ὃς (os) in John 1:30: Pronoun Nominative Singular Masculine

Pronoun: the word refers to a person or thing by relation, here identifying the one described in the clause.

Nominative: the form normally marks a subject or related nominative role, and here it introduces the clause about the man who comes.

Singular: the form is grammatically singular in this occurrence and points to one referent in the sentence.

Masculine: the form is in the masculine grammatical class, which fits the nearby masculine referent without making a theological gender claim.

ἀνὴρ ὃς

The pronoun is tied to the nearby noun ἀνὴρ and begins a relative clause that describes that man.

It functions as the relative pronoun for the clause, connecting the description to the man who is coming after John.

It does not create a new subject apart from the clause's referent, and it does not by itself determine theological emphasis.

Moderate: The nominative relative pronoun connects the man John mentions to the description that follows.

Relative pronoun as subject. links the antecedent to the clause that explains him. Attached to the nearby phrase about the man coming after John. Governed by the relative clause that describes that man. The pronoun joins the description to the referent without creating a second independent subject.

Who is being described in the relative clause? The pronoun points back to the man John is identifying and serves as the subject of the description.

Direct: The nominative form directly supports a subject rendering such as "who" in the relative clause.

The pronoun should be read with its antecedent and clause, not as a detached title.

Relative pronoun creates a new referent: A relative pronoun relates to an antecedent; the context supplies the person being described.

The witness reads ὃς in John 1:30 within the phrase ἀνὴρ ὃς ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, giving a singular masculine relative form in the clause.

The lemma ὅς commonly marks a relative connection, meaning who, which, or that, and here it links the description to the man already named.

Its nominative singular masculine form matches the nearby masculine noun ἀνὴρ and supports a personal description, but the surrounding sentence supplies the meaning.

The verse says the one coming after John is the same man who has become before him, so the pronoun helps attach that explanation to one person.

In the wider Gospel context, the form serves ordinary narrative identification and helps John's witness point clearly to the one he is introducing.

For readers and translators, the pronoun signals that the clause is explanatory, not a separate assertion, and should be rendered in a way that preserves the link to the man.

Do not infer more than the clause says from nominative singular masculine alone, and do not turn grammatical gender into a doctrinal statement.