Greek · G3778 · unreviewed

οὗτος

This/He/she/it

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οὗτος G3778

Pronunciation hoûtos

What does οὗτος (hoûtos) mean in the Bible?

οὗτος (hoûtos) is a Greek word meaning "this/he/she/it". οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, genitive, τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου, [in LXX chiefly for זֹאת ,זֶה ;] demonstr.

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Meaning

this/he/she/it

Extended definition

Demonstrates proximity or immediacy; contrasts with ἐκεῖνος (that) as near versus distant.

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

1as subst., this one, he;

aabsol.: Mat.3:17, Mrk.9:7, Luk.7:44, 45, Jhn.1:15, Act.2:15, al.; expressing contempt (cl.), Mat.13:55, 56, Mrk.6:2, 3, Jhn.6:42, al.; εἰς τοῦτο, Mrk.1:38, Rom.14:9; μετὰ τοῦτο (ταῦτα; V. Westc. on Jhn.5:1), Jhn.2:12 11:7, al.;

bepanaleptic (referring to what precedes): Mat.5:19, Mrk.3:35, Luk.9:48, Jhn.6:46, Rom.7:10, al.; __(with) proleptic (referring to what follows): before ἵνα (Bl., §69, 6), Luk.1:43, Jhn.3:19 (and freq.) 15:8, Rom.14:9, al.; before ὅτι, Luk.10:11, Jhn.9:3o, Act.24:14, Rom.2:3, al.; ὅπως, Rom.9:17; ἐάν, Jhn.13:35;

dspecial idioms: τοῦτο μὲν . . . τ. δέ (cl), partly . . . partly. Heb.10:33; καὶ τοῦτο (τοῦτον, ταῦτα), and that (him) too, Rom.13:11, 1Co.2:2, Heb.11:12; τοῦτ᾽ ἐστιν, Mat.27:46.

2As adj., with subst.;

awith art. __(α) before the art.: Mat.12:32, Mrk.9:29, Luk.7:44, Jhn.4:15, Rom.11:24, Rev.19:9, al.; __(β) after the noun: Mat.3:9, Mrk.12:16, Luk.11:31, Jhn.4:13, Act.6:13, Rom.15:28, 1Co.1:20, Rev.2:24, al.;

bwith subst. anarth. (with predicative force; Bl., §49, 4): Luk.1:36 2:2 24:21, Jhn.2:11 4:54 21:14, 2Co.13:1.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 5:19 · Matt 7:12 · Matt 8:27 · Matt 9:3 · Matt 10:22 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:23 · Matt 12:24 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 13:20 · Matt 13:22 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 14:2 188×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 1:22 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 15:11 · Matt 16:22 · Matt 18:4 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 21:4 · Matt 24:14 · Matt 26:9 · Matt 26:13 · Matt 26:26 · Matt 26:28 · Matt 26:39 · Matt 26:42 · Matt 26:56 · Matt 27:46 98×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:3 · Matt 13:38 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 20:21 · Matt 21:16 · Matt 25:46 · Matt 26:62 · Mark 4:15 · Mark 4:16 · Mark 4:18 · Mark 12:40 · Mark 14:60 · Luke 8:13 · Luke 8:14 · Luke 8:15 · Luke 8:21 73×

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 9:26 · Matt 13:54 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 22:20 · Matt 22:38 · Matt 24:34 · Matt 26:8 · Matt 26:12 · Matt 26:13 · Mark 8:12 · Mark 12:11 · Mark 12:16 · Mark 12:31 · Mark 12:43 · Mark 12:44 · Mark 13:30 72×

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 6:33 · Matt 10:2 · Matt 13:56 · Matt 15:20 · Matt 23:36 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 24:8 · Matt 24:34 · Mark 6:2 · Mark 7:23 · Mark 13:4 · Mark 13:8 · Mark 13:30 · Mark 16:17 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 1:65 46×

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Luke 21:22 · Acts 20:34 · Gal 4:24 3×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 5:37 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 6:32 · Matt 18:14 · Luke 7:18 · Luke 12:27 · Luke 12:30 · Luke 18:34 · Luke 21:12 · Luke 21:28 · Luke 24:14 · Luke 24:48 · John 1:50 · John 5:20 · John 14:12 · John 21:24 43×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:15 · Matt 13:22 · Matt 27:24 · Luke 13:16 · Luke 16:8 · Luke 20:34 · John 6:51 · John 8:23 · John 9:31 · John 10:41 · John 11:9 · John 12:31 · John 13:1 · John 16:11 · John 18:17 · John 18:29 41×

Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:41 · Matt 12:42 · Luke 7:31 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 11:32 · Luke 11:50 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 17:25 · John 10:16 · John 12:27 · John 15:13 · Acts 1:17 · Acts 1:25 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 2:29 · Acts 2:40 33×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 19:5 · Matt 26:29 · Mark 10:7 · Mark 10:10 · Luke 2:17 · Luke 9:45 · Luke 22:51 · Luke 24:4 · John 4:13 · John 6:61 · John 6:66 · John 16:19 · John 19:12 · Acts 15:2 · Acts 17:32 · Acts 28:9 28×

Biblical Occurrences

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Biblical Witnesses

Matthew 3:9 this hoûtos

Demonstrative adjective with article, pointing to a specific noun in immediate context

John 3:19 this hoûtos

Proleptic usage introducing a clause with ὅτι that follows, anticipating explanation

Romans 5:12-21 this hoûtos

Demonstrative pronoun substantively referring to preceding theological statement or concept

Ephesians 2:8-10 this hoûtos

Demonstrative referring epanaleptically to previously mentioned grace and salvation doctrine

Luke 15:11-32 this hoûtos

Demonstrative pronoun substantively used in narrative discourse to identify persons and events

Appears In

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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