Hōs ὡς

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Hōs
ὡς
Transliterationhōs
Strong's numberG5613
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpreposition
Glossas/when
Occurrences517 in 454 verses
Most frequent inActs (62)

Hōs (Greek ὡς, Strong's G5613) is a Greek preposition meaning “as/when”. It occurs 517 times in 454 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ὡς, adverbial form of the relative pron. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.
I. As relat. adv. of manner, as, like as, just as, even as;
1. with a demonstrative, like οὕτως, expressed or understood: οὕτως . . . ὡς, Mrk.4:26, 1Co.3:15, Eph.5:28, Jas.2:12, al.; ὡς . . . οὕτως, Act.8:32, 1Co.7:17, al.; elliptically (sc. οὕτως, οὕτω), with nom., Mat.6:29, al.; with accusative, Mat.19:19, Mrk.12:31, al.; with prep., Mat.26:55, Mrk.14:48, Luk.22:52, Jhn.7:10, al.; with verb., Jhn.15:6, 2Co.3:1, Eph.2:3, 1Th.5:6, al.; with ptcp. (the ptcp. however not having the special force wh. it has in cl.; see Bl., §73, 5; 74, 6), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Heb.13:17, al.; freq implying opinion or belief, Rom.9:32; so esp, with genitive absol., 1Co.4:18, 2Co.5:20, 1Pe.4:12, 2Pe.1:3.
2. Before numerals, about, nearly: Mrk.5:13, Jhn.1:40, Act.5:7, al.
3. Before adjectives and adverbs, how: Rom.10:15 11:33, 1Th.2:10; with superl., ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible, Act.17:15.

II. As conjunction;
1. temporal,
(a) as, when, since: Mrk.9:21 14:72, Luk.1:23, Jhn.2:9, al.;
(b) while, when, as long as: Luk.12:58, Jhn.12:36, Gal.6:10 (Field, Notes, 191); ὡς ἄν (M, Pr., 167, and see: ἄν), Rom.15:24, 1Co.11:34, Php.2:23.
2. Final, in order that; with inf., in order to (M, Pr., 204n), Luk.9:52, Act.20:24, Heb.7:9.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVwere (20), how (16), about (12), though (12), like (9), even (4), while (4), if (4), unto (3), after (3), soon (2), doth (2), and 10 other renderings
BSBlike (121), about (17), if (15), just (14), how (12), while (5), though (4), size (3), after (3), because (2), pretext (2), according (2), and 21 other renderings

Verses

Hōs occurs in 454 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (34): 1:24, 5:48, 6:5, 6:10, 6:12, 6:16, 6:29, 7:29, 8:13, 10:16, 10:25, 12:13, 13:43, 14:5, 15:28, 17:2, 17:20, 18:3, 18:4, 18:33, 19:19, 20:14, 21:26, 22:30, 22:39, 24:38, 26:19, 26:39, 26:55, 27:65, 28:3, 28:4, 28:9, 28:15

Mark (23): 1:10, 1:22, 3:5, 4:26, 4:27, 4:31, 4:36, 5:13, 6:15, 6:34, 7:6, 8:9, 8:24, 9:3, 9:21, 10:1, 10:15, 12:25, 12:31, 12:33, 13:34, 14:48, 14:72

Luke (52): 1:23, 1:41, 1:44, 1:56, 2:15, 2:39, 3:4, 3:22, 3:23, 4:25, 5:4, 6:4, 6:10, 6:22, 6:40, 7:12, 8:42, 8:47, 9:52, 9:54, 10:3, 10:18, 10:27, 11:1, 11:2, 11:36, 11:44, 12:27, 12:58, 15:19, 15:25, 16:1, 17:6, 18:11, 18:17, 19:5, 19:29, 19:41, 20:37, 21:35, 22:26, 22:27, 22:31, 22:52, 22:61, 22:66, 23:14, 23:26, 23:55, 24:6, 24:32, 24:35

John (31): 1:14, 1:32, 1:39, 2:9, 2:23, 4:1, 4:6, 4:40, 6:10, 6:12, 6:16, 6:19, 7:10, 7:46, 8:7, 11:6, 11:18, 11:20, 11:29, 11:32, 11:33, 12:35, 12:36, 15:6, 18:6, 19:14, 19:33, 19:39, 20:11, 21:8, 21:9

Acts (62): 1:10, 2:15, 3:12, 3:22, 4:4, 5:7, 5:24, 5:36, 7:23, 7:37, 7:51, 8:32, 8:36, 9:18, 9:23, 10:7, 10:11, 10:17, 10:25, 10:28, 10:38, 10:47, 11:5, 11:16, 11:17, 13:18, 13:20, 13:25, 13:29, 13:33, 14:5, 16:4, 16:10, 16:15, 17:13, 17:15, 17:22, 17:28, 18:5, 19:9, 19:21, 19:34, 20:14, 20:18, 20:20, 20:24, 21:1, 21:12, 21:27, 22:5, 22:11, 22:25, 23:11, 23:15, 23:20, 25:10, 25:14, 27:1, 27:27, 27:30, 28:4, 28:19

Romans (20): 1:9, 1:21, 3:7, 4:17, 5:15, 5:16, 5:18, 8:36, 9:25, 9:27, 9:29, 9:32, 10:15, 11:2, 11:33, 12:3, 13:9, 13:13, 15:15, 15:24

1 Corinthians (30): 3:1, 3:5, 3:10, 3:15, 4:1, 4:7, 4:9, 4:13, 4:14, 4:18, 5:3, 7:7, 7:8, 7:17, 7:25, 7:29, 7:30, 7:31, 8:7, 9:5, 9:20, 9:21, 9:22, 9:26, 10:15, 11:34, 12:2, 13:11, 14:33, 16:10

2 Corinthians (24): 1:7, 2:17, 3:1, 3:5, 5:19, 5:20, 6:4, 6:8, 6:9, 6:10, 6:13, 7:14, 7:15, 9:5, 10:2, 10:9, 10:14, 11:3, 11:15, 11:16, 11:17, 11:21, 13:2, 13:7

Galatians (6): 1:9, 3:16, 4:12, 4:14, 5:14, 6:10

Ephesians (14): 2:3, 3:5, 5:1, 5:8, 5:15, 5:22, 5:23, 5:24, 5:28, 5:33, 6:5, 6:6, 6:7, 6:20

Philippians (7): 1:8, 1:20, 2:7, 2:12, 2:15, 2:22, 2:23

Colossians (7): 2:6, 2:20, 3:12, 3:18, 3:22, 3:23, 4:4

1 Thessalonians (7): 2:4, 2:7, 2:10, 2:11, 5:2, 5:4, 5:6

2 Thessalonians (3): 2:2, 2:4, 3:15

1 Timothy (2): 5:1, 5:2

2 Timothy (5): 1:3, 2:3, 2:9, 2:17, 3:9

Titus (2): 1:5, 1:7

Philemon (4): 1:9, 1:14, 1:16, 1:17

Hebrews (21): 1:11, 1:12, 3:2, 3:5, 3:6, 3:8, 3:11, 3:15, 4:3, 6:19, 7:9, 11:9, 11:12, 11:27, 11:29, 12:5, 12:7, 12:16, 12:27, 13:3, 13:17

James (6): 1:10, 2:8, 2:9, 2:12, 5:3, 5:5

1 Peter (23): 1:14, 1:19, 1:24, 2:2, 2:5, 2:11, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 2:16, 2:25, 3:6, 3:7, 3:16, 4:10, 4:11, 4:12, 4:15, 4:16, 4:19, 5:3, 5:8, 5:12

2 Peter (8): 1:3, 1:19, 2:1, 2:12, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:16

1 John (2): 1:7, 2:27

2 John (1): 1:5

Jude (2): 1:7, 1:10

Revelation (58): 1:10, 1:14, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, 2:18, 2:24, 2:27, 2:28, 3:3, 3:21, 4:1, 4:6, 4:7, 5:6, 6:1, 6:6, 6:11, 6:12, 6:13, 6:14, 8:1, 8:8, 8:10, 9:2, 9:3, 9:5, 9:7, 9:8, 9:9, 9:17, 10:1, 10:7, 10:9, 10:10, 12:15, 13:2, 13:3, 13:11, 14:2, 14:3, 15:2, 16:3, 16:13, 16:15, 16:21, 17:12, 18:6, 18:21, 19:1, 19:6, 19:12, 20:8, 21:2, 21:11, 21:21, 22:1, 22:12

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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