Word

οἷος

hoîos · G3634 · Greek · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

like, such as, likewise, similar

Pertaining to being similar to something else in some respect

Examples
Matthew 24:21 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.
Mark 9:3 and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them.
Mark 13:19 “For those days will be such a time of tribulation as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will again.
what sort of, what kind of

Interrogative references to class or kind

Examples
2 Corinthians 10:11 Have such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.
1 Thessalonians 1:5 for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sakes.
2 Timothy 3:11 persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me!

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 3

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 2
εἴδωto know 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τοιοῦτοςsuch 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐπουράνιοςheavenly 1
χοϊκόςmade of dust 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ὁποῖος hopoîos · G3697 · what sort of, what kind of: Both are particles of quality, with οἷος serving as the definite relative ("such as," "of what sort") and ὁποῖος as its indefinite counterpart ("of whatever kind"), together expressing qualitative comparison and correspondence.

Semantic domains 2 entries

What sort of, what kind of58.30: Recounting his sufferings, 2 Timothy 3:11 states “persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra,” where “such as” renders this correlative pronoun describing the kind or sort of suffering endured.
Like, such as, likewise, similar64.1: Describing the resurrection body, 1 Corinthians 15:48 states “As is the earthy one, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly One, so also are those who are heavenly,” where this same pronoun, appearing twice, draws the comparison of likeness between the two categories.

Word family 1 word

This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.

ποῖος poîos · G4169 · which, which one, which sort of · 33×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon οἷα, οἷον (from Homer down), relative pronoun (correlative to the demonstrative τοῖος and…

οἷα, οἷον (from Homer down), relative pronoun (correlative to the demonstrative τοῖος and τοιοῦτος), what sort of, what manner of, such as (Latinqualis): οἷος... τοιοῦτος, 1 Cor 15:48; 2 Cor 10:11; τόν αὐτόν... οἷον, Phm 1:30; with the pronoun τοιοῦτος suppressed, Mt 24:21; Mk 9:3; Mk 13:19 (here however the antecedent demonstrative is merely attracted into the relative clause or perhaps repeated for rhetorical emphasis, cf. Buttmann, § 143, 8; Winers Grammar, 148 (140); see τοιοῦτος, b.); 2 Cor 12:20; 2 Tim 3:11; Rev 16:18; ὁιωδηποτουν νοσήματι, of what kind of disease soever, Jn 5:4 Lachmann (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 373f); in indirect question, Lk 9:55 (Rec.); 1 Thess 1:5. οὐχ οἷον δέ ὅτι ἐκπέπτωκεν, concisely for οὐ τοιον ἐστιν οἷον ὅτι ἐκπέπτωκεν, "but the thing (state of the case) is not such as this, that the word of God hat fallen to the ground, i. e. the word of God hath by no means come to nought" (A. V. but not as though the word of God hath etc.), Rom 9:6; cf. Winers Grammar, § 64 I. 6; Buttmann, § 150, 1 Rem.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Class, Kind4 occurrences Comparison10 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0