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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- Mark 1:29 τῆςτὴν
As soon as Jesus and His companions had left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
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Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.
- Mark 1:31 τῆςὁ
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
- Mark 1:32 ὁτοὺςτοὺς
That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all who were sick and demon-possessed,
- Mark 1:33 ἡτὴν
and the whole town gathered at the door.
- Mark 1:34 τὰ
And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.
- Mark 1:36 οἱ
Simon and his companions went to look for Him,
- Mark 1:38 τὰς
But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”
- Mark 1:39 τὰςτὴντὰ
So He went throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
- Mark 1:41 τὴν
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
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And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.
- Mark 1:44 τῷτοῦ
“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
- Mark 1:45 Ὁτὸν
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- Mark 2:2 τὰτὴντὸν
they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
- Mark 2:4 τὸντὴντὸνὁ
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
- Mark 2:5 ὁτὴντῷαἱ
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
- Mark 2:6 τῶνταῖς
But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
- Mark 2:7 ὁ
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
- Mark 2:8 ὁτῷταῖς
At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
- Mark 2:9 τῷαἱτὸν
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- Mark 2:10 ὁτοῦτῆςτῷ
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
- Mark 2:11 τὸντὸν
“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
- Mark 2:12 τὸντὸν
And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
- Mark 2:13 τὴνὁ
Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
- Mark 2:14 τὸντοῦτὸ
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Mark 2:15 τῇτῷτοῖς
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
- Mark 2:16 οἱτῶντῶντοῖςτῶν
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- Mark 2:17 ὁοἱοἱ
On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- Mark 2:18 οἱοἱοἱοἱτῶνοἱ
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
- Mark 2:19 ὁοἱτοῦὁτὸν
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
- Mark 2:20 ὁτῇ
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
- Mark 2:21 τὸτὸτοῦ
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
- Mark 2:22 ὁτοὺςὁοἱ
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
- Mark 2:23 τοῖςτῶνοἱτοὺς
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
- Mark 2:24 οἱτοῖς
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
- Mark 2:25 οἱ
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
- Mark 2:26 τὸντοῦτοὺςτῆςτοὺςτοῖς
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
- Mark 2:27 Τὸτὸνὁτὸ
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
- Mark 2:28 ὁτοῦτοῦ
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
- Mark 3:1 τὴντὴν
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
- Mark 3:2 τοῖς
In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
- Mark 3:3 τῷτῷτὴντὸ
Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
- Mark 3:4 τοῖςΟἱ
And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
- Mark 3:5 τῇτῆςτῷτὴνἡ
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Mark 3:6 οἱτῶν
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
- Mark 3:7 ὁτῶντὴντῆςτῆς
So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
- Mark 3:8 τῆςτοῦ
Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
- Mark 3:9 τοῖςτὸν
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
- Mark 3:11 τὰτὰὁτοῦ
And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
- Mark 3:13 τὸ
Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.