ΟΣΤΙΣΟΥΝ, οστισουν
OSTISOUN, ostisoun
Sounds Like: HOS-tis-OON
Translations: whoever, whatever, whosoever, whatsoever, anyone who, anything that
From the root: ΟΣΤΙΣ, ΟΥΝ
Part of Speech: Indefinite Relative Pronoun
Explanation: This is a compound indefinite relative pronoun, formed from ὅστις (whoever/whatever) and οὖν (therefore/then). It means 'whoever' or 'whatever' and is used to introduce a general or indefinite relative clause, often emphasizing the universality or generality of the statement. It can be used in various cases and numbers depending on its role in the sentence.
Inflection: Singular or Plural, All genders, All cases
Strong’s numbers: G3748 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3767 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 10:264
Justin Martyr
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΤΙΣ, ΟΥΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΝΤΙΝΟΥΝ — whoever, whatever, anyone who, anything that, whosoever, whatsoever
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