Acts 14:16:1Acts.14.16.W1TAB

ὃς

hos

who

Transliteration
hos
Extended
hohs
IPA
/hos/

Meaning by language

English
who

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    hos

  2. sentence

    hos en tais pa-rō-khay-ME-nais ge-ne-AIS EI-a-sen PAN-ta ta E-thnê po-REU-es-thai tais ho-DOIS au-TÔN

Exegesis

The verse opens with the relative pronoun hos {ὃς | hòs} “who,” which syntactically links back to the previously mentioned subject and introduces a relative clause that describes His past activity.

Root and etymology

hodosomicron–delta–omicron–sigma

way, road, path

In contextActs 14:16

In the generations that have passed, He allowed all the nations to walk in their ways.

About this coordinate

Acts 14:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 14:16, 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.14.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.16.W1.S1) and character.