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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- John 3:2 τὰὁ
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
- John 3:3 τὴντοῦ
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- John 3:4 ὁτὴντῆς
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- John 3:5 τὴντοῦ
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- John 3:6 τὸτῆςτὸτοῦ
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- John 3:8 τὸτὴνὁτοῦ
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- John 3:10 ὁτοῦ
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
- John 3:11 τὴν
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
- John 3:12 τὰτὰ
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
- John 3:13 τὸνὁτοῦὁτοῦ
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
- John 3:14 τὸντῇτὸντοῦ
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
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that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 3:16 ὁτὸντὸντὸνὁ
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 3:17 ὁτὸντὸντὸνὁ
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
- John 3:18 ὁὁτὸτοῦτοῦ
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- John 3:19 ἡτὸτὸνοἱτὸτὸτὰ
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 3:20 ὁτὸτὸτὰ
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- John 3:21 ὁτὴντὸτὰ
But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
- John 3:22 ὁοἱτὴν
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
- John 3:23 ὁτοῦ
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
- John 3:24 τὴνὁ
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
- John 3:25 τῶν
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
- John 3:26 τὸντοῦ
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
- John 3:27 τοῦ
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
- John 3:29 Ὁτὴνὁτοῦὁτὴντοῦἡἡ
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- John 3:31 Ὁὁτῆςτῆςτῆςὁτοῦ
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
- John 3:32 τὴν
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
- John 3:33 ὁτὴνὁ
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
- John 3:34 ὁτὰτοῦτὸ
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- John 3:35 Ὁτὸντῇ
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- John 3:36 ὁτὸνὁτῷἡτοῦ
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 4:1 ὁοἱ
When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
- John 4:2 οἱ
(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
- John 4:3 τὴντὴν
He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
- John 4:4 τῆς
Now He had to pass through Samaria.
- John 4:5 τῆςτοῦτῷτῷ
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
- John 4:6 τοῦὁτῆςτῇ
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:7 τῆςὁ
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
- John 4:8 οἱτὴν
(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
- John 4:9 ἡἡ
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
- John 4:10 τὴντοῦὁ
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 4:11 ἡτὸτὸτὸ
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
- John 4:12 τοῦτὸοἱτὰ
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
- John 4:13 ὁτοῦ
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
- John 4:14 τοῦτὸντὸ
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 4:15 ἡτὸ
The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
- John 4:16 τὸν
Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
- John 4:17 ἡὁ
“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
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“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
