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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