying him as “my host.”

The second clause repeats the verb-object frame aspazetai hymas, now with Erastos {Ἔραστος | Érastos} as the subject, described by the appositive title ho oikonomos tēs poleōs {ὁ οἰκονόμος τῆς πόλεως | ho oikonómos tēs póleōs}, indicating an official civic position as “the steward of the city.”

The conjunction kai then adds Kouartos {Κούαρτος | Koúartos} with ho adelphos {ὁ ἀδελφός | ho adelphós} in apposition, marking him as “the brother,” a familial term for a fellow believer. English rendering preserves the two greeting clauses, uses appositional phrases to mirror the Greek nominative descriptors, and supplies an implied greeting verb for Quartus in the second clause to maintain fluent sentence structure while reflecting the single Greek verb governing both names.

Root and etymology

xen-🔊 ξεν-xi–epsilon–nu

“stranger, guest, host”

• 🔊 ξενίαxeníahospitalityActs 28:7
• 🔊 ξενοδοχέωxe–nu–delta–omicron–chi–epsilon–omegato receive as a guestLuke 9:4