For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὅστις
Vocabulary form:
o{stiV, h{tiV, o{ti
Definition:
whoever, whichever, whatever
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
144
GK:
4015
Root:
oJ - tin
Mnemonics:
Who's this?
Notes:
This word is the combination of the relative and the indefinite pronouns (o{V + tiV). As such, both halves decline. See the Appendix for the full paradigm, page 350. If you are following Track Two, just memorize this word for now; its forms will be explained in chapter 10.
Because o{stiV is formed with the relative pronoun, it will only occur in a dependent clause; the o{stiV clause cannot contain the main subject and verb.
In Koine Greek, this relative indefinite pronoun was starting to shift so that it could also be used as the relative pronoun. In other words, its indefinite significance can be lost and o{stiV can be translated the same as o{V if required by the context.
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 2:6 | ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will shepherd my people Israel.’” |
| Matthew 5:25 | Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are still with him on the way to court, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be thrown into prison. |
| Matthew 5:39 | But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer; but whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other as well. |
| Matthew 5:41 | And whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) compels you to go one mile, go with him two. |
| Matthew 7:15 | “Beware of false prophets; they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. |
| Matthew 7:24 | “Therefore everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) hears these words of mine, and does them, is like the wise man, who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) built his house upon rock. |
| Matthew 7:26 | But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish man who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) built his house on sand. |
| Matthew 10:32 | So everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will acknowledge me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; |
| Matthew 10:33 | but whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 12:50 | For whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.” |
| Matthew 13:12 | For to the one who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does not have, even what he has will be taken away. |
| Matthew 13:52 | And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) brings out of his treasure things new and old.” |
| Matthew 16:28 | I tell you the truth, there are some of those standing here who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. |
| Matthew 18:4 | For whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) humbles himself as this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. |
| Matthew 19:12 | For there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have been that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) were made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.” |
| Matthew 19:29 | And everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. |
| Matthew 20:1 | “For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. |
| Matthew 21:33 | “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away on a journey. |
| Matthew 21:41 | They said to him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will give him his share at their harvest.” |
| Matthew 22:2 | “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) prepared a wedding feast for his son |
| Matthew 23:12 | And whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will humble himself will be exalted. |
| Matthew 23:27 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs that (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and all kinds of filth. |
| Matthew 25:1 | “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom. |
| Matthew 27:55 | And looking on from a distance were many women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. |
| Matthew 27:62 | On the following day, that (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is, after the day of Preparation, the ruling priests and the Pharisees went as a group to Pilate. |
| Mark 4:20 | These are the ones sown on good soil: good sown they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit — thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.” |
| Mark 9:1 | And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.” |
| Mark 12:18 | And the Sadducees, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) say there is no resurrection, came to him, and they were questioning him, saying, |
| Mark 15:7 | Among the rebels in prison, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) in the insurrection had committed murder, there was a man called Barabbas. |
| Luke 1:20 | And now you will be reduced to silence and not be able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will be fulfilled in their time.” |
| Luke 2:4 | So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, |
| Luke 2:10 | But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I announce to you good news of a great joy which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) will be for all the people, |
| Luke 7:37 | Now there was a woman known (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) in the city as a sinner, and when she learned that Jesus was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, |
| Luke 7:39 | When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is touching him — that she is a sinner.” |
| Luke 8:3 | and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna) and many other women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) cared for their needs out of their own resources. |
| Luke 8:15 | But as for that in the good soil — these are the ones who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc), having heard with an honest and good heart, hold firmly onto the word and bear fruit through patient endurance. |
| Luke 8:26 | Then they came to land in the region of the Gerasenes, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is across the lake from Galilee. |
| Luke 8:43 | Now there was a woman who had suffered a flow of blood for twelve years, but she (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) was not able to be healed by anyone. |
| Luke 9:30 | and two men were talking with him; Moses and Elijah, |
| Luke 10:42 | but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the most important thing, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) will not be taken away from her.” |
| Luke 12:1 | In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is hypocrisy. |
| Luke 12:50 | I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is completed! |
| Luke 13:8 | And he answered, saying to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. |
| Luke 14:15 | When one of those reclining at table with him heard him say these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the person who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” |
| Luke 14:27 | Whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 15:7 | I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have no need of repentance. |
| Luke 22:16 | For I say to you that I will certainly not eat again until it (hotou | ὅτου | gen sg neut) is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” |
| Luke 23:19 | who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) was thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city and for murder. |
| Luke 23:55 | The women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) had come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it |
| John 8:53 | Surely you are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? He (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?” |
Mnemonics
mnemonics suggestion
I am a good hostess (ostis) and therefore I will serve whoever comes whatever I have to eat on whichever plates are clean.