denotes "the same" when preceded by the article, and either with a noun following, e.g., Mar 14:39, Phi 1:30, 1Co 12:4, or without, e.g., Mat 1:5-47, Rom 2:1, Phi 2:2, Phi 3:1, Heb 1:12, Heb 13:8. It is thus to be distinguished from uses as a personal and a reflexive pronoun.
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"this" (person or thing), or "he" (and the feminine and neuter forms), is sometimes translated "the same," e.g., Joh 3:2, Joh 3:26, Joh 7:18, Jam 3:2; sometimes the RV translates it by "this" or "these," e.g., Joh 12:21, "these" (AV, "the same"); 2Co 8:6, "this" (AV, "the same").