Acts 16:2:1Acts.16.2.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 e-mar-ty-REI-to hy-PO tôn en LYS-trois KAI i-ko-NI-ô a-del-PHÔN

Exegesis

The clause opens with the relative pronoun hos {ὃς | hós} ‘who’, linking back to Timothy in the preceding context and forming a relative clause that characterizes him.

Root and etymology

Hellasepsilon–lambda–lambda–alpha–sigma

Greece, Greek person

In contextActs 16:2

The brothers in Lystra and in Iconium spoke well of him.

About this coordinate

Acts 16:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 16:2, 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.16.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.2.W1.S1) and character.