Vocabulary Form
ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅτι
Definition

whoever, whichever, whatever

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ὁ - τιν
Frequency
144
GK
4015
Mnemonics

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Mnemonics

Notes

This word is the combination of the relative and the indefinite pronouns (ὅς + τις). As such, both halves decline. See the Appendix for the full paradigm, page 350. If you are following Track Two, just memorize this word for now; its forms will be explained in chapter 10.

Because ὅστις is formed with the relative pronoun, it will only occur in a dependent clause; the ὅστις clause cannot contain the main subject and verb.

In Koine Greek, this relative indefinite pronoun was starting to shift so that it could also be used as the relative pronoun. In other words, its indefinite significance can be lost and ὅστις can be translated the same as ὅς if required by the context.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 2:6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a ruler who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will shepherd my people Israel.’”
Matthew 5:25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are still with him on the way to court, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be thrown into prison.
Matthew 5:39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer; but whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other as well.
Matthew 5:41 And whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets; they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) hears these words of mine, and does them, is like the wise man, who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) built his house upon rock.
Matthew 7:26 But everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them, will be like the foolish man who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) built his house on sand.
Matthew 10:32 So everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will acknowledge me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven;
Matthew 10:33 but whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 12:50 For whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:12 For to the one who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 13:52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Matthew 16:28 I tell you the truth, there are some of those standing here who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew 18:4 For whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) humbles himself as this child is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have been that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) were made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.”
Matthew 19:29 And everyone who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard.
Matthew 21:33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went away on a journey.
Matthew 21:41 They said to him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end and lease the vineyard to other tenants who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will give him his share at their harvest.”
Matthew 22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) prepared a wedding feast for his son
Matthew 23:12 And whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will humble himself will be exalted.
Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs that (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and all kinds of filth.
Matthew 25:1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew 27:55 And looking on from a distance were many women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.
Matthew 27:62 On the following day, that (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is, after the day of Preparation, the ruling priests and the Pharisees went as a group to Pilate.