ὁ ho
Meaning
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
In the King James Version: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc
Derivation: the definite article;
Where it is used
- Acts 9:7 The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
- Acts 9:8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
- Acts 9:10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
- Acts 9:11 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
- Acts 9:12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”
- Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:14 And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
- Acts 9:15 “Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
- Acts 9:16 I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
- Acts 9:17 So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 9:18 At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
- Acts 9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.
- Acts 9:20 Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”
- Acts 9:21 All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
- Acts 9:22 But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.
- Acts 9:23 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
- Acts 9:24 but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
- Acts 9:25 One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
- Acts 9:26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.
- Acts 9:27 Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 9:28 So Saul stayed with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
- Acts 9:29 He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
- Acts 9:30 When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
- Acts 9:31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:32 As Peter traveled throughout the area, he went to visit the saints in Lydda.
- Acts 9:34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and put away your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up,
- Acts 9:35 and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 9:37 At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
- Acts 9:38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
- Acts 9:39 So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
- Acts 9:40 Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
- Acts 9:41 Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
- Acts 9:42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.
- Acts 10:1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- Acts 10:2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Acts 10:3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 10:4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Acts 10:7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
- Acts 10:8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
- Acts 10:9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
- Acts 10:11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
- Acts 10:12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
- Acts 10:14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- Acts 10:15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
- Acts 10:16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.
- Acts 10:17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 10:18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
- Acts 10:19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
- Acts 10:21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
- Acts 10:22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
- Acts 10:23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.
- Acts 10:24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- Acts 10:25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- Acts 10:26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
- Acts 10:28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- Acts 10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Acts 10:33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
- Acts 10:34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
- Acts 10:35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.