Greek · G5613 · unreviewed

ὡς

As/when

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ὡς G5613

Pronunciation hōs

What does ὡς (hōs) mean in the Bible?

ὡς (hōs) is a Greek word meaning "as/when". ὡς, adverbial form of the relative pron.

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Meaning

as/when

Extended definition

IAs relat. adv. of manner, as, like as, just as, even as;

1with 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.

2Before numerals, about, nearly: Mrk.5:13, Jhn.1:40, Act.5:7, al.

3Before adjectives and adverbs, how: Rom.10:15 11:33, 1Th.2:10; with superl., ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible, Act.17:15.

IIAs conjunction;

1temporal,

aas, when, since: Mrk.9:21 14:72, Luk.1:23, Jhn.2:9, al.;

bwhile, 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.

2Final, in order that; with inf., in order to (M, Pr., 204n), Luk.9:52, Act.20:24, Heb.7:9.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 1:24 · Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:10 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 7:29 · Matt 8:13 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:13 · Matt 13:43 · Matt 14:5 · Matt 15:28 · Matt 17:2 463×

Mark 5:13 · Mark 8:9 · Mark 9:21 · Luke 1:56 · Luke 4:25 · Luke 8:42 · Luke 22:61 · John 6:10 · John 6:19 · John 11:18 · John 19:39 · John 21:8 · Acts 1:15 · Acts 4:4 · Acts 5:7 · Acts 5:36 36×

John 1:39 · John 4:6 · John 19:14 · 1 Pet 2:11 4×

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Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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