τοῦτο

touto

this

from the article ὁ and αὐτός; the he (she or it), i.e. this or that (often with article repeated):--he (it was that), hereof, it, she, such as, the same, these, they, this (man, same, woman), which, who.

G3778

Luke 9:21 · Word #8

Lexicon G3778

Lemmaοὗτος
Transliterationhoûtos
Strong'sG3778
In-contextthis
Literalthis

Morphology PRO.D ACC N SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech PRO.D — Demonstrative Pronoun — Points to something specific
Case ACC — Accusative — Direct object or extent
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaοὗτος
Strong'sG3778

SIBI-P1 G3778-12

this-thing (neuter singular, nominative/accusative); to/for this-one (masculine singular, dative)

Rootοὗτος (houtos)
Core Meaningsthis one, this thing, this person here, the one near at hand
Semantic Rangethis, this one, this thing, this matter, this person, this event; sometimes emphatic (“this very one”) or contrastive with ἐκεῖνος (“that one”).
Conceptual SignificanceAs a near demonstrative, οὗτος anchors discourse to what is immediately present in context—whether a person, event, statement, or divine act—often marking emphasis, identification, or fulfillment within the narrative or argument.
Morphological NotesDemonstrative pronoun (Gr,RD). Forms include nominative neuter singular (NNS), accusative neuter singular (ANS), and dative masculine singular (DMS). Neuter nominative and accusative share the same form (τοῦτο); dative masculine singular appears as τούτῳ.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering preserves the demonstrative force of οὗτος as a near deictic (“this”) while making explicit the grammatical gender, number, and case reflected in the forms τοῦτο (neuter singular nominative/accusative) and τούτῳ (masculine singular dative). Adding “-thing” or “-one” clarifies gender and number that are grammatically encoded in Greek but often implicit in English.

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Words from Root οὗτος (this one, this thing, this person here, the one near at hand)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G3778-01 autai these (feminine ones)
G3778-02 aute this-one (feminine, nominative singular)
G3778-03 outoi these ones (masculine plural)

Word Usage (1385 occurrences of G3778)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:20 ταῦτα tauta these things
Matthew 1:22 τοῦτο touto this
Matthew 3:3 οὗτος outos this