Matthew 19:9:5Matt.19.9.W5TAB

ὃς

hos

who

Transliteration
HOS
Extended
HOS
IPA
/ˈhos/

Meaning by language

English
who

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

    LE-gô DE hy-MIN HO-ti HOS AN a-po-LY-sê TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO MÊ e-PI por-NEI-a KAI ga-MÊ-sê AL-lên moi-KHA-tai KAI HO a-po-le-ly-MÊ-nên ga-MÊ-sas moi-KHA-tai

Exegesis

Within, hos {ὃς | hòs} ‘whoever’ plus an {ἂν | àn} and the aorist subjunctive apolysē {ἀπολύσῃ | apolýsē} ‘may divorce’ expresses any potential dissolution of marriage.

Root and etymology

legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omicron

to say, speak

In contextMatthew 19:9

But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife, except on account of sexual immorality , and marries another, commits adultery. And whoever marries the one who has been divorced also commits adultery .

About this coordinate

Matthew 19:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 19:9, 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.19.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.9.W5.S1) and character.