Likewise
ὡσαύτωςStrong’s G5615hōsautōs
Appears in 17 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hōsautōs is the Greek word usually translated “likewise”. It appears in 17 verses of the New Testament.
“In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”
Meaning
Usually translated “likewise”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- likewise 17
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 4
- 1 Timothy 4
- Luke 3
- Mark 2
- Titus 2
- Romans 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Timothy 3:8In contextLikewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- 1 Timothy 3:11In contextEven so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- 1 Timothy 5:25In contextLikewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
- Titus 2:3In contextThe aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
- Titus 2:6In contextYoung men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
- Matthew 20:5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
Greek dictionary
ὡσαύτως hōsautōs · likewise
ὡσαύτως adv., strengthened for ὡς (in Hom, at the beginning of a clause, in the form ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως, later in one word), in like manner, just so, likewise: Mat.20:5 21:30, 36 25:17, Mrk.14:31, Luk.13:5 20:31, Rom.8:26, 1Ti.5:25, Tit.2:6; with verb to be supplied from context, Mrk.12:21, Luk.22:20, 1Co.11:25, 1Ti.2:9 3:8 3:11, Tit.2:3.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “likewise” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LI'KEWISE, adverb
[like and wise.]
In like manner; also; moreover; too.
- “For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others” Psalms 49:10
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.