What does ὅς · ἐάν mean in the Bible?
ὅς · ἐάν is a Greek phrase meaning "the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that".
Greek · G3739, G1437
Ὃς ἐὰν
The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that · if
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ὅς G3739 the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that
Pronunciation hós
Relative pronoun that agrees with antecedent in gender but may vary in case through attraction or construction according to sense.
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ἐάν G1437 if
Pronunciation eán
Conditional particle marking contingency as possible but uncertain, less definite than simple εἰ with indicative.
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What does Ὃς ἐὰν (hos ean) mean in the Bible?
ὅς · ἐάν is a Greek phrase meaning "the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3739, G1437?
G3739, G1437 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 patterns 10 Aligned forms 1408 Case pattern Nominative (357) Number pattern Singular (441)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 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 18:5 219×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 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 13:11 72×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Mark 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 6:64 33×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 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 3:4 23×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Mark 15:41 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 23:27 · Luke 23:29 · Rev 5:8 5×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 2:37 · Luke 10:39 · Acts 9:36 · Rev 14:8 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Eph 2:13 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 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 3:16 97×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 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 20:18 49×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 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 8:24 44×
Word Origins
Ὃς ἐὰν is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain