BBG Chapter 14 — Relative Pronoun Parsing Drill

For each item: (1) parse the relative pronoun (gender, case, number), (2) identify its antecedent, and (3) translate the phrase. Click ▶ Answer to check your work.

# Phrase / Clause Rel. pron. Gender Case Number Antecedent Translation
1 ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃν εἶδον ὃν
Masculine · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: ὁ ἄνθρωπος | "the man whom I saw" — direct object of εἶδον
2 ἡ γυνή ἣν ἀγαπᾷς ἣν
Feminine · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: ἡ γυνή | "the woman whom you love" — direct object of ἀγαπᾷς
3 τὸ τέκνον εἶχεν
Neuter · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: τὸ τέκνον | "the child that he had" — direct object of εἶχεν
4 οἱ μαθηταί οἳ ἤκουσαν οἳ
Masculine · Nominative · Plural | Antecedent: οἱ μαθηταί | "the disciples who heard" — subject of ἤκουσαν
5 ἡ ὥρα ἐν ᾗ ἀκούσουσιν
Feminine · Dative · Singular | Antecedent: ἡ ὥρα | "the hour in which they will hear" — dative object of ἐν (John 5:28)
6 ὁ λόγος οὗ ἤκουσας οὗ
Masculine · Genitive · Singular | Antecedent: ὁ λόγος | "the word that you heard" — genitive of content
7 τὰ ἔργα ποιεῖ
Neuter · Accusative · Plural | Antecedent: τὰ ἔργα | "the works that he does" — direct object of ποιεῖ
8 ὁ ἄγγελος ἐλάλησεν
Masculine · Dative · Singular | Antecedent: ὁ ἄγγελος | "the angel to whom he spoke" — indirect object of ἐλάλησεν
9 αἱ γυναῖκες αἷς εἶπεν αἷς
Feminine · Dative · Plural | Antecedent: αἱ γυναῖκες | "the women to whom he said (it)" — indirect object of εἶπεν
10 ὁ πατήρ οὗ ὁ υἱός ἐστιν οὗ
Masculine · Genitive · Singular | Antecedent: ὁ πατήρ | "the father whose son he is" — genitive of possession
11 τὸ ῥῆμα εἶπεν αὐτοῖς
Neuter · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: τὸ ῥῆμα | "the word that he said to them" — direct object of εἶπεν
12 πᾶς ὃς πιστεύει εἰς αὐτόν ὃς
Masculine · Nominative · Singular | Antecedent: πᾶς | "everyone who believes in him" — subject of πιστεύει; indefinite/universal sense
13 ἡ βασιλεία ἧς οὐκ ἔσται τέλος ἧς
Feminine · Genitive · Singular | Antecedent: ἡ βασιλεία | "the kingdom of which there will be no end" — genitive of relation (Luke 1:33)
14 οἱ νόμοι οἷς πιστεύετε οἷς
Masculine · Dative · Plural | Antecedent: οἱ νόμοι | "the laws in which / that you believe" — dative with πιστεύετε
15 τὰ τέκνα ὧν ὁ πατήρ ἐστιν ὧν
Neuter · Genitive · Plural | Antecedent: τὰ τέκνα | "the children whose father he is" — genitive of possession
16 ὁ τόπος εἰς ὃν πορεύεται ὃν
Masculine · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: ὁ τόπος | "the place to which he is going" — object of εἰς
17 ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν ᾗ ἦλθεν
Feminine · Dative · Singular | Antecedent: ἡ ἡμέρα | "the day on which he came" — dative of time with ἐν
18 οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὓς ἀπέστειλεν οὓς
Masculine · Accusative · Plural | Antecedent: οἱ ἄνθρωποι | "the men whom he sent" — direct object of ἀπέστειλεν
19 ποιεῖς, ποίησον τάχιον
Neuter · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: none (noun clause) | "What you are doing, do quickly" — noun clause as object; John 13:27
20 ἡ ἀλήθεια ἣν ἀκούετε ἣν
Feminine · Accusative · Singular | Antecedent: ἡ ἀλήθεια | "the truth that you hear" — direct object of ἀκούετε
Key Rule: The relative pronoun agrees with its antecedent in gender and number. Its case is determined by its function inside the relative clause — not by the case of the antecedent.