Mark 11:23:5Mark.11.23.W5TAB

ὃς

hos

whoever

Transliteration
hos
Extended
hohs
IPA
/hos/

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

    a-MEN LE-go hy-MEEN HO-ti hos an EI-pêi tôi O-rei TOU-tôi AR-thê-ti kai BLÊ-thê-ti eis tên THA-las-san kai mê di-a-kri-THÊ en têi kar-DI-ai au-TOU al-LA pi-STEY-uêi HO-ti ho la-LEI GI-ne-tai ES-tai au-TÔI

Exegesis

The generic conditional clause hos ean eipe {ὃς ἐὰν εἴπῃ | hos eán eípē} employs the relative pronoun with the conditional particle and aorist subjunctive to express “if anyone should say.”

Root and etymology

orosomicron–rho–omicron–sigma

mountain, hill, elevated area

In contextMark 11:23

Truly, I say to you that anyone who says to this mountain, “Arise and hurl yourself into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says is taking place, it will be granted to him.

About this coordinate

Mark 11:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 11:23, 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 Mark.11.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.23.W5.S1) and character.