What does ὅς · γάρ · ἄν mean in the Bible?
ὅς · γάρ · ἄν is a Greek phrase meaning "the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that".
Greek · G3739, G1063, G302
ἃ γὰρ ἂν
The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that · for · :--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
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ὅςG3739the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
Pronunciationhós
Relative pronoun that agrees with antecedent in gender but may vary in case through attraction or construction according to sense.
Open lexicon entry →γάρG1063for
Pronunciationgár
Open lexicon entry →ἄνG302:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
Pronunciationán
Open lexicon entry →What does ἃ γὰρ ἂν (ha gar an) mean in the Bible?
ὅς · γάρ · ἄν is a Greek phrase meaning "the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that".
Full entry for ἃ γὰρ ἂν (G3739, G1063, G302) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3739, G1063, G302?
G3739, G1063, G302 is connected to 1,408 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
Source Gloss
the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns10Aligned forms1408Case patternNominative (357)Number patternSingular (441)
Nominative · Singular · MasculineMatt 5:19 · Matt 5:21 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:31 · Matt 5:32 · Matt 10:14 · Matt 10:38 · Matt 10:42 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 12:32 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 15:5 · Matt 16:25 · Matt 18:5219×
Nominative · Singular · NeuterMatt 1:23 · Matt 10:26 · Matt 13:8 · Matt 13:32 · Matt 20:4 · Matt 27:33 · Mark 2:24 · Mark 3:17 · Mark 4:4 · Mark 5:33 · Mark 5:41 · Mark 7:11 · Mark 7:15 · Mark 7:34 · Mark 12:42 · Mark 13:1172×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMark 4:16 · Luke 5:10 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 5:29 · Luke 6:18 · Luke 8:13 · Luke 9:27 · Luke 9:31 · Luke 10:30 · Luke 13:30 · Luke 17:12 · Luke 20:47 · Luke 23:29 · Luke 24:23 · John 1:13 · John 6:6433×
Nominative · Plural · NeuterMatt 11:16 · Matt 13:4 · Luke 7:32 · John 6:13 · John 10:16 · John 20:30 · Eph 5:4 · Col 2:17 · Col 2:22 · 2 Tim 2:20 · Titus 2:1 · 1 Pet 1:12 · Rev 1:4 · Rev 1:19 · Rev 3:2 · Rev 3:423×
Nominative · Plural · FeminineMark 15:41 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 23:27 · Luke 23:29 · Rev 5:85×
Nominative · Singular · FeminineLuke 2:37 · Luke 10:39 · Acts 9:36 · Rev 14:84×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineEph 2:131×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 1:25 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:12 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 13:33 · Matt 14:22 · Matt 17:9 · Matt 18:7 · Matt 18:30 · Matt 18:34 · Matt 26:24 · Matt 26:36 · Mark 1:7 · Mark 13:30 · Mark 14:21 · Luke 3:1697×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineMatt 1:16 · Matt 24:38 · Mark 7:25 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 7:45 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 17:27 · John 11:2 · Acts 1:2 · Acts 1:22 · Acts 1:25 · Acts 3:25 · Acts 7:17 · Acts 16:14 · Acts 20:1849×
Genitive · Plural · NeuterMatt 6:8 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 3:19 · Luke 9:36 · Luke 12:3 · Luke 15:16 · Luke 19:44 · Luke 23:14 · Luke 23:41 · John 7:31 · John 13:29 · John 21:10 · Acts 1:1 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 7:45 · Acts 8:2444×
Word Origins
ἃ γὰρ ἂν is built from this root: