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GreekG3588Article

ὁ

ho

7,060Occurrences
G3588Strong's #
ArticlePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)

the definite article;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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.)
2.Distributive, ὁ *μὲν *. . ὁ δέ, the one . . the other
3.In narration (without ὁ *μὲν *preceding), ὁ δέ, but he
II
As prepositive article, the, prefixed
1.to nouns unmodified
2.To modified nouns
3.To Other parts of speech used as substantives
(a)neuter adjectives
(b)cardinal numerals
(with)participles
(d)adverbs
4.In the neut. to sentences, phrases or single words treated as a quotation
5.To prepositional phrases
6.To nouns in the genitive, denoting kinship, association, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Article

Morphology Code

G:T

Full Description

Greek Article

Occurrences

ὁ appears 7,060 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
1033
Matthew
984
Acts
949
John
813
Mark
600
Revelation
386
Romans
374
1 Corinthians
342

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:1BSB

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

Acts 19:15BSB

Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

John 11:27BSB

“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

Luke 24:17BSB

He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?”They stood still, with sadness on their faces.

Mark 10:48BSB

Many people admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.