Vocabulary Form
οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο
Definition

sg: this (one); he, she, it;
pl: these (they)

Erasmian
Modern
Root
οὑτο
Frequency
1387
GK
4047
Mnemonic Singing

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

Song
Notes

There is much more to this word than we are presenting here. Its form changes considerably in its different genders. οὗτος 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."

Biblical Concordance

1 John 2:25 And this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is the promise that he made to us — eternal life.
1 John 2:26 I have written these things (tauta | ταῦτα | acc pl neut) to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this (tautēn | ταύτην | acc sg fem) hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure.
1 John 3:8 The one who continues to sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this (touto | τοῦτο | acc sg neut) purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:10 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
1 John 3:11 For this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is the message that you heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.
1 John 3:16 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) we have come to know love: that he laid down his life on our behalf. And we are obligated to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:19 And by this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) we will know that we are of the truth and will set our conscience at rest in his presence,
1 John 3:23 And this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
1 John 3:24 And the one who keeps his commandments resides in him, and he in him. And by this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) we know that he abides in us: by the Spirit whom he has given to us.
1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
1 John 4:3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This (touto | τοῦτο | nom sg neut) is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is already in the world.
1 John 4:5 They are of the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.
1 John 4:6 We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this (toutou | τούτου | gen sg neut) we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:9 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) the love of God is revealed to us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:10 In this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:13 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) we know that we abide in God and he in us: because he has given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:17 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut), love is fully realized among us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because just as he is, so also are we in this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg masc) world.
1 John 4:21 And the commandment we have from him is this: (tautēn | ταύτην | acc sg fem) the one who loves God must also love his brother.
1 John 5:2 By this (toutō | τούτῳ | dat sg neut) we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments.
1 John 5:3 For this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome,
1 John 5:4 because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. And this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is the victorious power that has conquered the world — our faith.
1 John 5:6 This (houtos | οὗτος | nom sg masc) is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5:9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this (hautē | αὕτη | nom sg fem) is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.