Greek · Strong's G5613 · Preposition

ὡς

hōs

as/when

516times used
454verses
26books

How it's translated

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…

Its meaning group

Comparison › Comparison 80% of uses

Time › A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After 12% of uses

Degree › About, Approximately, Almost, Hardly [Approximate Degree] 4% of uses

Time › Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout 4% of uses

Words with a similar meaning

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation

…and 16 more books.

Every verse

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