ὥσπερ hōsper · G5618

just as

ὥσ-περ ; adv., ; just as, even as: Mat.6:2 20:28, Act.3:17, 1Co.8:5, 1Th.5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mat.12:40, Luk.17:24, Jhn.5:21, Rom.5:19, Gal.4:29, Jas.2:26, al ; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ὥσπερ, ; or ὥς περ, adverb of Manner, like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1396; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν.., ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται []; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν.., ὥ. Κύκλωπες []; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν.. [] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ []; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς.. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος []; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as …

Where it's used 36 times

Matthew 6:2 · Matthew 6:7 · Matthew 12:40 · Matthew 13:40 · Matthew 18:17 · Matthew 20:28 · Matthew 24:27 · Matthew 24:37 · Matthew 25:14 · Matthew 25:32 · Luke 17:24 · Luke 18:11 · John 5:21 · John 5:26 · Acts 2:2 · Acts 3:17 · Acts 11:15 · Romans 5:12 · Romans 5:19 · Romans 5:21 · Romans 6:4 · Romans 6:19 · Romans 11:30 · 1 Corinthians 8:5 · 1 Corinthians 10:7 · 1 Corinthians 11:12 · 1 Corinthians 15:22 · 1 Corinthians 16:1 · 2 Corinthians 8:7 · Galatians 4:29 · 1 Thessalonians 5:3 · Hebrews 4:10 · Hebrews 7:27 · Hebrews 9:25 · James 2:26 · Revelation 10:3

Source: TBESG G5618; TFLSJ G5618

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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