Vocabulary Form
ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅτι
Definition

whoever, whichever, whatever

Erasmian
Modern
Root
ὁ - τιν
Frequency
144
GK
4015
Mnemonics

Who's this?

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

Mark 4:20 These are the ones sown on good soil: good sown they (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit — thirty, sixty, and even a hundredfold.”
Mark 9:1 And he said to them, “I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
Mark 12:18 And the Sadducees, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) say there is no resurrection, came to him, and they were questioning him, saying,
Mark 15:7 Among the rebels in prison, who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) in the insurrection had committed murder, there was a man called Barabbas.
Luke 1:20 And now you will be reduced to silence and not be able to speak until the day in which these things happen, because you did not believe my words, which (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) will be fulfilled in their time.”
Luke 2:4 So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
Luke 2:10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I announce to you good news of a great joy which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) will be for all the people,
Luke 7:37 Now there was a woman known (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) in the city as a sinner, and when she learned that Jesus was reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
Luke 7:39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is touching him — that she is a sinner.”
Luke 8:3 and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna) and many other women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) cared for their needs out of their own resources.
Luke 8:15 But as for that in the good soil — these are the ones who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc), having heard with an honest and good heart, hold firmly onto the word and bear fruit through patient endurance.
Luke 8:26 Then they came to land in the region of the Gerasenes, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is across the lake from Galilee.
Luke 8:43 Now there was a woman who had suffered a flow of blood for twelve years, but she (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) was not able to be healed by anyone.
Luke 9:30 and two men were talking with him; Moses and Elijah,
Luke 10:42 but only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the most important thing, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which (hētis | ἥτις | nom sg fem) is hypocrisy.
Luke 12:50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is completed!
Luke 13:8 And he answered, saying to him, ‘Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.
Luke 14:15 When one of those reclining at table with him heard him say these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the person who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
Luke 14:27 Whoever (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Luke 15:7 I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who (hoitines | οἵτινες | nom pl masc) have no need of repentance.
Luke 22:16 For I say to you that I will certainly not eat again until it (hotou | ὅτου | gen sg neut) is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 23:19 who (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) was thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.
Luke 23:55 The women who (haitines | αἵτινες | nom pl fem) had come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it
John 8:53 Surely you are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? He (hostis | ὅστις | nom sg masc) died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”