οὗτος

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Definition

οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, genitive, τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου,

[in LXX chiefly for זֹאת ,זֶה ;]

demonstr. pron. (related to ἐκεῖνος as hic to ille),

this;

1. as subst., this one, he;

(a) absol.: Matthew 3:17, Mark 9:7, Luke 7:44, 45, John 1:15, Acts 2:15, al.; expressing contempt (cl.), Matthew 13:55, 56, Mark 6:2, 3, John 6:42, al.; εἰς τοῦτο, Mark 1:38, Romans 14:9; μετὰ τοῦτο (ταῦτα; V. Westc. on John 5:1), John 2:12; 11:7, al.;

(b) epanaleptic (referring to what precedes): Matthew 5:19, Mark 3:35, Luke 9:48, John 6:46, Romans 7:10, al.;

(with) proleptic (referring to what follows): before ἵνα (Bl., §69, 6), Luke 1:43, John 3:19 (and freq.) 15:8, Romans 14:9, al.; before ὅτι, Luke 10:11, John 9:3o, Acts 24:14, Romans 2:3, al.; ὅπως, Romans 9:17; ἐάν, John 13:35;

(d) special idioms: τοῦτο μὲν . . . τ. δέ (cl), partly . . . partly. Hebrews 10:33; καὶ τοῦτο (τοῦτον, ταῦτα), and that (him) too, Romans 13:11, 1 Corinthians 2:2, Hebrews 11:12; τοῦτ᾽ ἐστιν, Matthew 27:46.

2. As adj., with subst.;

(a) with art.

(α) before the art.: Matthew 12:32, Mark 9:29, Luke 7:44, John 4:15, Romans 11:24, Revelation 19:9, al.;

(β) after the noun: Matthew 3:9, Mark 12:16, Luke 11:31, John 4:13, Acts 6:13, Romans 15:28, 1 Corinthians 1:20, Revelation 2:24, al.;

(b) with subst. anarth. (with predicative force; Bl., §49, 4): Luke 1:36; 2:2; 24:21, John 2:11; 4:54; 21:14, 2 Corinthians 13:1.

Hebrew words it translates

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,391 total
  1. Acts 10:43τούτῳ · about Him
    All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
  2. Acts 10:44ταῦτα · these
    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
  3. Acts 10:47τούτους · these [people]
    “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
  4. Acts 11:10Τοῦτο · This
    This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
  5. Acts 11:12οὗτοι · These
    The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.
  6. Acts 11:18ταῦτα · [this]
    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
  7. Acts 11:27ταύταις · those
    In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  8. Acts 12:17ταῦτα
    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
  9. Acts 13:7οὗτος · [The proconsul]
    …an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
  10. Acts 13:17τούτου · of
    The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
  11. Acts 13:20ταῦτα · this
    All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
  12. Acts 13:23Τούτου · of this [man]
    From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
  13. Acts 13:26ταύτης · this
    Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
  14. Acts 13:27τοῦτον · [Jesus]
    The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  15. Acts 13:33ταύτην
    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
  16. Acts 13:38τούτου · [Jesus]
    Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  17. Acts 13:39τούτῳ · Him
    Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
  18. Acts 13:42ταῦτα · this
    As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
  19. Acts 14:9οὗτος · This [man]
    This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
  20. Acts 14:15ταῦτα · this; τούτων · these
    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
  21. Acts 14:18ταῦτα · with these
    Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
  22. Acts 15:2τούτου · this
    And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
  23. Acts 15:6τούτου · this
    So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
  24. Acts 15:15τούτῳ · with this
    The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:
  25. Acts 15:16ταῦτα · [this]
    ‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
  26. Acts 15:17ταῦτα · these things
    …so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
  27. Acts 15:28τούτων · these
    It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:
  28. Acts 15:38τοῦτον · him
    But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
  29. Acts 16:3τοῦτον · [Timothy]
    Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
  30. Acts 16:12ταύτῃ
    From there we went to the Roman colony of Philippi, the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
  31. Acts 16:17αὕτη · [This girl]; Οὗτοι · These
    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!”
  32. Acts 16:18Τοῦτο · this
    She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
  33. Acts 16:20Οὗτοι · These
    They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
  34. Acts 16:36τούτους
    The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”
  35. Acts 16:38ταῦτα · this
    So the officers relayed this message to the magistrates, who were alarmed to hear that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens.
  36. Acts 17:3Οὗτός · This
    …explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
  37. Acts 17:6οὗτοι · These [men]
    But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
  38. Acts 17:7οὗτοι · They
    …and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
  39. Acts 17:8ταῦτα · this
    On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.
  40. Acts 17:11οὗτοι · [the Bereans]; ταῦτα · these [teachings]
    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.
  41. Acts 17:18οὗτος · {is} this
    Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
  42. Acts 17:19αὕτη · this
    So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  43. Acts 17:20ταῦτα · [they]
    For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”
  44. Acts 17:23τοῦτο
    For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
  45. Acts 17:24οὗτος
    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  46. Acts 17:32τούτου · this [topic]
    When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
  47. Acts 18:1ταῦτα · this
    After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.