Strong G3746ὅσπερ
who
- Transliteration
- hosper
- Pronunciation
- hos'-per
- Morphology
- Greek Relative Pronoun
Definition
Detailed definition
ὅσπερ, see: ὅς.
ὅς, ἥ, ὅ,
the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν).
I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν... ὃς δέ, the one... the other, Mat.21:35, 22:5, 25:15, Luk.23:33, Act.27:14, Rom.14:5, 1Co.11:21, 2Co.2:18, Ju 22; neut., ὃ μὲν... ὃ δέ, the one... the other, some... some, Mat.13:8, 23, Rom.9:21; ὃς (ὃ) μὲν... (ἄλλος (ἄλλο))... ἕτερος, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5, 1Co.12:8-10; οὓς μέν, absol., 1Co.12:28; ὃς μὲν... ὁ δέ, Rom.14:2.
II. As relat. pron., who, which, what, that;
1. agreeing in gender with its antecedent, but differently governed as to case: Mat.2:9, Luk.9:9, Act.20:18, Rom.2:29, al. mult.
2. In variation from the common construction;
__(a) in gender, agreeing with a noun in apposition to the antecedent: Mrk.15:16, Gal.3:16, Eph.6:17, al.; constr. ad sensum: Jhn.6:9, Col.2:19, 1Ti.3:16, Rev.13:14, al.;
__(b) in number, constr. ad sensum: Act.15:36, 2Pe.3:1;
__(with) in case, by attraction to the case of the antecedent (Bl., §50, 2): Jhn.4:18, Act.3:21, Rom.15:18, 1Co.6:19, Eph.1:8, al.
3. The neut. ὅ with nouns of other gender and with phrases, which thing, which term: Mrk.3:17 12:42, Jhn.1:39, Col.3:14, al.; with a sentence, Act.2:32, Gal.2:10, 1Jn.2:8, al.
4. With ellipse of a demonstrative (οὗτος or ἐκεῖνος), before or after: before, Mat.20:23, Luk.7:43, Rom.10:14, al.; after, Mat.10:38, Mrk.9:40, Jhn.19:22, Rom.2:1 al.
5. Expressing purpose, end or cause: Mat.11:10 (who = that he may), Mrk.1:2, Heb.12:6 al.
6. C. prep, as periphrasis for conjc.: ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ( = ἀντὶ τούτων ὧν), because, Luk.1:20, al.; wherefore, Luk.12:3; ἐξ οὗ, since, for that, Rom.5:12; ἀφ᾽ οὗ, since (temporal), Luk.13:25; ἐξ οὗ, whence, Php.3:20; etc.
7. With particles: ὃς ἄν (ἐάν), see: ἄν, ἐάν; ὃς καί, Mrk.3:19, Jhn.21:20, Rom.5:2, al.; ὃς καὶ αὐτός, Mat.27:57.
8. Gen., οὗ, absol., as adv. (see: οὗ).
(AS)
ὅς, ἥ, ὅ,
the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν).
I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν... ὃς δέ, the one... the other, Mat.21:35, 22:5, 25:15, Luk.23:33, Act.27:14, Rom.14:5, 1Co.11:21, 2Co.2:18, Ju 22; neut., ὃ μὲν... ὃ δέ, the one... the other, some... some, Mat.13:8, 23, Rom.9:21; ὃς (ὃ) μὲν... (ἄλλος (ἄλλο))... ἕτερος, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5, 1Co.12:8-10; οὓς μέν, absol., 1Co.12:28; ὃς μὲν... ὁ δέ, Rom.14:2.
II. As relat. pron., who, which, what, that;
1. agreeing in gender with its antecedent, but differently governed as to case: Mat.2:9, Luk.9:9, Act.20:18, Rom.2:29, al. mult.
2. In variation from the common construction;
__(a) in gender, agreeing with a noun in apposition to the antecedent: Mrk.15:16, Gal.3:16, Eph.6:17, al.; constr. ad sensum: Jhn.6:9, Col.2:19, 1Ti.3:16, Rev.13:14, al.;
__(b) in number, constr. ad sensum: Act.15:36, 2Pe.3:1;
__(with) in case, by attraction to the case of the antecedent (Bl., §50, 2): Jhn.4:18, Act.3:21, Rom.15:18, 1Co.6:19, Eph.1:8, al.
3. The neut. ὅ with nouns of other gender and with phrases, which thing, which term: Mrk.3:17 12:42, Jhn.1:39, Col.3:14, al.; with a sentence, Act.2:32, Gal.2:10, 1Jn.2:8, al.
4. With ellipse of a demonstrative (οὗτος or ἐκεῖνος), before or after: before, Mat.20:23, Luk.7:43, Rom.10:14, al.; after, Mat.10:38, Mrk.9:40, Jhn.19:22, Rom.2:1 al.
5. Expressing purpose, end or cause: Mat.11:10 (who = that he may), Mrk.1:2, Heb.12:6 al.
6. C. prep, as periphrasis for conjc.: ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ( = ἀντὶ τούτων ὧν), because, Luk.1:20, al.; wherefore, Luk.12:3; ἐξ οὗ, since, for that, Rom.5:12; ἀφ᾽ οὗ, since (temporal), Luk.13:25; ἐξ οὗ, whence, Php.3:20; etc.
7. With particles: ὃς ἄν (ἐάν), see: ἄν, ἐάν; ὃς καί, Mrk.3:19, Jhn.21:20, Rom.5:2, al.; ὃς καὶ αὐτός, Mat.27:57.
8. Gen., οὗ, absol., as adv. (see: οὗ).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3746 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- whomsoever1
First verses
- Mark 15:6Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ
(Epic dialect ὅπερ as masculine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.114, 21.107))]; genitive οὗπερ, Epic dialect οἷόπερ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1325)]; in Ionic dialect writers and in Poets the oblative cases are sometimes borrowed from the Article, τόπερ [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.1098; τοῦπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 779; τῇπερ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.603, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30; τοίπερ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.130; τάπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 418 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.16; τῶνπερ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.638, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 974)]; on concord and construction [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare ὅς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.1,2,4, 11.1a)],3, IV. 4:—the very man who, the very thing which; frequently indistinguishable from simple ὅς,[Refs (compare ὅσος 111.4: with words intervening between ὅς)] and περ, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἔβαλέν περ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.524, compare 13.101, etc.)]
2 used after adjectives of resemblance, ὡυτὸς ὅσπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.42; ἐκ τῶν ἴσων.., ὧνπερ αὐτὸς ἐξέφυ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1499)]; ὅμοια ἔπραττον ἅπερ ἄν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.34)]; ὅρκια τάπερ τε.. the same as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74.)]
II special uses of cases,
II.1 ὅπερ, wherefore, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.18 codices (assuming variant))]; although, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 103.7.)]
II.2 ἅπερ, as, like, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 381 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 131, 660, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 168 (_anapaest meter_, as variant), “OT” 175 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.18, etc.)]; compare καθάπερ.
II.3 οὗπερ, see at {ὅς} A b. [Refs (1.)]
II.4 ᾗπερ, Doric dialect ᾇπερ, which way, where, whither, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.41, 12.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.10, etc.)]; Ionic dialect τῇπερ, ἔθαψαν.. τῇπερ ἔπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; also, as, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.286, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 440 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 364; ᾗπερ δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.310; ᾗπερ καί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.2.)]
II.5 in the Logic of Aristotle, ὅπερ ἐστί, or ὅπερ alone, has two senses:
II.5.a non-technical, and unemphatic, what (a thing) is, ἑκάστη οὐσία τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, οὐ λέγεται μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον each substance is called what it is without the difference of more or less, [Refs (“Cat.” 3b36)]; τὸ διπλάσιον τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, ἑτέρου λέγεται the double is called what it is (i.e. the double) of something, i.e. is relative, [Refs ([prev. work]6a39.)]
II.5.b expressing identity, οὔτε ἡ χιὼν ὅ. λευκόν snow is not what white is, i.e. is not identical with white, [Refs (“Top.” 120b23)]; ὁ λευκὸς ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. χρῶμα [Refs ([prev. work]116a27: hence, to indicate the)]precise or essential nature of a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἂν φαίη ὅ. κακόν τι εἶναι τὴν ἡδονήν he would not say that pleasure is essentially something bad, [Refs (“EN” 1153b6)]; τὰ μὲν οὐσίαν σημαίνοντα ὅ. ἐκεῖνό ἢ ὅ. ἐκεῖνό τι σημαίνει expressions which show the essence show precisely what the thing in question is or precisely of what kind it is (i.e. indicate either its species or its genus), [Refs (“APo.” 83a24)]; ὅ. [τόδε] τί ἐστι τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι the essence of a thing is precisely a 'this', i.e. a fully specified particular, [Refs (“Metaphorical” 1030a3)]; ἡ μὲν [ἐπιστήμη] ὅ. ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν knowledge (that man is an animal) is apprehension that 'animal' is an element in the essential nature of man, [Refs (“APo.” 89a35.)]
(Epic dialect ὅπερ as masculine, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.114, 21.107))]; genitive οὗπερ, Epic dialect οἷόπερ [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.1325)]; in Ionic dialect writers and in Poets the oblative cases are sometimes borrowed from the Article, τόπερ [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.1098; τοῦπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 779; τῇπερ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.603, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30; τοίπερ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.130; τάπερ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 418 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.16; τῶνπερ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.638, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 974)]; on concord and construction [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare ὅς 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 1.1,2,4, 11.1a)],3, IV. 4:—the very man who, the very thing which; frequently indistinguishable from simple ὅς,[Refs (compare ὅσος 111.4: with words intervening between ὅς)] and περ, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἔβαλέν περ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.524, compare 13.101, etc.)]
2 used after adjectives of resemblance, ὡυτὸς ὅσπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.42; ἐκ τῶν ἴσων.., ὧνπερ αὐτὸς ἐξέφυ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1499)]; ὅμοια ἔπραττον ἅπερ ἄν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.34)]; ὅρκια τάπερ τε.. the same as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.74.)]
II special uses of cases,
II.1 ὅπερ, wherefore, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.18 codices (assuming variant))]; although, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 103.7.)]
II.2 ἅπερ, as, like, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 381 (Lyric poetry), “Eu.” 131, 660, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 168 (_anapaest meter_, as variant), “OT” 175 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.18, etc.)]; compare καθάπερ.
II.3 οὗπερ, see at {ὅς} A b. [Refs (1.)]
II.4 ᾗπερ, Doric dialect ᾇπερ, which way, where, whither, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.41, 12.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.5.10, etc.)]; Ionic dialect τῇπερ, ἔθαψαν.. τῇπερ ἔπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; also, as, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.286, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 440 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 364; ᾗπερ δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.310; ᾗπερ καί 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.8.2.)]
II.5 in the Logic of Aristotle, ὅπερ ἐστί, or ὅπερ alone, has two senses:
II.5.a non-technical, and unemphatic, what (a thing) is, ἑκάστη οὐσία τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, οὐ λέγεται μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον each substance is called what it is without the difference of more or less, [Refs (“Cat.” 3b36)]; τὸ διπλάσιον τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, ἑτέρου λέγεται the double is called what it is (i.e. the double) of something, i.e. is relative, [Refs ([prev. work]6a39.)]
II.5.b expressing identity, οὔτε ἡ χιὼν ὅ. λευκόν snow is not what white is, i.e. is not identical with white, [Refs (“Top.” 120b23)]; ὁ λευκὸς ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. χρῶμα [Refs ([prev. work]116a27: hence, to indicate the)]precise or essential nature of a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἂν φαίη ὅ. κακόν τι εἶναι τὴν ἡδονήν he would not say that pleasure is essentially something bad, [Refs (“EN” 1153b6)]; τὰ μὲν οὐσίαν σημαίνοντα ὅ. ἐκεῖνό ἢ ὅ. ἐκεῖνό τι σημαίνει expressions which show the essence show precisely what the thing in question is or precisely of what kind it is (i.e. indicate either its species or its genus), [Refs (“APo.” 83a24)]; ὅ. [τόδε] τί ἐστι τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι the essence of a thing is precisely a 'this', i.e. a fully specified particular, [Refs (“Metaphorical” 1030a3)]; ἡ μὲν [ἐπιστήμη] ὅ. ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν knowledge (that man is an animal) is apprehension that 'animal' is an element in the essential nature of man, [Refs (“APo.” 89a35.)]