Chapter 2:20 OSA - Which

2:20 Osa Pronoun Nom & Acc Pl Neut => correlative pronoun

ὅσαAPRAN-Pὅσος

Nature of Relative Pronoun:

Used to connect a substantive with a clause, which in some way qualifies its meaning. The relative was originally identical with the demonstrative.

Form of the Relative:

1. Agreement of the Relative Pronoun. The substantive with which the relative pronoun connects the qualifying clause is called the antecedent. In our case, the antecedent is panta (all things) and the qualifying clause Eneteilaman umin (I have commanded you). The relative pronoun (Osa) agrees with its antecedent in gender (neuter) and number (plural), but not in case (panta = accusative case; while osa = nominative or accusative). Its relation to the clause, which it connects to the noun, determines its case.

2. Attraction. The antecedent (panta) and the relative (osa) quite naturally react upon one another in the determination of the case. This interchange of case is called attraction. It may be the relative drawn to the case of the antecedent (direct attraction), or less frequently, the antecedent to the case of the relative (indirect attraction).

3. Omission of the Antecedent. When the antecedent is made clear by the context, it may be omitted.

4. The Indefinite Relative. Os is the definite relative. Ostis is the indefinite relative (at least in the classical Greek, but distinction disappears in the Koine Greek).

Note: The substantive here is the infinitive “to keep”. The clause is “I have commanded you”

Meaning:

Correlative pronoun= as great or as much, how great, as great as, in pl. whosoever.[54]

Meaning: Which