Luke 17:31:5Luke.17.31.W5TAB
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
en e-KEI-nê tê hê-ME-ra hos ES-tai e-PI tou DO-ma-tos kai ta SKEU-ê au-TOU en tê oi-KI-a mê ka-ta-BA-tô A-rai au-TA kai ho en a-GRÔ ho-MOI-ôs mê e-pi-stre-PSA-tô eis ta o-PI-sô
Exegesis
The relative clause hos estai epi tou domatos {ὃς ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος | hos e-stai e-pi tou do-ma-tos} “whoever will be on the housetop” uses the nominative relative pronoun hos as a generic subject, framed with the future middle estai to express an open, indefinite situation.
Root and etymology
Rootmu–upsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma
“mill, millstone”
In context — Luke 17:31
In that day, whoever is on the housetop, and his possessions are in the house, let him not come down to take them; and likewise, whoever is in the field, let him not turn back .
About this coordinate
Luke 17:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 17:31, 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 Luke.17.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.31.W5.S1) and character.