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Pronoun: Pronoun - ὅσος
Pronoun - ὅσος is a pronoun topic in Koine (biblical) Greek. This page gathers its forms, paradigms, and function, drawn from the lessons of Reading Greek Deeply.
MorphologyPronoun - ὅσος
- The forms of ὅσος are formed like a regular -ος/-η/-ον adjective (see 9.2.3.1)
| Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὅσ-ος | ὅσ-η | ὅσ-ον |
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SyntaxPronoun - ὅσος
Although ὅσος looks like the relative pronoun ὅς, it behaves syntactically like an adjective. It does not introduce a relative clause, and it may modify a noun:
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SemanticsPronoun - ὅσος
There are two meaning components to ὅσος. First, it compares two things, and second, it makes the quantity of those two things equivalent. In As many people that heard Paul loved him, we are comparing two groups of people. There are those that heard Paul and those that love Paul. The number in each of these groups is then made equivalent with as many.
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