οὗτος G5026
this (feminine singular); feminine dative, genitive, and accusative forms of the demonstrative 'this'
These are oblique case forms of the feminine singular demonstrative: ταύτῃ (dative, 'to/for this'), ταύτης (genitive, 'of this'), and ταύτην (accusative, 'this' as direct object). Each form served specific grammatical functions while maintaining reference to a feminine singular noun. The dative marked indirect objects, location, or means; the genitive indicated possession or relationship; the accusative signaled direct objects. In biblical narrative and discourse, these forms were essential for maintaining coherent reference across clauses and sentences. They allowed writers to point back to feminine nouns—women, cities, concepts—without repeating the noun itself, creating more elegant and efficient Greek prose.
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο, genitive τούτου, ταύτης, τούτου, etc.: the dual feminine never in Attic dialect, see ὁ, ἡ, τό, [near the start]:—demonstrative pronoun, this, common from Refs 8th c.BC+ __A ORIGIN and FORMS: οὗτος, αὕτη, τοῦτο probably arose from a reduplication of the demonstrative ὁ, ἡ, τό with insertion of -υ- (= Sanskrit Particle u), e.g. ταῦτα from τα-υ-τα: Doric dialect genitive singular…