ὡς hōs

Greek word for “as/when” · Strong’s G5613 · used 504 times in 442 verses

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Meaning

ὡς, adverbial form of the relative pron.

How it is translated

Glosses given for hōs in context, with how often each is used:

• as 303
• like 75
• when 41
• how 21
• about 19
• while 7
• something like 7
• if 6
• just as 5
• so 3
• since 2
• after 2

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ephesians 5 (8), 1 Peter 2 (8), Acts 10 (7), 1 Corinthians 7 (7), Revelation 9 (7), Luke 22 (6), John 11 (6), 1 Corinthians 4 (6), Hebrews 3 (6), Revelation 6 (6)

Forms

• ὡς 484
• Ὡς 18
• ὥς 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hōs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἡμέρα hēmera “day” 31
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 29
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 26
• εἰ ei “if” 31
• οὕτως ohutō, ohutōs “thus(-ly)” 24
• κατά kata “according to” 30
• μέγας megas “great” 21
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 22
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 21
• θάλασσα thalassa “sea” 15
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 18
• μετά meta “with/after” 23

Key verses

The verses using hōs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Acts 10:38 — How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was…
• Acts 20:24 — But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received…
• Romans 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• 1 Peter 2:5 — Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
• 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• 2 Peter 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even…
• 2 Peter 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with…
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Revelation 19:1 — And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.