As

az: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating:

(1) Likeness: (a) between nouns (Ge 3:5; Jud 6:5; Php 2:8; Heb 11:27,29); (b) between verbs (Lu 6:36; Joh 5:30; 1Co 10:7); (c) between adjectives (1Co 15:48).

(2) Limitation (with respect to a particular aspect or relation) (1Pe 4:15,16).

(3) Time (Lu 8:5; 15:25; Ac 8:36).

(4) Cause (1Co 4:1).

(5) Concession (Joh 7:10; 2Co 11:21).

(6) Illustration, in numerous passages, beginning "as it is written," "as it is said," etc.