ὁ
ho
ὁ, ἡ, τό,
the prepositive article (ἄρθρον προτακτικόν), originally a demonstr. pron. (so usually in Hom.), in general corresponding to the Eng. definite article.
I. As demonstr. pron.
1. As frequently in Hom., absol., he (she, it), his (etc.): Act.17:28 (quoted from the poet Aratus).
2. Distributive, ὁ μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, the one . . . the other: 1Co.7:7, Gal.4:22; pl., Act.14:4, 17:32, Php.1:16, al.; οἱ μὲν . . . ἄλλοι δέ, Mat.16:14, Jhn.7:12; οἱ μεν̀ . . . ὁδέ, Heb.7:21, 23.
3. In narration (without ὁ μὲν preceding), ὁ δέ, but he: Mat.2:14, Mrk.1:45, Luk.8:21, Jhn.9:38, al. mult.
II. As prepositive article, the, prefixed,
1. to nouns unmodified: ὁ θεός, τὸ φῶς, etc.; to abstract nouns, ἡ σοφία, etc., to pl. nouns which indicate a class, οἱ ἀλώπεκες, foxes, Mat.8:20, al.; to an individual as representing a class, ὁ ἐργάτης, Luk.10:7; with nom. = voc. in addresses, Mat.11:26, Jhn.19:3, Jas.5:1, al.; to things which pertain to one, ἡ χεῖρ, his hand, Mrk.3:1; to names of persons well known or already mentioned; usually to names of countries (originally adjectives), ἡ Ἰουδαία, etc.
2. To modified nouns: with of person(s) pron. genitive, μοῦ, σοῦ, etc.; with poss. pron., ἐμός, σός, etc.; with adj. between the art. and the noun, ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος, Mat.12:35; the noun foll, by adj., both with art., ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, Jhn.10:11 (on ὁ ὄχλος πολύς, Jhn.12:9, see M, Pr., 84); before adjectival phrases, ἡ κατ᾽ ἐκλογὴν πρόθεσις, Rom.9:11.
3. To Other parts of speech used as substantives;
(a) neuter adjectives: τ. ἀγαθόν, etc.;
(b) cardinal numerals: ὁ εἶς, οἷ δύο, etc.;
(c) participles: ὁ βαπτίζων (= ὁ Βαπτιστής, Mat.14:2), Mrk.6:14; πᾶς ὁ, with ptcp., every one who, etc.;
(d) adverbs: τὸ πέραν, τὰ νῦν, ὁ ἔσω ἄνθρωπος;
(e) infinitives: nom., τὸ θέλειν, Rom.7:18, al.; genitive, τοῦ, after adjectives, ἄξιον τοῦ πορεύεσθαι, 1Co.16:4; verbs, ἐλαχεν τοῦ θυμιᾶσαι, Luk.1:9; and frequently in a final sense, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρειν, Mat.13:3 (on the artic. inf., see Bl., §71).
4. In the neut. to sentences, phrases or single words treated as a quotation: τὸ Ἐι δύνῃ, Mrk.9:23; τὸ ἔτι ἅπαξ, Heb.12:27; τὸ ἀνέβη, Eph.4:9, al.
5. To prepositional phrases: οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰταλίας, Heb.13:24; οἱ ἐκ νόμου, Rom.4:14; neut. accusative absol., in adverbial phrases, τὸ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν, daily, Luk.11:3; τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, as regards the flesh, Rom.9:5.
6. To nouns in the genitive, denoting kinship, association, etc.: ὁ τοῦ, the son of (unless context indicates a different relationship), Mat.10:2, al.; τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, the things that pertain to God, Mat.16:23; τὰ τῆς εἰρήνης, Rom.14:19 (cf. M, Pr., 81ff.; Bl, §§46, 47).
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For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
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Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
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Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
- Matthew 18:23 ἡτῶντῶν
Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
- Matthew 18:25 ὁτὴντὰ
Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
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Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
- Matthew 18:27 ὁτοῦτὸ
His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
- Matthew 18:28 ὁτῶν
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
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So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
- Matthew 18:30 Ὁτὸ
But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.
- Matthew 18:31 οἱτὰτῷτὰ
When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
- Matthew 18:32 ὁτὴν
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
- Matthew 18:33 τὸν
Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Matthew 18:34 ὁτοῖςτὸ
In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.
- Matthew 18:35 ὁὁτῷτῶν
That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”
- Matthew 19:1 ὁτοὺςτῆςτὰτῆςτοῦ
When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
- Matthew 19:3 τὴν
Then some Pharisees came and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
- Matthew 19:4 Ὁὁ
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
- Matthew 19:5 τὸντὴντῇοἱ
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
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So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- Matthew 19:8 τὴντὰς
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
- Matthew 19:9 τὴν
Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
- Matthew 19:10 οἱἡτοῦτῆς
His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
- Matthew 19:11 Ὁτὸν
“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
- Matthew 19:12 τῶντὴντῶνὁ
For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
- Matthew 19:13 τὰςοἱ
Then the little children were brought to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them and pray for them. And the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
- Matthew 19:14 ὁτὰτῶνἡτῶν
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
- Matthew 19:15 τὰς
And after He had placed His hands on them, He went on from there.
- Matthew 19:17 Ὁτοῦὁτὴντὰς
“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- Matthew 19:18 ὉΤὸ
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
- Matthew 19:19 τὸντὴντὸν
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
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“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”
- Matthew 19:21 ὁτὰτοῖς
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
- Matthew 19:22 ὁτὸν
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
- Matthew 19:23 Ὁτοῖςτὴντῶν
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 19:24 τὴντοῦ
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
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When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?”
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Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
- Matthew 19:28 Ὁοἱτῇὁτοῦτὰςτοῦ
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 19:29 τοῦ
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Matthew 20:1 ἡτῶντὸν
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:2 τῶντὴντὸν
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:3 τῇ
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
- Matthew 20:4 τὸν
‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
- Matthew 20:5 οἱ
So they went. He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.
- Matthew 20:6 τὴντὴν
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
- Matthew 20:7 τὸν
‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
- Matthew 20:8 ὁτοῦτῷτοὺςτὸντῶντῶν
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
- Matthew 20:9 οἱτὴν
The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius.