Greek · G3588 · unreviewed

ὁ

The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

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ὁ G3588

Pronunciation ho

What does ὁ (ho) mean in the Bible?

ὁ (ho) is a Greek word meaning "the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)". ὁ, ἡ, τό, the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr.

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Meaning

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

Extended definition

the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.

IAs demonstr. pron.

1As frequently in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Act.17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).

2Distributive, ὁ μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, the one . . . the other: 1Co.7:7, Gal.4:22; pl., Act.14:4, 17:32, Php.1:16, al.; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δέ, Mat.16:14, Jhn.7:12; οἱ μεν̀ . . . ὁδέ, Heb.7:21, 23.

3In narration (without ὁ μὲν preceding), ὁ δέ, but he: Mat.2:14, Mrk.1:45, Luk.8:21, Jhn.9:38, al. mult.

IIAs prepositive article, the, prefixed,

1to nouns unmodified: ὁ θεός, τὸ φῶς, etc.; to abstract nouns, ἡ σοφία, etc., to pl. nouns which indicate a class, οἱ ἀλώπεκες, foxes, Mat.8:20, al.; to an individual as representing a class, ὁ ἐργάτης, Luk.10:7; with nom. = voc. in addresses, Mat.11:26, Jhn.19:3, Jas.5:1, al.; to things which pertain to one, ἡ χεῖρ, his hand, Mrk.3:1; to names of persons well known or already mentioned; usually to names of countries (originally adjectives), ἡ Ἰουδαία, etc.

2To modified nouns: with of person(s) pron. genitive, μοῦ, σοῦ, etc.; with poss. pron., ἐμός, σός, etc.; with adj. between the art. and the noun, ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος, Mat.12:35; the noun foll, by adj., both with art., ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, Jhn.10:11 (on ὁ ὄχλος πολύς, Jhn.12:9, see M, Pr., 84); before adjectival phrases, ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Rom.9:11.

3To Other parts of speech used as substantives;

aneuter adjectives: τ. ἀγαθόν, etc.;

bcardinal numerals: ὁ εἶς, οἷ δύο, etc.; __(with) participles: ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ Βαπτιστής, Mat.14:2), Mrk.6:14; πᾶς ὁ, with ptcp., every one who, etc.;

dadverbs: τὸ πέραν, τὰ νῦν, ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος;

einfinitives: nom., τὸ θέλειν, Rom.7:18, al.; genitive, τοῦ, after adjectives, ἄξιον τοῦ πορεύεσθαι, 1Co.16:4; verbs, ἐλαχεν τοῦ θυμιᾶσαι, Luk.1:9; and frequently in a final sense, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρειν, Mat.13:3 (on the artic. inf., see Bl., §71).

4In the neut. to sentences, phrases or single words treated as a quotation: τὸ Ἐι δύνῃ, Mrk.9:23; τὸ ἔτι ἅπαξ, Heb.12:27; τὸ ἀνέβη, Eph.4:9, al.

5To prepositional phrases: οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας, Heb.13:24; οἱ ἐκ νόμου, Rom.4:14; neut. accusative absol., in adverbial phrases, τὸ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, daily, Luk.11:3; τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, as regards the flesh, Rom.9:5.

6To nouns in the genitive, denoting kinship, association, etc.: ὁ τοῦ, the son of (unless context indicates a different relationship), Mat.10:2, al.; τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, the things that pertain to God, Mat.16:23; τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης, Rom.14:19 (cf. M, Pr., 81ff.; Bl, §§46, 47).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Matt 1:19 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:2 · Matt 2:3 · Matt 2:4 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:14 · Matt 2:21 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:13 2916×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 2:5 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:20 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:20 · Matt 4:22 · Matt 5:1 · Matt 5:3 · Matt 5:4 · Matt 5:5 · Matt 5:6 · Matt 5:7 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:10 1112×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:18 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 3:2 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 3:5 · Matt 3:10 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 4:24 · Matt 5:3 · Matt 5:10 · Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:20 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 6:3 · Matt 6:4 · Matt 6:10 980×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:17 · Matt 2:23 · Matt 3:12 · Matt 4:14 · Matt 5:13 · Matt 5:14 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 5:37 · Matt 6:9 · Matt 6:10 599×

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 6:32 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 10:2 · Matt 12:45 · Matt 13:4 · Matt 13:16 · Matt 13:26 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 13:40 · Matt 15:18 · Matt 15:20 · Matt 15:27 · Matt 17:2 · Matt 18:3 · Matt 22:4 · Matt 25:32 218×

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 1:17 · Matt 8:20 · Matt 9:2 · Matt 9:5 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 10:30 · Matt 11:20 · Matt 11:21 · Matt 11:23 · Matt 13:7 · Matt 13:54 · Matt 13:56 · Matt 14:2 · Matt 21:31 · Matt 21:32 · Matt 24:22 146×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:6 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 2:4 · Matt 2:5 · Matt 2:7 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:17 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 2:22 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:5 1908×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 1:3 · Matt 1:5 · Matt 1:6 · Matt 1:11 · Matt 1:17 · Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 2:5 · Matt 2:11 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:22 · Matt 3:1 · Matt 3:7 · Matt 3:8 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 4:18 1298×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 2:2 · Matt 2:16 · Matt 2:23 · Matt 3:2 · Matt 3:7 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:17 · Matt 5:3 · Matt 5:10 · Matt 5:13 · Matt 5:16 · Matt 5:19 · Matt 5:20 · Matt 5:35 · Matt 5:44 817×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 2:8 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:20 · Matt 3:13 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:1 · Matt 4:5 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:24 · Matt 6:8 · Matt 6:13 · Matt 6:22 · Matt 6:25 · Matt 8:1 · Matt 9:16 · Matt 9:20 599×

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Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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