Quick Definition
ὅμως Cj. yet, nevertheless
Strong's Definition
at the same time, i.e. (conjunctionally) notwithstanding, yet still
Derivation: adverb from the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ);
KJV Usage: and even, nevertheless, though but
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ὁμοιόω
89.74 · Relations · Concession
although, though a marker of concession, with the possible implication of an added aspect of similarity The interpretation of ὅμως in GAL 3:15 and 1CO 14:7 as indicating concession is doubtful, and it may be preferable to understand ὅμως in these contexts as meaning ‘likewise’ or ‘similarly,’ for example, ‘similarly, in the case of a human will, no one annuls it’ and ‘similarly, in the case of a flute or harp, lifeless instruments which produce a sound’ (see 64.11).
64.11 · Comparison
similarly, likewise pertaining to being, at least in some respects, similar For another interpretation of ὅμως in GAL 3:15, see 89.74.
89.75 · Relations · Concession
Collocation: ὅμως μέντοι
nevertheless, and yet a marker of an implied clause of concession
1 An expression meaning ‘nevertheless’ normally presupposes a concessive clause, for example, ‘although one would not have expected it, nevertheless …,’ and implies a circumstance contrary to expectation. Some languages do not have a conjunction marking a concessive clause but do have a particle or phrase for a resultant clause, for example, ‘he did not work; nevertheless he was paid,’ which is equivalent to ‘although he did not work, he was paid.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὅμως, (duds), fr. Hom. down, yet; it oceurs twice in the N. T. out of its usual position [ef. W. § 61, 5f.; B. § 144, 23], viz. in 1 Co. xiv. 7, where resolve thus: τὰ ἄψυχα. καίπερ φωνὴν διδόντα, ὅμως, ἐὰν διαστολὴν .. . πῶς «vA. instruments without life, although giving forth a sound, yet, unless they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known ete., Frizsche, Conject. spec. i. Ρ. 52; cf. Meyer ad loc.; [W. 344 (323)]; again, ὅμως avOpamov ... οὐδεὶς ἀθετεῖ for ἀνθρώπου κεκυρ. διαθήκην, καίπερ ἀνθρώπου οὖσαν, ὅμως οὐδεὶς κτλ. a man’s established cévenant, though it be but a man’s, yet no one etc. Gal. iii. 15; ὅμως μέντοι, but yet, nevertheless, [cf. W. 444 (413) ], Jn. xii. 42.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὅμως homōs 3x
yet, nevertheless; with μέντοι, but nevertheless, but for all that, Jn. 12:42; even, though it be but, 1 Cor. 14:7; Gal. 3:15*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὅμως, adv.
(< ὁμίς),
yet: ὅ. μέντοι, but yet, nevertheless, Jo 12:42; by hyperbaton, out of its proper position, I Co 14:7, Ga 3:15 (but v. Bl., § 77, 14).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὅμως. P Par 45% (B.c. 153) ἀλ᾽ {-- ἀλλ᾽) ὅμως τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δίδομει, Ῥ Oxy I. 115% (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p: 9) GAN ὁμῶς οὐδὲν δύναταί τις πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα : cf. Jn 1242. See also BGU IV. 1205! (B.c. 28) οὐ πεπράκατὰ TO τῶν αὐτοί χθόνω]ν Αἰγυπτίων ἀλλότρια ταῦ[τα ἣν], ἐδρᾶτο δὲ ὅμως, and P Oxy VI. 93978 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 30) νοσηλότερον δὲ ὅμως TO σωμάτιον ἔχει, ‘ but nevertheless she is still in a somewhat sickly state of body.” On the supposed trajection of 8pws from its proper place in Gal 315, 1 Cor 147, see Burton Gad. p. 178 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὅμως (homōs) — just as. ὅμως, conjunction (from ὁμῶς, with changed accent), all the same, nevertheless, used to limit whole clauses, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (unless it is read in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κοὐκ ἐπίδηλος ὅ. and yet not so as to be observed, [Refs 6th c.BC+] but still, but for all that, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅ. μήν (Doric dialect μάν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. frequently in apodosi after καὶ εἰ (κεἰ) or καὶ ἐάν (κἄν), κεἰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξερῶ, φράσω δ᾽ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λέξον.., κεἰ στένεις ὅ., i.e. κεἰ στένεις, ὅ. λέξον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes it even stands in the protasis, ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι᾽ ὅ. λέγω, σμικρὸν τίθησι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. the protasis is frequently replaced by a participle, ὕστεροι ἀπικόμενοι ἱμείροντο ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κλῦθί μου νοσῶν ὅ. (i. e. εἰ νοσεῖς ὅ. κλῦθι) [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.3. where the protasis does not contain a verb, ἀπάλαμόν περ ὅ. (variant{ὁμῶς}) ἐπὶ ἔργον ἐγείρει [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. used to break off a speech, however.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; to refer to something previously said or to the general situation, after all, in spite of all, [Refs 5th c.BC+]