John 9:24:7John.9.24.W7TAB
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
e-PHÔ-nê-san oun ton AN-thrô-pon ek deu-TE-rou hos ÊN ty-PHLOS KAI EI-pan au-TÔ dos DÓK-san tôi the-Ô hê-MEIS OI-da-men HO-ti HOU-tos ho AN-thrô-pos ha-mar-tô-LOS es-TIN
Exegesis
The relative clause hos ēn typhlos {ὃς ἦν τυφλός | hos ēn typhlós} ‘who was blind’ identifies the man by his former condition, deliberately recalling the sign that prompted the interrogation.
Root and etymology
hamartanoalpha mu alpha rho tau alpha nu omega
“to miss the mark, to sin”
In context — John 9:24
Therefore they summoned the man who had been blind a second time and said to him, “Give glory to God ; we know that this man is a sinner.”
About this coordinate
John 9:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 9:24, 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.9.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.24.W7.S1) and character.