Acts 14:15:23Acts.14.15.W23TAB
ὃς
hos
“who”
- Transliteration
- hos
- Extended
- hohs
- IPA
- /hos/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hos
- sentence
KAI LE-gon-tes AN-dres TI TAU-ta poi-EI-te KAI hê-MEIS ho-moi-o-pa-THEIS ES-men hy-MEIN AN-thrô-poi eu-ang-ge-li-ZO-me-noi hy-MAS a-PO TOU-tôn tôn ma-TAI-ôn e-pi-STRE-phein e-PI the-ON ZÔN-ta hos e-POI-ê-sen ton ou-ra-NON KAI tên gên KAI tên THA-las-san KAI PAN-ta ta en au-TOIS
Exegesis
The relative clause hos epoiēsen {ὃς ἐποίησεν | hos e-poí-ē-sen} ‘who made’ elaborates the identity of this God as Creator, followed by a coordinated series—ton ouranon, kai tēn gēn, kai tēn thalassan, kai panta ta en autois {τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς | tón ouranòn kaì tēn gēn kaì tēn thálassan kaì pánta tá en autoîs}.
Root and etymology
plēthōplethō
“to be full, to abound”
In context — Acts 14:15
And they said, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are humans of like nature with you, bringing good news to you so that you turn from these vain things to the living God , who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them.”
About this coordinate
Acts 14:15:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Acts 14:15, so the Greek word ὃς (hos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.14.15.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.15.W23.S1) and character.