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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.

Mnemonics

Submitted by karnaanderson927 on Wed, 2013-10-16 11:37

I am a good hostess (ostis) and therefore I will serve whoever comes whatever I have to eat on whichever plates are clean.

Biblical Concordance

Philippians 2:20 For I have no one else of like mind who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
Philippians 3:7 But whatever (hatina | ἅτινα | nom pl neut) things were gain to me, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.
Philippians 4:3 Yes, I ask you also, my true comrade, help these women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) have labored side by side with me in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Colossians 2:23 Such (hatina | ἅτινα | nom pl neut) regulations indeed have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed religious piety, false humility, and harsh control over the body, but they actually lead to the gratification of the flesh.
Colossians 3:5 Therefore put to death Therefore whatever is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, evil and covetousness, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is idolatry.
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are the are only Jewish These only Christians among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have been a comfort to me.
2 Thessalonians 1:9 They (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will experience the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power
1 Timothy 1:4 or to devote themselves to endless myths and genealogies, endless which (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) produce speculations produce rather than the stewardship from God which is by faith.
1 Timothy 3:15 but if I wait, so that you may know how it is necessary for people to conduct themselves in the house of God, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
1 Timothy 6:9 But those wishing to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful passions that (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) plunge the people into ruin and destruction.
2 Timothy 1:5 because I remember your sincere faith, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am confident that it is also in you.
2 Timothy 2:2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful men, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will also be able to teach others.
2 Timothy 2:18 who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have swerved from the truth, saying the resurrection has already occurred, and they are upsetting the faith of some.
Titus 1:11 It is therefore necessary to muzzle those who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) are upsetting entire households by teaching what is not proper for shameful gain.
Hebrews 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) at first was declared by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,
Hebrews 8:5 The place where they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) serve is a shadowy suggestion of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for he said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
Hebrews 8:6 But as it is, he has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant of which he is mediator is better, since it (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) has been enacted on the basis of better promises.
Hebrews 9:2 For a tent was set up. The outer room, in which were the lampstand and the table and the consecrated bread, was called “the Holy Place.”
Hebrews 9:9 This (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is an illustration pointing to the present time, during which the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper so far as his conscience is concerned,
Hebrews 10:8 After he said what I just quoted, “You did not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings (namely those (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) offered according to the law),
Hebrews 10:11 Furthermore, every priest stands day after day performing his religious duties, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) can never take away sins.
Hebrews 10:35 Therefore do not throw away your boldness, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) has great reward.
Hebrews 12:5 And have you forgotten the word of encouragement that (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) speaks to you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when corrected by him.
Hebrews 13:7 Continue to remember your leaders, those (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.
James 2:10 For whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) keeps the entire law yet fails at a single point has become guilty of the law as a whole.
James 4:14 You (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are but a mist that appears for a brief moment and then disappears.
1 Peter 2:11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from desires of the flesh, which (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) wage war against your soul,
2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
1 John 1:2 this life was revealed, and we have seen it and are bearing witness and proclaiming to you the eternal life that (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) existed with the Father and was revealed to us —
Revelation 1:7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) pierced him; and all the tribes of earth will wail on account of him. So shall it be! Amen.
Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) was speaking to me, and when I had turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 2:24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not follow this teaching (who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden,
Revelation 9:4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Revelation 11:8 and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) symbolically is called Sodom, or Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
Revelation 12:13 So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) had given birth to the male child.
Revelation 17:12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) as yet have not received royal power, but will receive ruling authority as kings for one hour, along with the beast.
Revelation 19:2 because true and just are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute who (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants shed by her hand.”
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and seated on them were those who had been given the authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. These (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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