Quick Definition
οἵος, α, ον Corr.pr. & Rel.pr. of what kind, such as
Strong's Definition
probably akin to 3588, 3739, and 3745; such or what sort of (as a correlation or exclamation); especially the neuter (adverbially) with negative, not so
KJV Usage: so (as), such as, what (manner of), which
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
prel. | -α, -ον
64.1 · Comparison
like, such as, likewise, similar pertaining to being similar to something else in some respect
MAT 24:21 · MRK 9:3 · MRK 13:19 · ROM 9:6 · 1CO 15:48 · 1CO 15:48 · 2CO 12:20 · 2CO 12:20 · PHP 1:30 · REV 16:18
58.30 · Nature, Class, Example · Class, Kind
what sort of, what kind of interrogative references to class or kind This meaning is also found as a variant reading: ὑγιὴς ἐγίνετο οἵῳ δήποτ οὖν κατείχετο νοσήματι ‘was made well from whatever disease he had’ JHN 5:3 (apparatus).
1 οἷος[a] differs from ὅμοιος and ὁμοίως only in its syntactic function.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
οἱος hoios 14x
what, of what kind or sort, as, Mt. 24:21; Mk. 9:3; οὐχ οἶον, not so as, not as implying, Rom. 9:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
οἷος, -α, -ον, relat. pron., qualitative (related to ὅς as qualis to qui), what sort or manner of, such as, in NT usually without its correl. τοιοῦτος: Mt 24:21, Mk 9:3, II Co 12:20, I Th 1:5, II Ti 3:11, Re 16:18; seq. τοιοῦτος, I Co 15:48, II Co 10:11; id. redundant, Mk 13:19; τ. αὐτὸν . . . σἷον, Phl 1:30; οὐχ οἷον δὲ ὅτι, elliptically, but it is not as though (RV), Ro 9:6.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
οἷος. For οἷος without τοιοῦτος in the sense of ‘‘such as,” “οὗ what kind,” as in Mt 245 a/., cf. P Oxy 11. 27818 (a.p. 17) ἀπίοκα]ταστησάτωι ὁ μάνης τὸν μύλον ὑγιῆι Kal ἀσινῆι, οἷον καὶ παρείληφεν, ““1Π6 servant shall restore the mill safe and uninjured in the condition in which he received it” (Edd.), P Ryl 11. 15428 (a.p. 66) τὰ παράφερνα οἷα ἐὰν ἐκ τῆς τρίψεως ἐγβῆι, “the farapherna as they emerge from wear and tear” (Edd.). For otos used as a relative (cf. Proleg. p. 93), cf. P Lond 982° (iv/A.p.) (= III. p. 242) ἀφ᾽ οἵας yap ἡμέρας ἀνήλ[θομεν] ἀπὸ τῆς δοκιμασίας ᾿Αννιανοῦ, and see also the late P Lond IV. 1343%° (A.D. 709) ὅπως μὴ εὕρωμεν κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀφορμὴν τὴν οἵαν οὖν, “ἴῃ order that we may not find any ground of complaint whatever against them.” In P Ryl II. 777% (A.p. 192) we have the phrases οἷόν τ᾽ ἐστίν (cf. 4 Macc 47) and οὐκ οἷόν τ᾽ ἐστίν, unfortunately both in broken contexts, but see P Tebt II. 4117 (ii/A.D.) οἷός τε ἣν καὶ προγράψαι εἰ μὴ ἐπηγγειλάμην σήμερόν σε παρέσασθαι, “πε (the epistrategus) might even have proscribed you, had I not promised that you would be present to-day” (Edd.). According to Lob. Phryn. p. 372 οὐχ οἷον δὲ ὅτι (Rom 95) is to be understood as a strong negative equivalent to οὐ δήπου, “not of course that,” cf. Field Mores, p. 158. For οἷος used in an indirect question, as in I Thess 1°, cf. Epict. iv. 6. 4 kal ἡ προσποίησις ὅρα δι᾽ οἵων ἂν γένοιτο, “and consider by what means you would achieve your pretence ” (Matheson). οἷος survives in MGr in ὅ(γ)οιος, which is current in dialects: see Jannaris Gr. ὃ 615, Thumb Handbook, p- 94.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
οἷος (ohios) — such as. οἷος, οἵα, Ionic dialect οἵη, οἷον, (ὅς) such as, of what sort, relative and indirect interrogative pronoun, correlative to direct interrogative ποῖος, indefinite ποιός, demonstrative τοῖος: ὅσσος ἔην οἷός τε [Refs 8th c.BC+] what a man for valour, [Refs] adverb, οἷος πόλεμόνδε μέτεισι as he rushes into war, [Refs] —Usage:
I. οἷος in an independent sentence as an exclamation of astonishment, ὢ πόποι.., οἷον ἔειπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷ. τὸ πῦρ what a fire is this ! [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb, see below see [Refs]
I.2. in indirect sentences, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. more frequently as relative to a demonstrative τοῖος, τοιόσδε, τοιοῦτος, or to ὁ, ὅδε, as τῷ ἴκελον, οἷόν ποτε Δαίδαλος ἤσκησεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: but the demonstrative pronoun is frequently omitted, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ ἲς ἔσθ᾽ οἵη πάρος ἔσκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷ. καὶ Πάρις.. ᾔσχυνε like as Paris also.., [Refs 4th c.BC+] such as you surely are, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with περ added, οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν just such as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: very frequently with τε added (this οἷός τε must be distinguished from οἷός τε with infinitive, see[Refs 8th c.BC+] generalizes a Comparison, the sort of person who.., thing which.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶσθα εἰς οἷόν τινα κίνδυνον ἔρχει..; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with attraction of οἷος to the case of its antecedent (which may follow instead of preceding), οἵοις περ σὺ χρώμενοι συμβούλοις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; and with further attraction of the subject of the relative clause, οὐ γάρ πω τοίους ἴδον ἀνέρας.., οἷον Πειρίθοον (for οἷος Πειρίθοος) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. οἷος, οἵα, οἷον frequently introduce an 'indirect exclamation', giving the reason for what precedes, ἄνακτα χόλος λάβεν, οἷον ἄκουσε because of what he heard, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμακάριζον τὴν μητέρα οἵων τέκνων ἐκύρησε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. sometimes in [Refs 8th c.BC+] introduces the reason for saying what is said, ὠκύμορος.. ἔσσεαι, οἷ᾽ ἀγορεύεις [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.4. οἷα δὴ εἴπας saying so and so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. οὐδὲν οἷον.. there's nothing like.., ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲν οἷ. ἐστ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι τῶν ἐπῶν there's nothing like hearing the verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. never used like adverb οἷον (infr. V. I) with an adjective = how, for in [Refs 8th c.BC+] = what manner of man, namely dread, compare [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.7. as indefinite, a sort or kind of.., ὁ δ᾽ ἕτερος οἷός ἐστιν οἰκουρὸς μόνον only a kind of watch-dog, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so with adjective, ἀφόρητος οἷος.. κρυμός of an intolerable kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαυμαστὸς οἷος of a wonderful nature, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; οἷος ἔμπειρος πολέμου rather skilled in war, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἷον τετανότριχα rather straight-haired, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently with superlative, χωρίον οἷον χαλεπώτατον country of a very difficult kind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. οἷος with infinitive implies fitness or ability for a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὥρα οἵα τὸ πεδίον ἄρδειν fit for watering, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷοι φιλεῖν, μισεῖν, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+] expressed, τοιοῦτός τις οἷ. διαπονεῖσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ πρᾶγμα μέγα.. καὶ μὴ οἷ. νεωτέρῳ βουλεύσασθαι not proper for a young man to advise upon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without infinitive, λόγους οἵους εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. b οἷός εἰμι I intend, ἐβιάζετο.. καὶ οἷος ἦν ἐξευρεῖν τὴν θύραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷος ἦν κατεσθίειν was on the point of eating, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.2. more frequently οἷός τε with infinitive, fit or able to do, λιποίμην οἷός τ᾽.. ἀέθλια κάλ᾽ ἀνελέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; inclined to.., [Refs 2nd c.BC+] it is possible to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. without infinitive, πάνυ προθύμως ὡς οἷός τ᾽ ἦν ἐπήραξεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] it is possible, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with superlative, καλὸν ὡς οἷόν τε μάλιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: without superlative, φρίττειν.. ποιεῖ ὡς οἷόν τε πάντας [Refs]; ὡς οἷόν τε sometimes so far as possible, of what cannot be done completely, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. sometimes twice in the same clause, οἷ᾽ ἔργα δράσας οἷα λαγχάνει κακά after what deeds what sufferings are his ! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων χάριν ἠνύσω what thanks for what offerings ! [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V. as adverb in neuter singular οἷον, in Poets and Ionic dialect Prose also plural οἷα, how, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+] how fresh, [Refs]; οἷον δὴ Μενέλαον ὑπέτρεσας seeing how thou didst shrink from M., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἷος ὢν οἵ. ἔχεις in what a state art thou for such a man! [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. as, just as, οἷον ὅτε.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later a double form occurs, οἷον ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. b as for instance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷον τί λέγει; as for example, what do you mean ? [Refs 8th c.BC+] adjective
V.2. c in numerical estimates, about, οἷον δέκα σταδίους [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. d οἷον parenthetically prefixed to any word or phrase, as it were, so to speak, οἷον υἱεῖς γνησίους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν.. οἷον φάτταν the ring-dove of my parable, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.2. e οἷον explanatory, that is to say, τὸ νῦν ῥηθησόμενον, οἷον.. what I am about to mention, i.e. , [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ μέσον, οἷον κατὰ τὴν συμβολὴν τῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς διαγωνίων in the middle, i. e. at the intersection of their diagonals, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
V.3. like{ὡς, ἅτε}, with a participle, οἷα ἀπροσδοκήτου κακοῦ γενομένου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
V.4. οὐχ οἷον or μὴ οἷον, followed by ἀλλ᾽ οὐδέ or ἀλλὰ μηδέ, not only not.., but not even.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. strengthened with various Particles, οἷος δή, see above 11.4: οἱοσδήποτε, οἱαδήποτε, οἱονδήποτε, of such and such a kind, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱοσδηποτοῦν, of whatever kind, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; οἱοσδήπως, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; οἱοσδητισοῦν, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; οἱοσοῦν, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; οἱοσποτοῦν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱοστισοῦν, see reading in [Refs 8th c.BC+], especially in the form οἷός τε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
