Greek

Which

ὅςStrong’s G3739

hos, hē

Appears in 1,237 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hos, hē is the Greek word usually translated “which”, “who” and “whom”. It appears in 1,237 verses of the New Testament.

“So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:”

2 Thessalonians 1:4 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “which”, “who” and “whom”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

which 310
who 236
whom 214
that 188
what 108
to whom 39
of whom 31
whatever 30

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 198
Luke 164
John 144
Matthew 103
Mark 81
Romans 71

27 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

All 1,237 verses, by book

Matthew 103: 1:16 1:23 1:25 2:9 2:16 3:11 3:12 3:17 5:19 5:21 5:22 5:31 5:32 6:8 7:2 7:9 8:4 10:11 10:14 10:26 10:27 10:38 10:42 11:4 11:6 11:10 11:16 11:20 11:27 12:2 12:4 12:11 12:18 12:32 12:36 13:4 13:8 13:12 13:17 13:23 13:31 13:32 13:33 13:44 13:46 13:48 14:7 14:22 15:5 15:13 16:19 16:25 17:5 17:9 18:5 18:6 18:7 18:19 18:23 18:28 18:30 18:34 19:6 19:9 19:11 20:4 20:7 20:15 20:22 20:23 20:26 20:27 21:15 21:24 21:35 21:42 21:44 22:5 22:10 23:16 23:18 23:35 23:37 24:2 24:38 24:44 24:45 24:46 24:50 25:13 25:15 25:29 26:13 26:24 26:36 26:48 26:50 27:9 27:15 27:33 27:56 27:57 27:60
Mark 81: 1:2 1:7 1:44 2:19 2:24 2:26 3:13 3:17 3:19 3:29 3:35 4:4 4:9 4:16 4:22 4:24 4:25 4:31 5:3 5:33 5:41 6:11 6:16 6:22 6:23 7:4 7:11 7:13 7:15 7:25 7:34 8:35 8:38 9:9 9:37 9:38 9:39 9:40 9:41 9:42 10:9 10:11 10:15 10:29 10:35 10:38 10:39 10:40 10:43 10:44 11:2 11:21 11:23 12:5 12:10 12:42 13:2 13:11 13:19 13:20 13:30 13:37 14:8 14:9 14:21 14:32 14:44 14:71 14:72 15:6 15:12 15:16 15:22 15:23 15:34 15:40 15:41 15:42 15:43 15:46 16:9
Luke 164: 1:4 1:20 1:25 1:26 1:27 1:61 1:73 1:78 2:11 2:15 2:20 2:25 2:31 2:37 2:50 3:16 3:17 3:19 4:6 4:18 4:29 5:3 5:9 5:10 5:17 5:18 5:21 5:25 5:29 5:34 6:2 6:3 6:4 6:13 6:14 6:16 6:34 6:38 6:46 6:48 6:49 7:2 7:4 7:22 7:23 7:27 7:43 7:45 7:47 7:49 8:2 8:5 8:13 8:17 8:18 8:27 8:35 8:38 8:41 8:47 9:4 9:9 9:24 9:26 9:27 9:31 9:33 9:36 9:43 9:48 9:50 10:5 10:8 10:10 10:22 10:23 10:24 10:30 10:35 10:39 11:6 11:22 11:27 12:1 12:2 12:3 12:8 12:10 12:12 12:20 12:24 12:37 12:40 12:42 12:43 12:46 12:48 12:59 13:1 13:4 13:7 13:14 13:16 13:19 13:21 13:25 13:30 13:34 14:22 14:33 15:8 15:9 15:16 16:1 16:20 17:1 17:7 17:10 17:12 17:27 17:29 17:30 17:31 17:33 18:17 18:29 18:30 19:15 19:20 19:21 19:22 19:26 19:30 19:37 19:44 20:17 20:18 20:47 21:4 21:6 21:15 22:7 22:10 22:18 22:22 22:60 23:14 23:25 23:27 23:29 23:33 23:41 23:51 24:1 24:10 24:13 24:17 24:18 24:19 24:21 24:23 24:25 24:44 24:49
John 144: 1:3 1:9 1:13 1:15 1:26 1:27 1:30 1:33 1:38 1:41 1:42 1:45 1:47 2:5 2:22 2:23 3:2 3:11 3:26 3:32 3:34 4:5 4:12 4:14 4:18 4:22 4:29 4:32 4:38 4:39 4:46 4:50 4:52 4:53 5:4 5:7 5:19 5:20 5:21 5:28 5:32 5:36 5:38 5:45 6:2 6:9 6:13 6:14 6:21 6:22 6:27 6:29 6:37 6:39 6:42 6:51 6:63 6:64 7:3 7:25 7:28 7:31 7:36 7:39 8:25 8:26 8:38 8:40 8:54 9:7 9:19 9:24 10:6 10:12 10:16 10:25 10:29 10:35 10:36 11:2 11:3 11:6 11:45 11:46 12:1 12:9 12:38 12:48 12:50 13:5 13:7 13:23 13:24 13:26 13:27 13:29 13:38 14:10 14:12 14:13 14:17 14:24 14:26 15:3 15:7 15:15 15:16 15:20 15:24 15:26 16:17 16:18 17:2 17:3 17:4 17:5 17:6 17:8 17:9 17:11 17:12 17:22 17:24 17:26 18:1 18:9 18:11 18:13 18:21 18:26 18:32 19:17 19:22 19:26 19:37 19:41 20:2 20:7 20:16 20:30 21:7 21:10 21:20 21:25
Acts 198: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:7 1:11 1:12 1:16 1:21 1:22 1:23 1:24 1:25 2:8 2:21 2:22 2:24 2:32 2:33 2:36 3:2 3:3 3:6 3:13 3:15 3:16 3:18 3:21 3:25 4:10 4:12 4:20 4:22 4:27 4:31 4:36 5:25 5:30 5:32 5:36 6:3 6:6 6:10 6:14 7:3 7:4 7:7 7:16 7:17 7:18 7:20 7:28 7:33 7:35 7:38 7:39 7:40 7:43 7:44 7:45 7:46 7:52 8:6 8:10 8:19 8:24 8:27 8:30 8:32 9:5 9:17 9:33 9:36 9:39 10:5 10:6 10:12 10:15 10:17 10:21 10:32 10:36 10:37 10:38 10:39 11:6 11:9 11:11 11:14 11:23 11:30 12:4 12:23 13:2 13:6 13:7 13:22 13:25 13:31 13:37 13:39 13:41 14:8 14:9 14:11 14:15 14:16 14:23 14:26 15:10 15:11 15:17 15:24 15:29 15:36 16:2 16:14 16:21 16:24 17:3 17:7 17:23 17:31 17:34 18:7 18:27 19:13 19:16 19:25 19:27 19:35 19:40 20:18 20:24 20:25 20:28 20:38 21:11 21:16 21:19 21:23 21:24 21:26 21:29 21:32 22:4 22:5 22:8 22:10 22:15 22:24 23:12 23:14 23:19 23:21 23:28 23:29 24:6 24:8 24:11 24:13 24:14 24:15 24:18 24:19 24:21 25:7 25:11 25:15 25:16 25:18 25:19 25:21 25:24 25:26 26:2 26:7 26:10 26:12 26:15 26:16 26:17 26:22 26:26 27:8 27:17 27:23 27:25 27:33 27:39 27:44 28:4 28:7 28:8 28:10 28:15 28:22 28:23
Romans 71: 1:2 1:5 1:6 1:9 1:25 1:27 2:1 2:6 2:23 2:29 3:8 3:14 3:25 3:30 4:6 4:7 4:8 4:16 4:17 4:18 4:21 4:24 4:25 5:2 5:11 5:12 5:14 6:10 6:16 6:17 6:21 7:6 7:15 7:16 7:19 7:20 8:3 8:15 8:24 8:25 8:29 8:30 8:32 8:34 9:4 9:5 9:15 9:18 9:21 9:23 9:24 10:8 10:13 10:14 11:2 11:7 11:25 12:3 14:2 14:5 14:15 14:21 14:22 14:23 15:18 15:21 16:2 16:4 16:5 16:7 16:17
1 Corinthians 53: 1:8 1:9 1:30 2:7 2:8 2:9 2:13 2:16 3:5 3:11 3:14 4:5 4:6 4:7 4:17 6:5 6:18 6:19 7:1 7:20 7:24 7:36 7:37 7:39 8:6 8:11 10:11 10:13 10:15 10:16 10:20 10:30 11:21 11:23 11:26 11:27 12:8 12:23 12:28 14:37 15:1 15:2 15:3 15:6 15:9 15:10 15:15 15:25 15:31 15:36 15:37 16:2 16:3
2 Corinthians 35: 1:4 1:6 1:10 1:13 1:17 2:3 2:4 2:10 2:16 3:6 4:4 4:6 5:4 5:10 7:7 8:18 8:22 9:2 10:1 10:2 10:8 10:13 10:18 11:4 11:12 11:15 11:17 11:21 12:4 12:6 12:13 12:17 12:21 13:3 13:10
Galatians 23: 1:5 1:7 1:8 1:9 1:20 1:23 2:2 2:4 2:5 2:10 2:18 2:20 3:1 3:10 3:16 3:19 4:9 4:19 5:1 5:17 5:21 6:7 6:14
Ephesians 34: 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9 1:11 1:13 1:14 1:20 2:2 2:3 2:4 2:10 2:13 2:21 2:22 3:4 3:5 3:7 3:11 3:12 3:15 3:20 4:1 4:15 4:16 4:30 5:4 5:5 5:18 6:8 6:16 6:17 6:20 6:22
Philippians 14: 2:5 2:6 2:15 3:8 3:12 3:16 3:18 3:19 3:20 3:21 4:3 4:9 4:10 4:11
Colossians 36: 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:9 1:13 1:14 1:15 1:18 1:23 1:24 1:25 1:27 1:28 1:29 2:3 2:10 2:11 2:12 2:14 2:17 2:18 2:19 2:22 3:6 3:7 3:14 3:15 3:17 3:23 3:25 4:3 4:8 4:9 4:10 4:17
1 Thessalonians 4: 1:10 2:13 3:9 5:24
2 Thessalonians 12: 1:4 1:5 1:11 2:8 2:9 2:10 2:14 2:15 3:3 3:4 3:6 3:17
1 Timothy 20: 1:6 1:7 1:11 1:15 1:19 1:20 2:4 2:7 2:10 3:16 4:3 4:6 4:10 4:14 6:4 6:10 6:12 6:15 6:16 6:21
2 Timothy 17: 1:3 1:6 1:11 1:12 1:13 1:15 2:2 2:7 2:9 2:17 2:20 3:8 3:14 4:8 4:13 4:15 4:18
Titus 8: 1:2 1:3 1:11 1:13 2:1 2:14 3:5 3:6
Philemon 5: 1:5 1:10 1:12 1:13 1:21
Hebrews 69: 1:2 1:3 2:5 2:10 2:11 2:13 2:18 3:6 3:13 3:17 4:13 5:7 5:8 5:11 6:7 6:8 6:10 6:17 6:18 6:19 7:2 7:4 7:13 7:14 7:16 7:19 7:27 8:1 8:2 8:3 8:9 8:10 9:2 9:4 9:5 9:7 9:9 9:14 9:20 10:1 10:10 10:16 10:20 10:29 10:32 11:4 11:7 11:8 11:10 11:15 11:18 11:29 11:33 11:38 12:2 12:6 12:7 12:8 12:14 12:16 12:19 12:26 12:28 13:7 13:9 13:10 13:11 13:21 13:23
James 6: 1:12 1:17 2:5 4:4 4:5 5:10
1 Peter 26: 1:6 1:8 1:10 1:12 2:4 2:7 2:8 2:10 2:12 2:22 2:23 2:24 3:1 3:3 3:4 3:6 3:16 3:19 3:20 3:21 3:22 4:4 4:5 4:11 5:9 5:12
2 Peter 17: 1:4 1:9 1:17 1:19 2:2 2:3 2:12 2:15 2:17 2:19 3:1 3:4 3:6 3:10 3:12 3:13 3:16
1 John 22: 1:1 1:3 1:5 2:5 2:7 2:8 2:24 2:25 2:27 3:11 3:17 3:22 3:24 4:2 4:3 4:6 4:15 4:16 4:20 5:10 5:14 5:15
2 John 3: 1:1 1:5 1:8
3 John 4: 1:1 1:5 1:6 1:10
Jude 4: 1:13 1:15 1:22 1:23
Revelation 64: 1:1 1:2 1:4 1:11 1:19 1:20 2:6 2:7 2:8 2:10 2:13 2:14 2:17 2:25 3:2 3:4 3:8 3:11 4:1 4:5 5:6 5:8 5:13 6:9 6:11 7:2 7:3 7:9 8:2 9:20 10:4 10:5 10:6 10:8 12:5 12:16 13:2 13:8 13:12 13:14 14:2 14:4 14:8 16:14 16:18 17:2 17:8 17:11 17:12 17:15 17:16 17:18 18:6 18:19 19:12 19:20 20:2 20:8 20:11 20:12 21:8 21:12 21:17 22:6

Greek dictionary

ὅς hos, hē · which

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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “which” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WHICH, pronoun

relative or substitute. [I have not found this word in any other language. I think it may be from the root of quick. See What and Wight.]

A word called a relative or pronoun relative, because it relates to another word or thing, usually to some word that precedes it in the sentence.
which is much used in asking questions, for the purpose of obtaining the designation of a particular person or thing by the answer, and in this use, it is of the masculine as well as of the neuter gender.“WHICH of you convinceth me of sin?” John 8:46“For which of those works do ye stone me?” John 10:32
That which Take which you will, that is, take any one of the whole.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.