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As/when

ὡςStrong’s G5613

hōs

Appears in 447 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hōs is the Greek word usually translated “as”, “like” and “when”. It appears in 447 verses of the New Testament.

“That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.”
2 Thessalonians 2:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “as”, “like” and “when”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • as 309
  • like 78
  • when 41
  • how 21
  • about 18
  • while 7
  • as if 6
  • just as 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 62
  • Revelation 54
  • Luke 52
  • Matthew 34
  • John 31
  • 1 Corinthians 30

26 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 447 verses, by book
1 Thessalonians 7
2:42:72:102:115:25:45:6
2 Thessalonians 3
2:22:43:15
1 Timothy 2
5:15:2
2 Timothy 5
1:32:32:92:173:9
Titus 2
1:51:7
Philemon 4
1:91:141:161:17
1 John 2
1:72:27
2 John 1
1:5
Jude 2
1:71:10
Greek dictionary

ὡς hōs · 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. …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “as” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

AS, adverb

az. [Gr. But more probably the English word is contracted from als.]

  1. Literally, like; even; similar. 'Ye shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.' 'As far as we can see, ' that is, like far, equally far.
  2. It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
  3. It was formerly used where we now use that. obsolete
  4. While; during; at the same time. 'He trembled as he spoke.' But in most of its uses, it is resolvable into like, equal, even, or equally, in like manner.
All definitions and other forms of “as”

    AS, noun

    [Latin]

    1. A Roman weight of 12 ounces, answering to the libra or pound.
    2. A Roman coin, originally of a pound weight; but reduced, after the first Punic war, to two ounces; in the second Punic war, to one ounce; and by the Papirian law, to half an ounce.
    3. An integer; a whole or single thing.

    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.