Who/which
ὅστιςStrong’s G3748hostis, hētis
Appears in 139 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hostis, hētis is the Greek word usually translated “who”, “which” and “whoever”. It appears in 139 verses of the New Testament.
“Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;”
Meaning
Usually translated “who”, “which” and “whoever”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- who 79
- which 38
- whoever 13
- when 3
- such as 2
- that 2
- those who 2
- he who 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 25
- Acts 23
- Luke 20
- Romans 10
- Hebrews 10
- Revelation 9
22 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 1:4In contextNeither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
- 1 Timothy 3:15In contextBut if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
- 1 Timothy 6:9In contextBut they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Titus 1:11In contextWhose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
- 2 Peter 2:1In contextBut there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
- Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
All 139 verses, by book
- Matthew 25
- 2:65:255:395:417:157:247:2610:3210:3312:5013:1213:5216:2818:419:1219:2920:121:3321:4122:223:1223:2725:127:5527:62
- Acts 23
- 3:235:167:538:159:3510:4110:4711:2011:2812:1013:3113:4316:1216:1616:1717:1017:1121:423:1423:2123:3324:128:18
- 2 Thessalonians 1
- 1:9
- Titus 1
- 1:11
- 1 Peter 1
- 2:11
- 2 Peter 1
- 2:1
- 1 John 1
- 1:2
Greek dictionary
ὅστις hostis, hētis · who/which
ὅστις, ἥτις, ὅ τι (also written ὅ, τι and ὅτι; see LS, see word; WH, §411; Tdf., Pr., 111), in NT scarcely ever except in nom. (M, Pr., 91), the only instance of the oblique cases being found in ἕως ὅτου (see: ἕως), relative of indef. reference (related to simple ὅς as Lat. quisquis to qui), whoever, anyone who; (a) of an indef. person or thing: in general statements, Mat.5:39, 41 13:12, and freq., Luk.14:27, Gal.5:4, al.; in relative sentences, Mat.7:26, Luk.15:7, Php.3:7, al.; πᾶς, with indic., Mat.7:24 10:32; ὅ ἄν (ἐάν), with subjc., Mat.12:50 13:12, Jhn.14:13, 1Co.16:2, Gal.5:10, al.; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “who” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHO, pronoun
relative. pronoun hoo. [Latin who is undoubtedly a contracted word in English as in Latin. See What and Wight.]
- who is a pronoun relative, always referring to persons.
- Which of many.
- It is much used in asking questions; as, who am I? who art thou? who is this? who are these? In this case, the purpose is to obtain the name or designation of the person or character.
- It has sometimes a disjunctive sense.
All definitions
- Whose is of all genders.
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.