Strong G5618ὥσπερ

just as

Transliteration: hōsper
Pronunciation: hoce'-per
Morphology: Greek Conjunction

Definition

From G5613 and G4007; just as that is exactly like: - (even like) as.

Detailed definition

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)

In the Bible

Strong G5618 appears in 42 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

as40
even2

First verses

Matthew 5:48
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 6:2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 12:40
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 13:40
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Matthew 18:17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Matthew 24:27
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Matthew 25:14
For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
Matthew 25:32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
Luke 17:24
For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
John 5:21
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:26
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
Acts 2:2
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
Acts 3:17
And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

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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 [Refs ([prev. author] “El.” 994)]; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν.., ὥ. Κύκλωπες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.206, compare 2.333, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.263, 14.50)]; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν.. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 303; τεταγμένοι ὥ. ἔμελλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.93; τοῖς ἠτυχηκόσιν ὥ. ἐγώ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.1; 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus frequently puts a word between ὡς)] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.385, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.806, 1.211)]; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς.. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.3.12)]; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.487)], τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγώ; also in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 402)], ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως.., ὥ. ὑπέστ; but in Trag. and Attic dialect ὥ. is very frequently after demonstrative words; before οὕτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Melissus Philosophus 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 188; after it, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 475, etc.)]; ὥ. καὶ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.75, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 354b)]; ὥ.., ὧδε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 276; τοιοῦτος ὥ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 327d)]; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον just as they were, then and there, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.δ,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1235; εὐθὺς ὥ. εἶχεν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.1.19; εὐθὺς ὥ. ἔτυχε [prev. author] “HG” 3.1.19; τὰν τράπεζαν κάτθετε ὥ. ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus in “PSI” 11.1214a2)]; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, [Refs ([prev. work] 14: with _genitive_,)] ὥ. ἔχει δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 612d: strengthened, ὥ. γε)]just exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 673)]; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.477; ὥ. καὶ ἄλλο τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142, etc.: ὥ. also follows ἴσος, in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.282, μοῖραν.. ἴσην, ὡς αὐτοί περ ἐλάγχανον,compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 533)]; so after ὁ αὐτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86a, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.33; after ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος ἀτμὸς ὥ. ἐκ τάφου πρέπει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1311, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.34.)]
2 ὥσπερ ἄν with subjunctive, see below[Refs (111)]; with optative, ὥσπερ ἄν τις.. λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 87b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.1.14; compare ὡσπερεί 11.)]
II to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, as it were, so to speak, ὥ. ἀκονιτί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.73; τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὥ. σεσεῖσθαί μοι δοκεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1276, compare “Pax” 234; ἅμα μὲν.. ὥ. ὑπεφθόνει 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.13, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 270d, “Cra.” 384c)]; in later Gk. sometimes after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “adversus Christianos - Abh. Berl. Akad.” 26)]; βάθρον ὥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.33; στέφανος ὥ. τῶν πόλεων τὰ τείχη [prev. work] 42)]: frequently with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 277; ὥ. ἐντεταμένου τοῦ σώματος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 86b)]; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες as if they had done, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.7)]; ὥ. ἐξόν as if it were in our power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.1.14; σιωπῇ ἐδείπνουν, ὥ. τοῦτο ἐπιτεταγμένον αὐτοῖς [prev. author] “Smp.” 1.11, compare “Mem.” 2.3.3)]; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην.., καὶ οὔτε.. οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 2.3.19)]; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat like that used in the chariot, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eq.” 7.5.)]
III rarely of Time,
III.1 ὥσπερ ἄν ={ἕως ἄν}, so long as, or however long (compare ὡς Ad. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2), ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1361 (sed to be read ἕωσπερ).)]
III.2 as soon as, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 24.)]
IV after a comparative (compare ὡς Ab. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (1.4); οὐ μείους ὥ. χίλιοι 6th c.BC: Xenophanes Poeta Philosophus 3.4; ἧττον.. ὥ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.16)].—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.