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# pronoun_relative Article
A **relative pronoun** refers back to another nominal as it's antecedent and introduces a relative clause. *Who*, *whom*,*what* and *which* are common relative pronouns.
ἐπίστευσαν τῇ γραφῇ καὶ τῷ λόγῳ **ὃν** εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς. (Jhn 2:22)
they believed the Scripture and the word **which** Jesus said
A **relative pronoun** always agrees with its antecedent in *gender* and *number*, but not in *case*. The *case* is determined by its function in the relative clause (see ###advanced).
A *relative pronoun* sometimes takes on the same case as its antecedent, 1) when it is in close proximity to its antecendent and 2) when the *relative pronoun* would normally be *accusative* but has been changed to match a *genitive* or *dative* antecedent.
ὑμεῖς ἐστὲ οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῆς διαθήκης **ἧς** ὁ θεὸς διέθετο πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ὑμῶν (Act 3:25)
you are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant **which** God gave to our fathers
In this verse, the **relative pronoun ἧς** *(of which)* is genitive, to match its antecedent, *τῆς διαθήκης (of the covenant)*, though it should be accusative ἥν *(which)* since it is the direct object of the verb (*διέθετο*, *[God] gave*).
***The case of the *relative pronoun* is determined by its function in the relative clause which may be
(***need to finish and provide examples).
1. object of the relative clause: *accusative*
1. subject of the relative clause: *nominative*
1. *dative*
1. *genitive*