ΟΝΤΙΝΟΥΝ, οντινουν
ONTINOUN, ontinoun
Sounds Like: ON-tee-noon
Translations: whoever, whatever, anyone who, anything that, whosoever, whatsoever
From the root: ΟΣΤΙΣ, ΟΥΝ
Part of Speech: Pronoun
Explanation: ΟΝΤΙΝΟΥΝ is a compound indefinite relative pronoun formed from ὅστις (hostis) and οὖν (oun). It means 'whoever' or 'whatever' and is used to refer to an unspecified person or thing. It functions similarly to 'anyone who' or 'anything that' in English, emphasizing the generality or universality of the statement. It is typically used in a subordinate clause.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s numbers: G3748 (Lookup on BibleHub), G3767 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:24
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 1:25
- Book 16 — 11:378
- Book 17 — 2:30, 10:274
- Book 18 — 8:303
- Book 19 — 1:65, 1:88, 1:146, 2:208
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:11
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 7:7
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.
- ΟΣΤΙΣΟΥΝ — whoever, whatever, whosoever, whatsoever, anyone who, anything that
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