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ὅστις

hostis, hētiswho/whichHow to read Greek
greekNew Testament139 occurrences22 books133 verses

Definition

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (also written ὅ, τι and ὅτι; see LS, see word; WH, §411; Tdf., Pr., 111), in NT scarcely ever except in nom. (M, Pr., 91), the only instance of the oblique cases being found in ἕως ὅτου (see: ἕως), relative of indef. reference (related to simple ὅς as Lat. quisquis to qui),

whoever, anyone who;

(a) of an indef. person or thing: in general statements, Matthew 5:39, 41; 13:12, and freq., Luke 14:27, Galatians 5:4, al.; in relative sentences, Matthew 7:26, Luke 15:7, Philippians 3:7, al.; πᾶς, with indic., Matthew 7:24; 10:32; ὅ ἄν (ἐάν), with subjc., Matthew 12:50; 13:12, John 14:13, 1 Corinthians 16:2, Galatians 5:10, al.;

(b) of a definite person or thing, indicating quality, "either generic, which, as other like things, or essential, which by its very nature" (Hort on 1 Peter 2:11), who is such as: Matthew 2:6; 7:26, Luke 2:10; 7:37, John 8:53, Acts 7:53, Romans 6:2, 1 Corinthians 3:17, Galatians 4:24, Ephesians 1:23, al.;

(with) where the relative sentence expresses a reason, consequence, etc. (M, Pr., 92), seeing that he (it, they), and he (it, they): Luke 8:3; 10:42, Acts 10:47; 11:28, Philippians 4:3, al.;

(d) as in Ionic and late Greek (Bl., §50, 1; M, Pr., l.with), differing but little from ὅς: Luke 2:4; 9:30, Acts 17:10, Revelation 12:13.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ὅστις:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

139 total
  1. John 8:53ὅστις · [He]
    Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”
  2. John 21:25ἅτινα
    There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
  3. Acts 3:23ἥτις · who
    Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’
  4. Acts 5:16οἵτινες · [and]
    Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
  5. Acts 7:53οἵτινες · [you] who
    …you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
  6. Acts 8:15οἵτινες
    On their arrival, they prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit.
  7. Acts 9:35οἵτινες · [and]
    …and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
  8. Acts 10:41οἵτινες · who
    …not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
  9. Acts 10:47οἵτινες · [They]
    “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
  10. Acts 11:20οἵτινες
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  11. Acts 11:28ἥτις · ( [This]
    One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
  12. Acts 12:10ἥτις · which
    They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
  13. Acts 13:31οἵτινες · [They]
    …and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
  14. Acts 13:43οἵτινες · who
    After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
  15. Acts 16:12ἥτις
    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
  16. Acts 16:16ἥτις · who
    One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
  17. Acts 16:17οἵτινες · who
    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
  18. Acts 17:10οἵτινες
    As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.
  19. Acts 17:11οἵτινες · [for]
    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  20. Acts 21:4οἵτινες · [they]
    We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
  21. Acts 23:14οἵτινες · They
    They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
  22. Acts 23:21οἵτινες · [They]
    Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
  23. Acts 23:33οἵτινες · [When the horsemen]
    When the horsemen arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor and presented Paul to him.
  24. Acts 24:1οἵτινες · who
    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.
  25. Acts 28:18οἵτινες · [They]
    They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
  26. Romans 1:25οἵτινες · [They]
    They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
  27. Romans 1:32οἵτινες · [Although they]
    Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
  28. Romans 2:15οἵτινες · [So] they
    So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them
  29. Romans 6:2οἵτινες · who
    Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?
  30. Romans 9:4οἵτινές · [the people of]
    …the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
  31. Romans 11:4οἵτινες · who
    And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
  32. Romans 16:4οἵτινες · who
    …who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
  33. Romans 16:6ἥτις · who
    Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
  34. Romans 16:7οἵτινές · [They]
    Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
  35. Romans 16:12ἥτις · who
    Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
  36. 1 Corinthians 3:17οἵτινές · [that temple]
    If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  37. 1 Corinthians 5:1ἥτις
    It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
  38. 2 Corinthians 8:10οἵτινες · [you were]
    And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.
  39. 2 Corinthians 9:11ἥτις · [and]
    You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
  40. Galatians 2:4οἵτινες
    This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
  41. Galatians 4:24ἅτινά · These [things]; ἥτις · This
    These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
  42. Galatians 4:26ἥτις · [and she]
    But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
  43. Galatians 5:4οἵτινες · {You} who
    You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
  44. Galatians 5:10ὅστις · whoever
    I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
  45. Galatians 5:19ἅτινά
    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  46. Ephesians 1:23ἥτις · which
    …which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  47. Ephesians 3:13ἥτις · which
    So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
  48. Ephesians 4:19οἵτινες · [they]
    Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.
  49. Ephesians 6:2ἥτις · (which
    “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),