Strong’s G3739 · Greek

ὅς
hós

Definition

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

Etymology

probably a primary word (or perhaps a form of the article G3588 (ὁ));

Where the KJV renders it

  • one
  • (an-
  • the) other
  • some
  • that
  • what
  • which
  • who(-m
  • -se)
  • etc

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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