G3746 ὅσπερ (hósper)

Greek

Relative pronoun

Quick Definition

ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ Rel.pr. the very one who

Strong's Definition

who especially

Derivation: from G3739 (ὅς) and G4007 (περ);

KJV Usage: whomsoever

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὅσπερ, ἤπερ, ὅπερ, see ὅς, ἡ, ὁ, 10.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

not given

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὅσπερ, v.s. ὅς.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὅσπερ [page 461] ὅσπερ is supported by ΰ c B 3 CN as an alternative reading in Mar_15:6 , where it is also defended on general grounds by Field Notes , p. 43. The word is common in the papyri, e.g. P Tor II. 8 .54 (ii/B.C.) οὗπερ καὶ τὴν κατοικί (αν εἶχ )εν , where also he had his domicile, BGU IV. 1149 .9 (B.C. 13) Ποπιλλίωι Σαραπίωνι ὅσπερ μετήλλαχεν δάνεια δύο , P Oxy IV. 729 .6 (A.D. 137) ὅνπερ χοῦν εἰσοίσουσι εἰς τὸ κτῆμα κατ᾽ ἔτος κοινῶς , ib. .40 ἅπερ κτήνη ἐπάναγκον θρέψομεν τῆς κατ᾽ ἔτος γο [νῆς . . ., and P Ryl II. 176 .5 (A.D. 210 11) ἅσπερ (ἀρούρας ) η̄ παρεδίξ (ατο ) εἰς ἐνεχυρασίαν , which 8 arourae she had assigned to herself for the purposes of execution.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὅσπερ (hosper) — who. ὅσπερ, ἥπερ, ὅπερ (Epic dialect ὅπερ as masculine, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive οὗπερ, Epic dialect οἷόπερ [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect writers and in Poets the oblative cases are sometimes borrowed from the Article, τόπερ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; on concord and construction [Refs 5th c.BC+],3, IV. 4:—the very man who, the very thing which; frequently indistinguishable from simple ὅς,[Refs] and περ, ὅς ῥ᾽ ἔβαλέν περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. used after adjectives of resemblance, ὡυτὸς ὅσπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅμοια ἔπραττον ἅπερ ἄν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκια τάπερ τε.. the same as.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. special uses of cases,

II.1. ὅπερ, wherefore, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; although, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.2. ἅπερ, as, like, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare καθάπερ.

II.3. οὗπερ, see at {ὅς} A b. [Refs]

II.4. ᾗπερ, Doric dialect ᾇπερ, which way, where, whither, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect τῇπερ, ἔθαψαν.. τῇπερ ἔπεσε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, as, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.5. in the Logic of Aristotle, ὅπερ ἐστί, or ὅπερ alone, has two senses:

II.5. a non-technical, and unemphatic, what (a thing) is, ἑκάστη οὐσία τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, οὐ λέγεται μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον each substance is called what it is without the difference of more or less, [Refs]; τὸ διπλάσιον τοῦθ᾽ ὅ. ἐστίν, ἑτέρου λέγεται the double is called what it is (i.e. the double) of something, i.e. is relative, [Refs]

II.5. b expressing identity, οὔτε ἡ χιὼν ὅ. λευκόν snow is not what white is, i.e. is not identical with white, [Refs]; ὁ λευκὸς ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἔστιν ὅ. χρῶμα [Refs]precise or essential nature of a thing, οὐ γὰρ ἂν φαίη ὅ. κακόν τι εἶναι τὴν ἡδονήν he would not say that pleasure is essentially something bad, [Refs]; τὰ μὲν οὐσίαν σημαίνοντα ὅ. ἐκεῖνό ἢ ὅ. ἐκεῖνό τι σημαίνει expressions which show the essence show precisely what the thing in question is or precisely of what kind it is (i.e. indicate either its species or its genus), [Refs]; ὅ. [τόδε] τί ἐστι τὸ τί ἦν εἶναι the essence of a thing is precisely a 'this', i.e. a fully specified particular, [Refs]; ἡ μὲν [ἐπιστήμη] ὅ. ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν knowledge (that man is an animal) is apprehension that 'animal' is an element in the essential nature of man, [Refs]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ὅσπερ, see: ὅς. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ, the postpositive article (ἄρθρον ὑποτακτικόν). __I. As demonstr. pron. = οὗτος, ὅδε, this, that, also for αὐτός, chiefly in nom.: ὅς δέ, but he (cf. ἦ δὲ ὅς, frequently in Plat.), Mrk.15:23, Jhn.5:11; ὃς μὲν . . . ὃς δέ, the one . . . the other, Mat.21:35, 22:5, 25:15, Luk.23:33, Act.27:14, Rom.14:5, 1Co.11:21, 2Co.2:18, Ju 22; neut., ὃ μὲν . . . ὃ δέ, the one . . . the other, some . . . some, Mat.13:8, 23, Rom.9:21; ὃς (ὃ) μὲν . . . (ἄλλος (ἄλλο)) . . . ἕτερος, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5, 1Co.12:8-10; οὓς μέν, absol., 1Co.12:28; ὃς μὲν . . . ὁ δέ, Rom.14:2. __II. As relat. pron., who, which, what, that; __1. agreeing in gender with its antecedent, but differently governed as to case: Mat.2:9, Luk.9:9, Act.20:18, Rom.2:29, al. mult. __2. In variation from the common construction; __(a) in gender, agreeing with a noun in apposition to the antecedent: Mrk.15:16, Gal.3:16, Eph.6:17, al.; constr. ad sensum: Jhn.6:9, Col.2:19, 1Ti.3:16, Rev.13:14, al.; __(b) in number, constr. ad sensum: Act.15:36, 2Pe.3:1; __(with) in case, by attraction to the case of the antecedent (Bl., §50, 2): Jhn.4:18, Act.3:21, Rom.15:18, 1Co.6:19, Eph.1:8, al. __3. The neut. ὅ with nouns of other gender and with phrases, which thing, which term: Mrk.3:17 12:42, Jhn.1:39, Col.3:14, al.; with a sentence, Act.2:32, Gal.2:10, 1Jn.2:8, al. __4. With ellipse of a demonstrative (οὗτος or ἐκεῖνος), before or after: before, Mat.20:23, Luk.7:43, Rom.10:14, al.; after, Mat.10:38, Mrk.9:40, Jhn.19:22, Rom.2:1 al. __5. Expressing purpose, end or cause: Mat.11:10 (who = that he may), Mrk.1:2, Heb.12:6 al. __6. C. prep, as periphrasis for conjc.: ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ( = ἀντὶ τούτων ὧν), because, Luk.1:20, al.; wherefore, Luk.12:3; ἐξ οὗ, since, for that, Rom.5:12; ἀφ᾽ οὗ, since (temporal), Luk.13:25; ἐξ οὗ, whence, Php.3:20; etc. __7. With particles: ὃς ἄν (ἐάν), see: ἄν, ἐάν; ὃς καί, Mrk.3:19, Jhn.21:20, Rom.5:2, al.; ὃς καὶ αὐτός, Mat.27:57. __8. Gen., οὗ, absol., as adv. (see: οὗ). (AS)