Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

οὗτος

Vocabulary form: 
ou|toV, au{th, tou:to
Definition: 

sg: this; he, she, it;
pl: these; they

Frequency: 
1,387
GK: 
4047
Root: 
ouJto
Mnemonic Singing: 

This is my Father's world,
and to my listening ears

Notes: 

There is much more to this word than we are presenting here. Its form changes considerably in its different genders. ou|toV is covered in detail in chapter 13. As an adjective it means "this" (singular) and "these" (plural), and as a noun it means "this one."

Mnemonics

WHO TOSSed THIS brick!? IT hurt THESE people!

Biblical Concordance

Romans 4:9 Therefore, is this (houtos | οὗτος | nom sg masc) blessedness for the circumcised alone, or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say, “It was to Abraham that faith was credited as righteousness.”
Romans 4:16 For this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) reason the promise is based on faith, that it may depend on grace and be made certain to all his descendants, not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Romans 5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this (tautēn | ταύτην | acc sg fem) grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of sharing the glory of God.
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all because all have sinned —.
Romans 6:6 We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that the body of sin would be rendered powerless, so that we would no longer be enslaved by sin;
Romans 7:10 and I died. I found that the very (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) commandment that promised life brought death to me!
Romans 7:15 I do not understand my own actions; for I am not doing what I want to do, but I am doing what I hate.
Romans 7:16 But if I am doing what I do not want to do, I agree with the law, that it is good.
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that (tout | τοῦτ᾿ | nom sg neut) is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is right, but I am unable to do it.
Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) I do.
Romans 7:20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that lives in me.
Romans 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) body of death?
Romans 8:9 You, however, are not controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Romans 8:14 For it is those who are led by the Spirit of God who (houtoi | οὗτοι | nom pl masc) are the sons of God.
Romans 8:30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:37 No, in all these (toutois | τούτοις | dat pl neut) things we are winning a most glorious victory through him who loved us.
Romans 9:6 But it is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are actually Israel;
Romans 9:8 This (tout | τοῦτ᾿ | nom sg neut) means it is not the children of the flesh who (tauta | ταῦτα | nom pl neut) are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
Romans 9:9 For this (houtos | οὗτος | nom sg masc) is what the promise said: “About this (touton | τοῦτον | acc sg masc) time next year I will return and Sarah will have a son.”
Romans 9:17 For the scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) very purpose (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) I have raised you up, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that (tout | τοῦτ᾿ | nom sg neut) is, to bring Christ down),
Romans 10:7 or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that (tout | τοῦτ᾿ | nom sg neut) is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
Romans 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that (tout | τοῦτ᾿ | nom sg neut) is, the word of faith that we proclaim:
Romans 11:7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
Romans 11:24 For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these (houtoi | οὗτοι | nom pl masc), the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree?
Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) mystery — so that you may not be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Romans 11:27 “And this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) will be my covenant with them, when I take away their sins.”
Romans 11:30 just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their (toutōn | τούτων | gen pl masc) disobedience,
Romans 11:31 so they (houtoi | οὗτοι | nom pl masc) at the present time have been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy.
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Romans 13:6 this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) is also why you pay taxes, for authorities are servants of God, devoted to this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) very thing.
Romans 13:9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” (and any other commandment there may be) are summed up in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Romans 13:11 And live this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) way because you are aware of the time, that the hour has come for us to wake from sleep, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Romans 14:9 the reason why Christ died and rose to life again was that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead, never to put an obstacle or a trap in a brother’s way.
Romans 14:18 whoever serves Christ in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) way is pleasing to God and approved by men.
Romans 15:9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “For this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) reason I will acknowledge you among the Gentiles and sing praises to your name.”
Romans 15:23 but now I no longer have a reason for remaining in these (toutois | τούτοις | dat pl neut) regions, and for many years I have desired to come to visit you.
Romans 15:28 Therefore, when I have completed this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) task and have delivered to them what (touton | τοῦτον | acc sg masc) was raised, I will leave for Spain by way of you.
1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean is this: (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) each of you is saying, “I am with Paul,” or, “I am with Apollos,” or, “I am with Cephas,” or, “I am with Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise Where is the scholar? Where is the brilliant debater of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 2:2 For I had decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him (touton | τοῦτον | acc sg masc) crucified.
1 Corinthians 2:6 However, we do speak wisdom among those who are mature, although it is not the wisdom of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) age or of the rulers of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) age, who are doomed to perish.
1 Corinthians 2:8 None of the rulers of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him (touton | τοῦτον | acc sg masc). For God’s temple is holy, and that is what you are.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg masc) world is folly with God. For it is written, “He traps the wise with their own craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not because of this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) am I acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.

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