Matthew 15:5:4Matt.15.5.W4TAB
Ὃς
hos
“whoever”
- Transliteration
- HOS
- Extended
- HOHS
- IPA
- /hos/
Meaning by language
- English
- whoever
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
hy-MEIS de LE-ge-te HOS an EI-pêi tôi pa-TRI ê têi mê-TRI DÔ-ron ho e-AN eks e-MOU ō-phe-lē-THÊIS
Exegesis
The construction hos an eipē {Ὃς ἂν εἴπῃ | hós àn eípēi} combines a relative pronoun with the modal particle an and aorist subjunctive, forming an indefinite relative clause, “whoever might say,” which presents a general, hypothetical case rather than a single instance.
Root and etymology
presbuspi–rho–epsilon–sigma–beta–upsilon–sigma
“old, elder”
In context — Matthew 15:5
But you say, "Whoever says to his father or to his mother, 'Whatever you might have been benefited from Me is a gift ,'"
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:5, 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 Matt.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.5.W4.S1) and character.