What does ὅστις · ἄν mean in the Bible?
e. any that; also (definite) which same".
Greek · G3748, G302
ὅ τι ἂν
Who/which · :--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
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ὅστις G3748 who/which
Pronunciation hóstis
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ἄν G302 :--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever.
Pronunciation án
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What does ὅ τι ἂν (ho ti an) mean in the Bible?
ὅστις · ἄν is a Greek phrase meaning "which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3748, G302?
G3748, G302 is connected to 144 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
Source Gloss
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 6 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 6 Aligned forms 144 Case pattern Nominative (139) Number pattern Plural (75)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:15 · Matt 16:28 · Matt 19:12 · Matt 21:41 · Matt 23:27 · Mark 4:20 · Mark 9:1 · Mark 12:18 · Mark 15:7 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 8:15 · Luke 9:30 · Luke 15:7 · Acts 5:16 · Acts 7:53 · Acts 8:15 60×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 27:62 · Luke 2:4 · Luke 2:10 · Luke 7:37 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 8:26 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 10:42 · Luke 12:1 · Acts 3:23 · Acts 11:28 · Acts 12:10 · Acts 16:12 · Acts 16:16 · Rom 16:6 · Rom 16:12 38×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:6 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:41 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 12:50 · Matt 13:12 · Matt 13:52 · Matt 18:4 · Matt 19:29 · Matt 20:1 · Matt 21:33 · Matt 22:2 · Matt 23:12 26×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:1 · Matt 27:55 · Luke 8:3 · Luke 23:55 · Phil 4:3 · 1 Tim 1:4 · 1 Tim 6:9 · Heb 10:8 · Heb 10:11 · 1 Pet 2:11 10×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter John 21:25 · Gal 4:24 · Gal 5:19 · Phil 3:7 · Col 2:23 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:25 · Luke 12:50 · Luke 13:8 · Luke 22:16 · John 9:18 5×
Word Origins
ὅ τι ἂν is built from these roots:
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