Strong G3676ὅμως
just as
- Transliteration
- homōs
- Pronunciation
- hom'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Adverb from the base of G3674; at the same time that is (conjugationally) notwithstanding yet still: - and even nevertheless though but.
Detailed definition
ὅμως
adv. (ὁμίς),
yet: ὅ. μέντοι,
but yet, nevertheless, Jhn.12:42; by hyperbaton, out of its proper position, 1Co.14:7, Gal.3:15 (but see Bl., § 77, 14).†
(AS)
adv. (ὁμίς),
yet: ὅ. μέντοι,
but yet, nevertheless, Jhn.12:42; by hyperbaton, out of its proper position, 1Co.14:7, Gal.3:15 (but see Bl., § 77, 14).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3676 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- but1
- even1
- nevertheless1
- though1
First verses
- John 12:42Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
- 1 Corinthians 14:7And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
- Galatians 3:15Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅμως,
conjunction (from ὁμῶς, with changed accent), all the same, nevertheless, used to limit whole clauses, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] (unless it is read in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.565), Σαρπήδοντι δ᾽ ἄχος γένετο.., ὅ. δ᾽ οὐ λήθετο χάρμης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.393; ὅ. πιθοῦ μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1064, compare “Ant.” 519)]; κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ. and yet not so as to be observed, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 442; νῦν δὲ ὅ. θαρρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193e, etc.: frequently strengthened by other words, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ.)] but still, but for all that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1085, etc.)]; ὅ. μήν (Doric dialect μάν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297d; ὅ. μέντοι [prev. author] “Cri.” 54d; ὅ. γε μήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 631, 822; ὅ. γε μέντοι [prev. author] “V.” 1344, “Ra.” 61: used elliptically, πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ. (i.e. οἰστέον) [prev. author] “Ach.” 956, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 843, “Ba.” 1027 (probably).)]
II frequently in apodosi after καὶ εἰ (κεἰ) or καὶ ἐάν (κἄν), κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 234, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 933; but ὅ., though it belongs in sense to the apodosis, is frequently closely attached to the protasis, μέμνησ᾽ Ὀρέστου, κεἰ θυραῖός ἐσθ᾽ ὅ., i.e. κεἰ θ. ἐστι, ὅμως μέμνησο, [prev. work] 115)]; λέξον.., κεἰ στένεις ὅ., i.e. κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 295; κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅ., φώνημ᾽ ἀκούω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 15)]: sometimes it even stands in the protasis, ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι᾽ ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 957; ἐγὼ μὲν εἴην, κεἰ πέφυχ᾽ ὅ. λάτρις, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν ἠριθμημένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 728.)]
II.2 the protasis is frequently replaced by a participle, ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.120)]; κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ. (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1115: strengthened, πιθοῦ, καίπερ οὐ στέργων ὅ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 712; ἱκνοῦμαι, καὶ γυνή περ οὖσ᾽ ὅ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 680; τάδ᾽ ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 851; ἐρήσομαι δέ, καὶ κακῶς πάσχουσ᾽ ὅ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 280: sometimes it precedes, τόλμα.., ὅ. ἄτλητα πεπονθώς, for καίπερ πεπονθώς, ὅ. τόλμα, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1029: in Prose, οἱ δὲ.. ὅ. ταῦτα πυνθανόμενοι ἀρρώδεον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.74; οἱ τετρακόσιοι.. ὅ. καὶ τεθορυβημένοι ξυνελέγοντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.21: exceptionally, ἡ ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν, ἔχουσά τινα ὅμως.. κούφισιν, οὐδ᾽ ὧς ῥᾳδία ἐδοξάζετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75.)]
II.3 where the protasis does not contain a verb, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ. (variant{ὁμῶς}) ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 20; βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅ. φράσον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 810; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ, ὅ. ἐπέμειξεν ἡ φύσις ἡδονήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 240b.)]
III used to break off a speech, however.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 74)]; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, after all, in spite of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.105, 3.28, 80, 7.1.)]
conjunction (from ὁμῶς, with changed accent), all the same, nevertheless, used to limit whole clauses, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] (unless it is read in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.565), Σαρπήδοντι δ᾽ ἄχος γένετο.., ὅ. δ᾽ οὐ λήθετο χάρμης 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.393; ὅ. πιθοῦ μοι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1064, compare “Ant.” 519)]; κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ. and yet not so as to be observed, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 442; νῦν δὲ ὅ. θαρρῶ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193e, etc.: frequently strengthened by other words, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ.)] but still, but for all that, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1085, etc.)]; ὅ. μήν (Doric dialect μάν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.82, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 297d; ὅ. μέντοι [prev. author] “Cri.” 54d; ὅ. γε μήν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 631, 822; ὅ. γε μέντοι [prev. author] “V.” 1344, “Ra.” 61: used elliptically, πάντως μὲν οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ. (i.e. οἰστέον) [prev. author] “Ach.” 956, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 843, “Ba.” 1027 (probably).)]
II frequently in apodosi after καὶ εἰ (κεἰ) or καὶ ἐάν (κἄν), κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 234, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 933; but ὅ., though it belongs in sense to the apodosis, is frequently closely attached to the protasis, μέμνησ᾽ Ὀρέστου, κεἰ θυραῖός ἐσθ᾽ ὅ., i.e. κεἰ θ. ἐστι, ὅμως μέμνησο, [prev. work] 115)]; λέξον.., κεἰ στένεις ὅ., i.e. κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pers.” 295; κἂν ἄποπτος ᾖς ὅ., φώνημ᾽ ἀκούω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 15)]: sometimes it even stands in the protasis, ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι᾽ ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “OC” 957; ἐγὼ μὲν εἴην, κεἰ πέφυχ᾽ ὅ. λάτρις, ἐν τοῖσι γενναίοισιν ἠριθμημένος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 728.)]
II.2 the protasis is frequently replaced by a participle, ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.120)]; κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ. (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι) [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1115: strengthened, πιθοῦ, καίπερ οὐ στέργων ὅ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 712; ἱκνοῦμαι, καὶ γυνή περ οὖσ᾽ ὅ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 680; τάδ᾽ ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 851; ἐρήσομαι δέ, καὶ κακῶς πάσχουσ᾽ ὅ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 280: sometimes it precedes, τόλμα.., ὅ. ἄτλητα πεπονθώς, for καίπερ πεπονθώς, ὅ. τόλμα, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1029: in Prose, οἱ δὲ.. ὅ. ταῦτα πυνθανόμενοι ἀρρώδεον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.74; οἱ τετρακόσιοι.. ὅ. καὶ τεθορυβημένοι ξυνελέγοντο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.63, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.21: exceptionally, ἡ ἰσομοιρία τῶν κακῶν, ἔχουσά τινα ὅμως.. κούφισιν, οὐδ᾽ ὧς ῥᾳδία ἐδοξάζετο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.75.)]
II.3 where the protasis does not contain a verb, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ. (variant{ὁμῶς}) ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 20; βαρέα δ᾽ οὖν ὅ. φράσον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 810; κόλακι, δεινῷ θηρίῳ, ὅ. ἐπέμειξεν ἡ φύσις ἡδονήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 240b.)]
III used to break off a speech, however.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 74)]; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, after all, in spite of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.105, 3.28, 80, 7.1.)]