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G3748 ὅστις (hóstis)
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ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅτι Rel.pr. whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever

Strong's Definition

hetis hay'-tis, and the neuter ho,ti hot'-ee from 3739 and 5100; which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same

KJV Usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

prel. | -ἥτις, -ὅτι | ὅς, ἥ, ὅ + τίς

92.18 · Discourse Referentials · Whom or What Spoken or Written About

whoever, whichever, whatever a reference to an indefinite entity, event, or state Often translated as ‘who’, which, or what, since these pronouns in English are often indefinite in meaning.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ,τι (separated by a hypodiastole [comma], to distinguish it from ὅτε; but L T Tr write 6 τι, without a hypodiastole [ef. Td. Proleg. p. 111], leaving a little space between 6 and τι; [WH ὅτι]; cf. W. 46 (45 sq.); [Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch. p. 118 sq.; WH. Intr. § 4117), gen. οὕτινος (but of the oblique cases only the acc. neut. ὅ,τι and the gen. ὅτου, in the phrase ἕως ὅτου, are found in the N. T.), [fr. Hom. down], comp. of és and tis, hence prop. any one who; i.e. 1. whoever, every one who: ὅστις simply, in the sing. chiefly at the beginning of a sentence in general propositions, esp. in Matt. ; w. an indic. pres., Mt. xiii. 12 (twice); Mk. viii. 34 (where L Tr WH εἴ τις); Lk. xiv. 27; neut. Mt. xviii. 28 Rec.; w. a fut., Mt. v. 39 [RG Trmrg.], 41; xxiii. 12, ete.; Jas. ii. 10 RG; plur. οἵτινες, whosoever (all those who): w. indic. pres., Mk. iv. 20; Lk. viii. 15; Gal. v. 4; w. indic. aor., Rev. i. 7; ii. 24; xx.43 πᾶς ὅστις, w. indic. pres. Mt. vii. 24; w. fut. Mt. x. 32; doris w. subjunc. (where ἄν is wanting very rarely [οἵ. W. § 42, 3 (esp. fin.); B. § 139, 317) aor. (having the force of the fut. pf. in Lat.), Mt. xviii. 4 Rec.; Jas. ii. 10 LT Tr WH. ὅστις ἄν w. subjunc. aor. (Lat. fut. pf.), Mt. x. 33 [RG ΤΊ; xii. 50; w. subjune. pres. Gal. v. 10 [ἐάν T Tr WH]; neut. w. subjunc. aor., Lk. x. 35; Jn. xiv. 13 [Trmrg. WH mrg. pres. subjunc.]; xv. 16 [Trmrg. WH mrg. pres. subjune.]; with subjune. pres., Jn. ii. 5; 1 Co. xvi. 2[ΤΥ WH ἐάν; WH mrg. aor. subjunc.]; ὃ ἐάν τι for ὅ,τι ἄν w. subjune. aor. Eph. vi.8 [RG]; πᾶν ὅ,τι ἄν or ἐάν w. subjune. pres., Col. iii. 17, 23 [Rec.; ef. B. § 139, 19; W. § 42,81. 2. it refers to a single person or thing, but so that regard is had to a general notion or class to which this individual person or thing belongs, and thus it indicates quality: one who, such a one as, of such a nature that, (cf. Kiihner § 554 Anm. 1, ii. p. 905; [Jelf § 816, 5]; Liicke on 1 Jn. i. 2, p. 210 sq.): ἡγούμενος, ὅστις ποιμανεῖ, Mt. ii. 6; add, Mt. vii. 26; xiii. 52 xvi. 285 xx. 15 xxv. 05 ΜΕ: xv. 75 ki. 105) vir. 37; viii. 3; Jn. viii. 25; xxi. 25 [Tdf. om. the vs.]; Acts LIMOS ΧΥΪ 19,» ΧΧΙν 1; On 4, 1 (ὅδ! ν' 1: νιν 19 [Ταῖΐ εἴ rus]; Gal. iv. 24, 26; ν. 19; Phil. ii. 20; Col. ii. 23; 2 Tim.i.5; Heb. ii. 3; viii. 5; x. 11; xii. 5; Jas. iv. 14; 1Jn.i. 2; Rev. i. 12; ix. 4; xvii. 12; ὁ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιός ἐστιν, οἵτινές ἐστε ὑμεῖς (where oirwes makes reference to ἅγιος) and such are ye, 1 Co. iii. 17 [some refer it to ναός]. 3. Akin to the last usage is that whereby it serves to give a reason, such as equiv. to seeing that he, inasmuch as he: Ro. xvi. 12 [here Lchm. br. the cl.]; Eph. iii. 13; [Ὁ]. iii. 5]; Heb. viii. 6; plur., Mt. vii. ΤῸ: Actsx. 47: ΧΥΙ Ws Rost. 25, 9.2.5 Melos) Ψ]. 2.9 1X 4; xvi. 7; 2 Co. viii. 10; [Phil. iv. 3 (where see Bp. Lghtft.)]; 1 Tim. 1. 4; Tit. 1.11; 1 Pet. ii.11. 4. Ace. to a later Greek usage it is put for the interrogative ris in direct questions (cf. Lob. ad Phryn. p. 57; Lachmann, larger ed., vol. i. p. xliii; B. 253 (218); cf. W. 167 (158)); thus in the N. T. the neut. 6, τε stands for ri i. q. διὰ τί in Mk. ii. 16 T Tr WH [cf. 7 WH mrg.]; ix. 11, 28, (Jer. ii. 836; 1 Chr. xvii. 6 —for which in the parallel, 2S. vii. 7, ἵνα τί appears; Barnab. ep. 7, 9 [(where see Miiller); cf. ΤῊ Proleg. p. 125; Evang. Nicod. pars i. A. xiv. 3 p. 245 and note; ef. also Soph. Lex. s. v. 4]); many interpreters bring in Jn. viii. 25 here; but respecting it see ἀρχή, 1 b. 5. It differs scarcely at all from the simple relative és (cf. Matthiae p- 1073; B. § 127,18; [Kriiger § 51,8; Ellicott on Gal. iv. 24; ef. Jebb in Vincent and Dickson’s Hdbk. to Modern Greek, App. § 24]; but οἵ. C. F. A. Fritzsche in Fritzschiorum opusce. p. 182 54.» who stoutly denies it): Lk. ii. 4; ix. 30; Acts xvii. 10; xxiii. 14; XXVIii. 18; Eph. i. 23. 6. ws ὅτου, on which see ἕως, II. 1 b. β. p. 268° mid.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὅστις hostis 144x

whoever, whatever; whosoever, whatsoever, Mt. 5:39, 41; 13:12; 18:4; its use in place of the simple relative is also required in various cases, which may be learned from the grammars; ἕως ὅτου, i.e. χρόνου, until, Lk. 13:8; while, Mt. 5:25

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (also written ὅ, τι and ὅτι; v. LS, s.v.; WH, § 411; Tdf., Pr., 111), in NT scarcely ever except in nom. (M, Pr., 91), the only instance of the oblique cases being found in ἕως ὅτου (v.s. ἕως), relative of indef. reference (related to simple ὅς as Lat. quisquis to qui), whoever, anyone who; of an indef. person or thing: in general statements, Mt 5:39, 41 13:12, and freq., Lk 14:27, Ga 5:4, al.; in relative sentences, Mt 7:26, Lk 15:7, Phl 3:7, al.; πᾶς ὅ., c. indic., Mt 7:24 10:32; ὅ ἄν (ἐάν), c. subjc., Mt 12:50 13:12, Jo 14:13, I Co 16:2, Ga 5:10, al.;

of a definite person or thing, indicating quality, "either generic, which, as other like things, or essential, which by its very nature" (Hort on I Pe 2:11), who is such as: Mt 2:6 7:26, Lk 2:10 7:37, Jo 8:53, Ac 7:53, Ro 6:2, I Co 3:17, Ga 4:24, Eph 1:23, al.;

where the relative sentence expresses a reason, consequence, etc. (M, Pr., 92), seeing that he (it, they), and he (it, they): Lk 8:3 10:42, Ac 10:47 11:28, Phl 4:3, al.;

as in Ionic and late Greek (Bl., § 50, 1; M, Pr., 91), differing but little from ὅς: Lk 2:4 9:30, Ac 17:10, Re 12:13.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅστις. The classical distinction between ὅστις and ὅς which in the NT is maintained on the whole in Paul, but not in Luke (nor in the LXX, Thackeray ΟἿ". i. p. 192), has worn very thin in the papyri. Thus with Mt 2753 a/. we may compare i P Oxy I. 1104 (an invitation to dinner—ii/a.D.) αὔριον, ἥτις

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὅστις (hostis, hētis) — who/which. ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (sometimes written ὅ, τι to distinct it from ὅτι, that): [Refs 8th c.BC+] has also the masculine collateral form ὅτις [Refs 8th c.BC+] and Ionic dialect and [Refs 4th c.AD+] and the neuter ὅττι [Refs 8th c.BC+]—In some forms only the second part is inflected, i.e. genitive ὅτου [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ὅττεο [Refs 8th c.BC+][same place], contraction ὅττευ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; perhaps also in Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ὅτεῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+], and as disyllable, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect accusative ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Delph. dative ὅτινι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; neuter ὅτινα [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect ὅτων [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect ὅτοισι [Refs 8th c.BC+], Aeolic dialect ὄττινας [Refs 7th c.BC+]: of the forms with double inflexion [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾧτινι first in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ᾡτινιοῦν occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+] rarely as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]—For the Ionic dialect and Epic dialect form ἅσσα, Attic dialect ἅττα, see at {ἅσσα}.—On the concord and construction[Refs 5th c.BC+], 111.2a,b:—Radic. sense, any one who, anything which, whosoever, whichsoever; ὣς ἀπόλοιτο καὶ ἄλλος, ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently without express antecedent, χαίρει δέ μιν ὅς τις ἐθείρῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence frequently in maxims or sentiments, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. πάντ᾽ ἀνὴρ εὐδαιμονεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗτος βέλτιστος ἂν εἴη, ὅ... [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστιν ὅ., frequently with a negative, οὐ γὰρ ἔην ὅς τίς σφιν.. ἡγήσαιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰσὶν οἵτινες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ.. everything, [Refs 5th c.BC+], but only in singular, ἅπας δὲ τραχὺς ὅ. ἂν νέον κρατῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but πᾶσιν.. ὅστις ἐρωτᾷ [Refs]

II. referring to a definite object, properly only when a general notion is implied, Πολυκράτεα.., δι᾽ ὅντινα κακῶς ἤκουσε, not the man through whom, but one through whom.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τελευταῖόν σε προσβλέψαιμι νῦν, ὅστις πέφασμαι φύς τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὧν οὐ χρῆν may I see thee now for the last time, I who am one born from sinful parentage, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in quite definite sense, βωμόν, ὅστις νῦν ἔξω τῆς πόλεώς ἐστι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. ἐφ᾽ ὅτῳ, ={ἐφ᾽ ᾧτε}, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

III. in indirect questions, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔσπετε νῦν μοι, Μοῦσαι, ὅς τις δὴ κτλ. who it was that..,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλὰ τίς γὰρ ε;—ὅστις; πολίτης χρηστός [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. rare and late in direct questions, ὅ τι ἐστὶ τὸ ἐμποδίζον ; [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἀνθ᾽ ὅτου.. ; = why? [Refs 4th c.AD+]-C.; compare ὅπως.

IV. limited or made more indefinite by the addition of Particles:

IV.1. ὅστις γε being one who (compare ὅσγε), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.2. ὅστις δή (see. δή IV. [Refs]to some one or other of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so

IV.2. b ὁστισοῦν, ὁτιοῦν anybody (anything) whatsoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἷς ὁστισοῦν any one person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὁτιοῦν not the least mite, nothing whatsoever, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: rarely, = whoever (whatever), as subject of a verb, ὁτιοῦν ἔτυχε τῶν ἐπὶ μέρους (variant{ὅτι ἄν}) [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.2. c ὁστισδηποτοῦν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV.2. d so also ὅστις alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+] none at all, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.3. ὅστις ποτε whoever, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.4. ὅστις περ (compare ὅσπερ), mostly in neuter, ὅ τι πέρ ἐστ᾽ ὄφελος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.5. ὅστις τε, where τε is otiose as in ὅστε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

V. neuter ὅ τι used absolutely as a conjunction, see at {ὅ τι}.

VI. ἐξ ὅτου from which time, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ὅτευ since.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἕως ὅτου until.., [NT]

VI.2. from what cause, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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