Just as/how much
ὅσοςStrong’s G3745hosos
Appears in 100 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hosos is the Greek word usually translated “as much as”, “as many as” and “how much”. It appears in 100 verses of the New Testament.
“Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.”
Meaning
Usually translated “as much as”, “as many as” and “how much”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- as much as 47
- as many as 34
- how much 12
- whatever 6
- as long as 4
- long as 2
- so much as 2
- how many 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 17
- Matthew 14
- Mark 13
- John 11
- Luke 9
- Hebrews 8
17 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 1:13In contextYea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
- Jude 1:10In contextBut these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
- Matthew 7:12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- Matthew 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
- Matthew 13:44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
- Matthew 13:46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
All 100 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ὅσος hosos · just as/how much
ὅσος, -η, -ον, correlat. of τοσοῦτος, how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as, etc. (= Lat. quantus); (a) of number and quantity: m. pl., Mat.14:36, Mrk.3:10, Rom.2:12, al.; n. pl., Mat.17:12, Mrk.10:21, Luk.11:8, al.; πάτνες (πάντα) ὅ., Mat.13:46, Luk.4:40, al.; before οὗτοι (ταῦτα), Rom.8:14, Php.4:8; with indic., Mrk.6:56, Rev.3:19; with subjc. Mrk.3:28, al.; ὅ. ἄν, Mat.18:18, Jhn.11:22, al.; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “whatever” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WHATEVER, pronoun
[what and ever.]
- Being this or that; being of one nature or another; being one thing or another; any thing that may be. whatever is read, let it be read with attention. whatever measure may be adopted, let it be with due caution. whatever you do, let it be done with prudence.
- All that; the whole that; all particulars that.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.