ὅμως (ὁμός), from Homer down, yet; it occurs twice in the N. T. out of its usual position (cf. Winers Grammar, § 61, 5f.; Buttmann, § 144, 23), viz. in 1Co_14:7, where resolve thus: τά ἄψυχα, καίπερ φωνήν διδόντα, ὅμως, ἐάν διαστολήν ... πῶς κτλ. instruments without life, although giving forth a sound, yet, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known etc., Fritzsche, Conject. spec. i., p. 52; cf. Meyer at the passage; (Winer's Grammar, 344 (323)); again, ὅμως ἀνθρώπου ... οὐδείς ἀθετεῖ for ἀνθρώπου κεκυρωμένην διαθήκην, καίπερ ἀνθρώπου οὖσαν, ὅμως οὐδείς κτλ., a man's established covenant, though it be but a man's, yet no one, etc. Gal_3:15; ὅμως μέντοι, but yet, nevertheless, (cf. Winer's Grammar, 444 (413)), Joh_12:42.

ὅμως homōs 3x yet, nevertheless; with μέντοι , but nevertheless, but for all that, Joh_12:42 ; even, though it be but, 1Co_14:7 ; Gal_3:15

ὅμως , adv. ( < ὁμίς ), yet: ὅ . μέντοι , but yet, nevertheless , Joh_12:42 ; by hyperbaton, out of its proper position, 1Co_14:7 , Gal_3:15 (but v. Bl., § 77, 14).†

ὅμως [page 450] P Par 45 .4 (B.C. 153) ἀλ᾽ (= ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δίδομει , P Oxy I. 115 .9 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 9) ἀλλ᾽ ὁμῶς οὐδὲν δύναταί τις πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα : cf. Joh_12:42 . See also BGU IV. 1205 .12 (B.C. 28) οὐ πεπράκαμεν , ὅμως ὡς θέλετε ποιεῖτε , P Giss I. 99 .7 (ii/iii A.D.) κ̣ατὰ̣ τὸ τῶν αὐτο [χθόνω ]ν Αἰγυπτίων ἀλλότρια̣ ταῦ [τα .ἦν ], ἐδρᾶτο δὲ ὅμως , and P Oxy VI. 939 .26 (iv/A.D.) ( = Selections , p. 30) νοσηλότερον δὲ ὅμως τὸ σωμάτιον ἔχει , but nevertheless she is still in a somewhat sickly state of body. On the supposed trajection of ὅμως from its proper place in Gal_3:15 , 1Co_14:7 , see Burton Gal. p. 178 f.

ὅμως [Etym: Conj. from ὁμός but with changed accent] "all the same, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still", Lat. tamen, Il. , Soph. , etc.:—often strengthened by other words, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως, Lat. attamen, but "still", but "for all that", Ar. , etc.; ὅμως μήν, ὅμως μέντοι Plat. ; ὅμως γε μήν, ὅμως γε μέντοι Ar. :—used elliptically, οἴσεις οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως (sc. οἰστέον) id=Ar. in apodosis after καί εἰ or καὶ ἐάν, as "tamen" after "etsi or quamquam", κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ᾽ ὅμως even if I shall say nothing plainly, "yet" I will speak, Soph. ;—so, κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅμως (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς, ὅμως κλῦθι), id=Soph. to limit single words, Lat. quamvis, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅμως helpless "though" he be, Hes. , etc.

ὅμως adv. (ὁμίς), yet: ὅ. μέντοι, but yet, nevertheless, Jhn.12:42; by hyperbaton, out of its proper position, 1Co.14:7, Gal.3:15 (but see Bl., § 77, 14).† (AS)