Strong’s G3778 · Greek

οὗτος
hoûtos

Definition

the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)

Etymology

from the article G3588 (ὁ) and G846 (αὐτός);

Where the KJV renders it

  • he (it was that)
  • hereof
  • it
  • she
  • such as
  • the same
  • these
  • they
  • this (man
  • same
  • woman)
  • which
  • who

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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