Hoûtos — G3778

G3778 · Greek — οὗτος

Pronunciation: hoo'-tos

Definition

pronoun

the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated)

  1. absolutely
      1. this one, visibly present here
      2. it refers to a subject immediately preceding, the one just named
      3. it refers to the leading subject of a sentence although in position more remote
      4. it refers to what follows
      5. it serves to repeat the subject with emphasis
      6. with αὐτός annexed, this man himself
      7. As the relative and interrogative pronoun so also the demonstrative, when it is the subject, conforms in gender and number to the noun in the predicate
    1. The neuter τοῦτο a. refers to what precedes
      1. it prepares the reader or hearer and renders him attentive to what follows, which tires gets special weight
      2. καί τοῦτο, and this, and that too, and indeed, especially
      3. ταῦτα, of this sort, such, spoken contemptuously of men
      4. τοῦτο μέν... τοῦτο δέ, partly... partly
      5. τουτ' ἐστιν, see εἰμί, II. 3, p. 176{b}
  2. Joined to nouns it is used like an adjective
      1. so that the article stands between the demonstrative and the noun, οὗτος ὁ, αὕτη ἡ, τοῦτο τό
      2. so that the noun stands between the article and the demonstrative
      3. Passages in which the reading varies between οὗτος ὁ and ὁ... οὗτος
      4. with anarthrous nouns, especially numerical specifications
      5. α. following)

Usually translated as

this, these, the same, he, she, they, hereof, it, which, who, such as

Origin

from the article G3588 and G846

Occurrences

Hoûtos occurs 352 times in 341 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (45), Mark (31), Luke (68), John (62), Acts (57), Romans (10), 1 Corinthians (4), 2 Corinthians (3), Galatians (3), Ephesians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1), Hebrews (7), James (5), 1 Peter (1), 2 Peter (3), 1 John (13), 2 John (3), Jude (5), Revelation (16)

Strong's Lexicon — H