Forms of the word

Dictionary
ὁ, ἡ, τό
Greek transliteration
ho
Simplified transliteration
ho

Numbers

Strong's number
3588
GK Number
3836

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
19867
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2b)
Gloss
(often not translated) the, this, that, who
Definition
the prepositive article, answering, to a considerable extent, to the English definite article; but, for the principle and facts of its usage, consult a grammar; ὁ μὲν ὁ δέ, the one the other, Phil. 1:16, 17; Heb. 7:5, 6, 20, 21, 23, 24; pl. some others, Mt. 13:23; 22:5, 6; ὁ δέ, but he, Mt. 4:4; 12:48; οἱ δέ, but others, Mt. 28:17; used, in a poetic quotation, for a personal pronoun, Acts 17:28

Greek-English Concordance for ὁ

John 7:39 Now he said this about the (tou | τοῦ | gen sg neut) Spirit, which those (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 7:40 After hearing these words, some of the (tou | τοῦ | gen sg masc) crowd began to say, “This man really is the (ho | | nom sg masc) prophet.”
John 7:41 Others were saying, “This man is the (ho | | nom sg masc) Christ.” But others (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) were saying, “Surely the (ho | | nom sg masc) Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?
John 7:42 Has not the ( | | nom sg fem) scripture said that the (ho | | nom sg masc) Christ will be a (tou | τοῦ | gen sg neut) descendant of David and come from Bethlehem, the (tēs | τῆς | gen sg fem) village where David was born?”
John 7:43 So there was a division among the ( | τῷ | dat sg masc) people because of him.
John 7:44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.
John 7:45 Then the (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) temple guards went back to the (tous | τούς | acc pl masc) chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”
John 7:46 The (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) guards answered, “Never has a man spoken like this man!”
John 7:47 The (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) Pharisees responded to them, “Surely you have not been deceived as well, have you?
John 7:48 None of the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) rulers or the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) Pharisees have believed in him, have they?
John 7:49 As for this mob that (ho | | nom sg masc) does not know the (ton | τόν | acc sg masc) law — they are accursed!”
John 7:50 Nicodemus (he (ho | | nom sg masc) who had earlier come to Jesus), being one of their number, put this question to them:
John 7:51 “Surely our law does not judge a (ton | τόν | acc sg masc) man unless it first hears from him and finds out what he is doing, does it?”
John 7:52 They replied to him, saying, “You too are not from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet will arise from Galilee.”
John 7:53 Then each one went to his own house,
John 8:1 but Jesus went to the (to | τό | acc sg neut) Mount of (tōn | τῶν | gen pl fem) Olives.
John 8:2 Early in the morning he came again to the (to | τό | acc sg neut) temple. All the (ho | | nom sg masc) people were coming to him, and he sat down and began to teach them.
John 8:3 The (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) scribes and the (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and making her stand before them,
John 8:4 they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.
John 8:5 Moses commanded us in the ( | τῷ | dat sg masc) law to stone to death such women. But you, what do you say?”
John 8:6 (They said this as a trap, so they could have some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the (tēn | τήν | acc sg fem) ground with his ( | τῷ | dat sg masc) finger.
John 8:7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The (ho | | nom sg masc) man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
John 8:8 Once again he bent down and wrote on the (tēn | τήν | acc sg fem) ground.
John 8:9 At this, those (hoi | οἱ | nom pl masc) who had heard began to leave one by one, starting with the (tōn | τῶν | gen pl masc) oldest; and Jesus alone was left, with the ( | | nom sg fem) woman standing before him.
John 8:10 Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?”

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