Mark 9:41:1Mark.9.41.W1TAB

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

    HOS gar AN po-TI-sê hy-MAS po-TE-ri-on HY-da-tos en o-NO-ma-ti HO-ti khri-STOU ES-te a-MÊN LE-gō hy-MEEN HO-ti ou MÊ a-po-LE-sê ton mis-THON au-TOU

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the relative clause hos gar an potise {ὃς γὰρ ἂν ποτίσῃ | hós gàr àn potísē}, where the combination of the relative pronoun with the particle an and the aorist subjunctive creates an open-ended, indefinite condition, effectively meaning “whoever might give.”

Root and etymology

χρίω

to anoint

In contextMark 9:41

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in the Name, because you are Christ’s , truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward .

About this coordinate

Mark 9:41:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 9:41, 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.9.41.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.41.W1.S1) and character.