ὅστις in Matt 2:6

Greek Koine and Biblical and Medieval Greek
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I’m struggling here with ὅστις. What would the change in meaning be if it had read ὅς instead of ὅστις? Any thoughts?

2

In the Koine the distinction between ὅς and ὅστις in the nominative is not maintained with any consistency in some authors. For discussion of this see the grammars: ATR p67 (bottom), 726.2, Moulton Prolg. 91-92, BDF §293, N. Turner, 2, 47-48, 117. Also the lexicons, Danker’s 3rd, BDAG 730.3, Grimm-Thayer 457.5.

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In the Koine the distinction between ὅς and ὅστις in the nominative is not maintained with any consistency in some authors. For discussion of this see the grammars: ATR p67 (bottom), 726.2, Moulton Prolg. 91-92, BDF §293, N. Turner, 2, 47-48, 117. Also the lexicons, Danker’s 3rd, BDAG 730.3, Grimm-Thayer 457.5.

Thanks Clyde!

Do you know where I can get the first two references?

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http://lareopage.free.fr/ggnt/robertson_15.htm page down to p727.

5

An argument could be made that the antecedent of your hypothetical ὃς would be closer in sense to ὁ ἡγούμενος than ἡγούμενος.

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Mt 2:6: Καὶ σύ, Βηθλέεμ γῆ Ἰούδα, οὐδαμῶς ἐλαχίστη εἶ ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα: ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος, ὅστις ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

Would your hypothetical ὃς, that is, change the sense of the passage from:

ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενός τις, ὥστε ποιμαίνειν τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

to

ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ὁ ἡγούμενος ὁ ποιμανῶν τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

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Did anyone, Yahweh, Micah, Micah’s audience, the LXX translators, Matthew, Matthew’s audience, have any uncertainty as to who ὅστις is?