ὡς

hōs

Greek G5613 Preposition 505 occurrences in 443 verses
ὡς as/when

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. however not having the special force wh. it has in cl.; see Bl., §73, 5; 74, 6), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Heb.13:17, al.; freq implying opinion or belief, Rom.9:32; so esp, with genitive absol., 1Co.4:18, 2Co.5:20, 1Pe.4:12, 2Pe.1:3.

2. Before numerals, about, nearly: Mrk.5:13, Jhn.1:40, Act.5:7, al.

3. Before adjectives and adverbs, how: Rom.10:15 11:33, 1Th.2:10; with superl., ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible, Act.17:15.

II. As conjunction;

1. temporal,

(a) as, when, since: Mrk.9:21 14:72, Luk.1:23, Jhn.2:9, al.;

(b) while, when, as long as: Luk.12:58, Jhn.12:36, Gal.6:10 (Field, Notes, 191); ὡς ἄν (M, Pr., 167, and see: ἄν), Rom.15:24, 1Co.11:34, Php.2:23.

2. Final, in order that; with inf., in order to (M, Pr., 204n), Luk.9:52, Act.20:24, Heb.7:9.

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Concordance 443 verses

  1. He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

  2. While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

  3. As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

  4. He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

  5. how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

  6. “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

  7. Acts 11:5 ὡς

    “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

  8. Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

  9. So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

  10. He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.

  11. All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

  12. As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’

  13. When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.

  14. He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

  15. Acts 14:5 ὡς

    But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,

  16. Acts 16:4 Ὡς

    As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

  17. As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

  18. And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

  19. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

  20. Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

  21. Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.

  22. ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

  23. Acts 18:5 Ὡς

    And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

  24. Acts 19:9 ὡς

    But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

  25. After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

  26. But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

  27. And when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.

  28. When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.

  29. I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,

  30. But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

  31. Acts 21:1 Ὡς

    After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

  32. When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

  33. When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

  34. Acts 22:5 ὡς

    as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

  35. Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.

  36. But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

  37. The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”

  38. Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

  39. He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.

  40. Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.

  41. Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.

  42. Acts 27:1 Ὡς

    When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

  43. On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea. About midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land.

  44. Meanwhile, the sailors attempted to escape from the ship. Pretending to lower anchors from the bow, they let the lifeboat down into the sea.

  45. Acts 28:4 ὡς

    When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”

  46. But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.

  47. God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

  48. For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

  49. However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?

  50. As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

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