John 4:14:1John.4.14.W1TAB

ὃς

hos

whoever

Transliteration
HOS
Extended
HOHS
IPA
/ˈhos/

Meaning by language

English
whoever

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 d AN PEE-êi ek TOU HY-da-tos HOU e-GO DO-so au-TOI ou MÊ di-PSÊ-sei eis TON ai-Ô-na al-LA TO HY-dôr HO DO-so au-TOI ge-NÊ-se-tai en au-TOI pê-GÊ HY-da-tos hal-lo-ME-nou eis dzô-ÊN ai-Ô-nee-on

Exegesis

The Greek clause hos d’ an piē ek tou hydatos hou egō dōsō autō {ὃς δʼ ἂν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ | hòs d’ àn pí-ē ek toû hý-da-tos hoû egṓ dṓ-sō au-tō̂} serves as the subject, employing the particle of indefiniteness àn with the aorist subjunctive pí-ē to express an open invitation.

Root and etymology

Ioudasiota–omicron–upsilon–delta–alpha–sigma

descendant of Judah, Jew

In contextJohn 4:14

But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will absolutely never thirst for all time, but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water leaping up into eternal life .

About this coordinate

John 4:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:14, 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 John.4.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.14.W1.S1) and character.