For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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οὗτος
Vocabulary form:
ou|toV, au{th, tou:to
Definition:
sg: this; he, she, it;
pl: these; they
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,387
GK:
4047
Root:
ouJto
Mnemonic Singing:
This is my Father's world,
and to my listening ears
Notes:
There is much more to this word than we are presenting here. Its form changes considerably in its different genders. ou|toV is covered in detail in chapter 13. As an adjective it means "this" (singular) and "these" (plural), and as a noun it means "this one."
Biblical Concordance
| John 12:6 | He said this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut), not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as keeper of the money box, he used to help himself to what was put into it. |
| John 12:16 | His disciples did not understand these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these (tauta | ταῦτα | nom pl neut) things had been written about him, and that they had done these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things to him. |
| John 12:18 | For this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) reason the crowd went to meet him, that is, because they heard he had performed this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) sign. |
| John 12:21 | So these (houtoi | οὗτοι | nom pl masc) came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” |
| John 12:25 | The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) world preserves it for eternal life. |
| John 12:27 | “Now is my heart deeply troubled. And what am I to say? ‘Father, deliver me from this (tautēs | ταύτης | gen sg fem) hour’? But for this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) very purpose I have come to this (tautēn | ταύτην | acc sg fem) hour! |
| John 12:30 | Jesus answered, saying, “This (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) voice was not for my benefit, but for yours. |
| John 12:31 | “Now is the judgment of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) world; now will the ruler of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) world be driven out. |
| John 12:33 | He said this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) to signify the kind of death he was going to die. |
| John 12:34 | The crowd responded, “We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever; so how is it that you are saying that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this (houtos | οὗτος | nom sg masc) Son of Man?” |
| John 12:36 | While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus said these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things, he went away and hid himself from them. |
| John 12:39 | The reason why they could not believe was that in another place Isaiah said, |
| John 12:41 | Isaiah said these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things because he saw Christ’s glory and spoke of him. |
| John 13:1 | It was just before the festival of Passover, and Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) world to the Father, showed his love to his own who were in the world, loving them to the very end. |
| John 13:7 | Jesus answered him, saying, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will come to understand later.” |
| John 13:11 | For he knew who was about to betray him; that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” |
| John 13:17 | If you know these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things, blessed are you if you put them into practice. |
| John 13:21 | After saying these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things, Jesus became troubled in spirit, and testified, “I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.” |
| John 13:24 | So Simon Peter motioned to him (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) to ask Jesus who it was of whom he had spoken. |
| John 13:28 | Now none of those reclining at table knew why he said this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) to him. |
| John 13:35 | By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” |
| John 14:12 | I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these (toutōn | τούτων | gen pl neut) will he do, because I am going to the Father. |
| John 14:13 | And whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. |
| John 14:25 | “These (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. |
| John 15:5 | I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
| John 15:8 | My Father is glorified in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut), that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. |
| John 15:11 | These (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. |
| John 15:12 | “This (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is my commandment: Love one another, as I have loved you. |
| John 15:13 | Greater love has no one than this (tautēs | ταύτης | gen sg fem), that a person lays down his life for his friends. |
| John 15:17 | These (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things I command you, so that you may love one another. |
| John 15:19 | If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) reason the world hates you. |
| John 15:21 | But all these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. |
| John 16:1 | “I have told you these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things so that you will not fall away. |
| John 16:3 | And these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me. |
| John 16:4 | But I have said these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not tell you these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things at the start because I was with you. |
| John 16:6 | But because I have told you these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things, sorrow has filled your heart. |
| John 16:11 | in regard to judgment, because the ruler of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) world has been condemned. |
| John 16:15 | All that the Father has is mine; that is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. |
| John 16:17 | Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this (touto | τοῦτο | nom sg neut) that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” |
| John 16:18 | So they kept saying, “What is this (touto | τοῦτο | nom sg neut) ‘little while’ of which he speaks? We do not understand what he is talking about.” |
| John 16:19 | Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg neut) — that I said, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? |
| John 16:25 | “I have told you these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things using veiled language. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in veiled language but will tell you plainly about the Father. |
| John 16:30 | Now we know that you know all things and have no need for anyone to question you. This is why we believe that you have come forth from God.” |
| John 16:33 | I have told you these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” |
| John 17:1 | When Jesus had finished saying these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you, |
| John 17:3 | And this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent. |
| John 17:13 | But now I am on my way to you, and I am saying these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things while still in the world that they may have my joy made complete in themselves. |
| John 17:20 | “It is not only for these (toutōn | τούτων | gen pl masc) that I am interceding, but also for those who will come to believe in me through their word, |
| John 17:25 | Righteous Father, although the world does not know you, I know you, and these (houtoi | οὗτοι | nom pl masc) men know that you sent me. |
| John 18:1 | When Jesus had spoken these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was an olive grove, into which he entered with his disciples. |
Mnemonics
houtos mnemonic
WHO TOSSed THIS brick!? IT hurt THESE people!
WHO TOSSed THIS to me?
WHO TOSSed THIS to me?