Definition

which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same

Etymology

from G3739 (ὅς) and G5100 (τὶς);

Where the KJV renders it

• X and (they)
• (such) as
• (they) that
• in that they
• what(-soever)
• whereas ye
• (they) which
• who(-soever)

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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