Strong's Concordance hósper: just as, even as Original Word: ὥσπερPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: hósper Phonetic Spelling: (hoce'-per) Short Definition: just as, as Definition: just as, as, even as. HELPS Word-studies 5618 hṓsper (an emphatic adverb, derived from 4007 /per, "indeed" intensifying 5613 /hōs, "as") – "indeed just as," "just exactly like." Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5618: ὥσπερὥσπερ ((cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 110); from ὡς and the enclitic particle περ, which, "in its usual way, augments and brings out the force of ὡς Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 768; see περ), adverb (from Homer down), just as, even as; a. in a protasis with a finite verb, and followed by οὕτως or οὕτως καί in the apodosis (cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 53, 5; 60, 5): Matthew 12:40; Matthew 13:40; Matthew 24:27, 37f, 38 (L T Tr (cf. ὡς at the beginning) WH ὡς); Luke 17:24; John 5:21, 26; Romans 5:19, 21; Romans 6:4, 19; Romans 11:30; 1 Corinthians 11:12; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Corinthians 16:1; 2 Corinthians 1:7 (here L T Tr WH ὡς); Galatians 4:29; Ephesians 5:24 (L T Tr WH ὡς); James 2:26; ὥσπερ ... ἵνα καί ((cf. Winers Grammar, § 43, 5 a.; Buttmann, 241 (208); cf. ἵνα, II. 4 b.)), 2 Corinthians 8:7; εὐλογίαν ... ἑτοίμην εἶναι (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 1 c.) οὕτως ὡς ἐυλογινα καί μή ὥσπερ etc. 'that your bounty might so be ready as a matter of bounty and not as if' etc. 2 Corinthians 9:5 (but only Rec. reads ὥσπερ, and even so the example does not strictly belong under this entry); the apodosis which should have been introduced by οὕτως is lacking (Winers Grammar, § 64, 7 b.; p. 569 (530); cf. Buttmann, § 151, 12 and 23 g.): Romans 5:12 (here what Paul subjoined in Romans 5:13f to prove the truth of his statement πάντες ἥμαρτον, prevented him from adding the apodosis, which had it corresponded accurately to the terms of the protasis would have run as follows: οὕτω καί δἰ ἑνός ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη εἰς τόν κόσμον εἰσῆλθε καί διά τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡ ζωή. Καί οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἡ ζωή διελεύσεται, ἐφ' ᾧ πάντες δικαιωθήσονται; this thought he unfolds in verse 15ff in another form); Matthew 25:14 (here the extended details of the parable caused the writer to forget the apodosis which he had in mind at the beginning; (cf. ὡς, I. 4 c.)). b. it stands in close relation to what precedes: Matthew 5:48 (L T Tr WH ὡς); From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like -- (even, like) as. see GREEK hos see GREEK per Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 561836 Occurrences ὥσπερ — 36 Occ. Matthew 6:2 Adv GRK: ἔμπροσθέν σου ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ KJV: before thee, as the hypocrites do INT: before you as the hypocrites Matthew 6:7 Adv Matthew 12:40 Adv Matthew 13:40 Adv Matthew 18:17 Adv Matthew 20:28 Adv Matthew 24:27 Adv Matthew 24:37 Adv Matthew 25:14 Adv Matthew 25:32 Adv Luke 17:24 Adv Luke 18:11 Adv John 5:21 Adv John 5:26 Adv Acts 2:2 Adv Acts 3:17 Adv Acts 11:15 Adv Romans 5:12 Adv Romans 5:19 Adv Romans 5:21 Adv Romans 6:4 Adv Romans 6:19 Adv Romans 11:30 Adv 1 Corinthians 8:5 Adv 1 Corinthians 10:7 Adv |