noun · feminine or neuter · G3588 · 19,769× in the NT

ἡ / τό ὁ

ἡ, τό

the

Gloss

the, the definite article.

Forms

Endings and the sense of each form. NT counts are from the SBLGNT; generated slots fill a regular paradigm when the NT never uses that case.

Singular

  • ὁ—thenominative · singular · masculine2,916×
  • ἡ‑ἡthenominative · singular · feminine980×
  • τό‑τόthenominative · singular · neuter599×
  • τόν‑όνtheaccusative · singular · masculine1,576×
  • τήν‑ήνtheaccusative · singular · feminine1,518×
  • τό‑τόtheaccusative · singular · neuter1,085×
  • τοῦ‑οῦof thegenitive · singular · masculine1,908×
  • τῆς‑ῆςof thegenitive · singular · feminine1,298×
  • τοῦ‑οῦof thegenitive · singular · neuter599×
  • τῇ‑τῇto/for thedative · singular · feminine877×
  • τῷ‑τῷto/for thedative · singular · masculine822×
  • τῷ‑τῷto/for thedative · singular · neuter411×

Plural

  • οἱ‑ἱthesnominative · plural · masculine1,112×
  • τά‑τάthesnominative · plural · neuter218×
  • αἱ‑αἱthesnominative · plural · feminine146×
  • τούς‑ύςthesaccusative · plural · masculine729×
  • τά‑τάthesaccusative · plural · neuter612×
  • τάς‑άςthesaccusative · plural · feminine337×
  • τῶν‑ῶνof thesgenitive · plural · masculine817×
  • τῶν‑ῶνof thesgenitive · plural · neuter250×
  • τῶν‑ῶνof thesgenitive · plural · feminine137×
  • τοῖς‑ῖςto/for thesdative · plural · masculine453×
  • ταῖς‑ῖςto/for thesdative · plural · feminine203×
  • τοῖς‑ῖςto/for thesdative · plural · neuter166×

Where you’ll meet it

  • New Testament

NT glosses follow Dodson’s public-domain lexicon, counted on the SBLGNT (MorphGNT). Attic and patristic notes are short reader-helps for Xenophon, Plato, and the pre-Nicene writers — not a substitute for LSJ.