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 11:37 ὁτοὺςτοῦ
But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
- John 11:38 τὸ
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- John 11:39 ὁτὸνἡτοῦ
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
- John 11:40 ὁτὴντοῦ
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- John 11:41 τὸνὁτοὺς
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
- John 11:42 τὸντὸν
I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
- John 11:44 ὁτοὺςτὰςἡὁ
The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
- John 11:45 τῶνοἱτὴν
Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
- John 11:46 τοὺς
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
- John 11:47 οἱοἱὁ
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- John 11:48 οἱτὸντὸ
If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
- John 11:49 τοῦ
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
- John 11:50 τοῦτὸ
You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
- John 11:51 τοῦτοῦ
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
- John 11:52 τοῦτὰτοῦτὰ
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
- John 11:53 τῆς
So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
- John 11:54 Ὁτοῖςτὴντῆςτῶν
As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
- John 11:55 τὸτῶντῆςτοῦ
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- John 11:56 τὸντῷτὴν
They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
- John 11:57 οἱοἱ
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- John 12:1 Ὁτοῦ
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 12:2 ἡὁτῶν
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
- John 12:3 ἡτοὺςτοῦταῖςτοὺςἡτῆςτοῦ
Then Mary took about a pint of expensive perfume, made of pure nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
- John 12:4 ὁτῶνὁ
But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
- John 12:5 τὸ
“Why wasn’t this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
- John 12:6 τῶντὸτὰ
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- John 12:7 ὁτὴντοῦ
“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “She has kept this perfume in preparation for the day of My burial.
- John 12:8 τοὺς
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- John 12:9 ὁτῶντὸντὸν
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 12:10 οἱτὸν
So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
- John 12:11 τῶντὸν
for on account of him many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
- John 12:12 Τῇὁὁτὴνὁ
The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
- John 12:13 τὰτῶνὁὁτοῦ
They took palm branches and went out to meet Him, shouting: “Hosanna!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
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Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:
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“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”
- John 12:16 οἱτὸ
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
- John 12:17 ὁὁτὸντοῦ
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
- John 12:18 ὁτὸ
That is also why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.
- John 12:19 Οἱὁ
Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
- John 12:20 τῶντῇ
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- John 12:21 τῷτῆςτὸν
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
- John 12:22 ὁτῷτῷ
Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.
- John 12:23 Ὁἡὁτοῦ
But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- John 12:24 ὁτοῦτὴν
Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- John 12:25 ὁτὴνὁτὴντῷ
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- John 12:26 ὁὁὁ
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- John 12:27 ἡτῆςτὴν
Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.
- John 12:28 τὸτοῦ
Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
- John 12:29 Ὁὁ
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
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In response, Jesus said, “This voice was not for My benefit, but yours.