ὅσος, ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Latinquantus,-a,-um; used a. of space (as great as): τό μῆκος αὐτῆς (Rec. adds τοσοῦτον ἐστιν) ὅσον καί (G T Tr WH omit καί) τό πλάτος, Rev_21:16; of time (as long as): ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον, for so long time as, so long as, Rom_7:1; 1Co_7:39; Gal_4:1; also without a preposition, ὅσον χρόνον, Mar_2:19; neuter ἐφ' ὅσον, as long as, Mat_9:15; 2Pe_1:13 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 25); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον, yet a little how very, how very (Vulg.modicum (ali)quautulum), i. e. yet a very little while, Heb_10:37 (Isa_26:20; of a very little thing, Aristophanes vesp. 213; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 726 no. 93; Winers Grammar, 247 (231) note; Buttmann, § 150, 2). b. of abundance and multitude; how many, as many as; how much, as much as: neuter ὅσον, Joh_6:11; plural ὅσοι, as many (men) as, all who, Mat_14:36; Mark in. 10; Act_4:6; Act_4:34; Act_13:48; Rom_2:12; Rom_6:8; Gal_3:10; Gal_3:27; Php_3:15; 1Ti_6:1; Rev_2:24; ὅσαι ἐπαγγελίαι, 2Co_1:20; ὅσα ἱμάτια, Act_9:39; neuter plural, absolutely (A. V. often whatsoever), Mat_17:12; Mar_10:21; Luk_11:8; Luk_12:8; Rom_3:19; Rom_15:4; Jud_1:10; Rev_1:2. πάντες ὅσοι (all as many as), Mat_22:10 (here T WH πάντες οὕς); Luk_4:40; Joh_10:8; Act_5:36 f; neuter πάντα ὅσα (all things whatsoever, all that), Mat_13:46; Mat_18:25; Mat_28:20; Mar_12:44; Luk_18:22; Joh_4:29 (T WH Tr marginal reading πάντα ἅ); Joh_4:39 (T WH Tr text πάντα ἅ); πολλά ὅσα, Joh_21:25 R G (Homer, Iliad 22, 380; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 3). ὅσοι ... οὗτοι, Rom_8:14; ὅσα ... ταῦτα, Php_4:8; ὅσα ... ἐν τούτοις, Jud_1:10; ὅσοι ... αὐτοί, Joh_1:12; Gal_6:16. ὅσοι ἄν or ἐάν, how many soever, as many soever as (cf. Winers Grammar, § 42, 3); followed by an indicative preterite (see ἄν, II. 1), Mar_6:56; by an indicative present Rev_3:19; by a subjunctive aorist, Mat_22:9; Mar_3:28; Mar_6:11; Luk_9:5 (Rec.); Act_2:39 (here Lachmann οὕς ἄν); Rev_13:15; ὅσα ἄν, Mat_18:18; Joh_11:22; Joh_16:13 (R G); πάντα ὅσα ἄν, all things whatsoever: followed by subjunctive present Mat_7:12; by subjunctive aorist, Mat_21:22; Mat_23:3; Act_3:22. ὅσα in indirect discourse; how many things: Luk_9:10; Act_9:16; Act_15:12; 2Ti_1:18. c. of importance: ὅσα, how great things, i. e. how extraordinary, in indirect discourse, Mar_3:8 (L marginal reading ἅ); ; Luk_8:39; Act_14:21; Act_15:4 (others take it of number in these last two examples how many; cf. b. above); how great (i. e. bitter), κακά, Act_9:13. d. of measure and degree, in comparative sentences, accusative neuter ὅσον ... μᾶλλον περισσότερον, the more ... so much the more a great deal (A. V.), Mar_7:36; καθ' ὅσον with a comparitive, by so much as with the comparitive Heb_3:3; καθ' ὅσον ... κατά τοσοῦτον (τοσοῦτο L T Tr WH), Heb_7:20; Heb_7:22; καθ' ὅσον (inasmuch) as followed by οὕτως, Heb_9:27; τοσούτῳ with a comparitive followed by ὅσῳ with a comparitive, by so much ... as, Heb_1:4 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 40; Cyril 7, 5, 5f); without τοσούτῳ, Heb_8:6 (A. V. by how much); τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ (without μᾶλλον), Heb_10:25; ὅσα ... τοσοῦτον, how much ... so much, Rev_18:7; ἐφ' ὅσον, for as much as, in so far as, without ἐπί τοσοῦτο, Mat_25:40; Mat_25:45; Rom_11:13.

ὅσος hosos 110x as great, as much, Mar_7:36 ; Joh_6:11 ; Heb_1:4 ; Heb_8:6 ; Heb_10:25 ; ἐφ ὅσον χρόνον , for how long a time, while, as long as, Rom_7:1 ; so, ἐφ ὅσον , i.e. χρόνον , Mat_9:15 ; ὅσον χρόνον , how long, Mar_2:19 ; neut. ὅσον repeated, ὅσον ὅσον , used to give intensity to other qualifying words, e.g., μικρόν , the very least, a very little while, Heb_10:37 ; ἐφ ὅσον , in as much as, Mat_25:40 ; Mat_25:45 ; καθ ὅσον , by how much, so far as, Heb_3:3 ; or, in as much as, as, so, Heb_7:20 ; Heb_9:27 ; pl. ὅσα , so far as, as much as, Rev_1:2 ; Rev_18:7 ; how great, how much, how many, what, Mar_3:8 ; Mar_5:19-20 ; how many, as many as, all who, 2Co_1:20 ; Php_3:15 ; 1Ti_6:1 ; ὅσος ἄν , or ἐάν , whoever, whatsoever, Mat_7:12 ; Mat_18:18

ὅσος , -η , -ον , correlat. of τοσοῦτος , how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as , etc. ( = Lat. quantus); (a) of number and quantity: m . pl ., Mat_14:36 , Mar_3:10 , Rom_2:12 , al. ; n . pl ., Mat_17:12 , Mar_10:21 , Luk_11:8 , al. ; πάντες (πάντα ) ὅ ., Mat_13:46 , Luk_4:40 , al. ; seq . οὗτοι (ταῦτα ), Rom_8:14 , Php_4:8 ; c . indic ., Mar_6:56 , Rev_3:19 ; c . subjc ., Mar_3:28 , al. ; ὅ . ἄν , Mat_18:18 , Joh_11:22 , al. ; (b) of measure and degree : Mar_3:8 , Luk_8:39 , Act_9:13 ; in compar . sent., ὅσον seq . μᾶλλον , Mar_7:36 ; καθ᾿ ὅσον , c . compar ., Heb_3:3 ; seq . τοσοῦτο , Heb_7:20 ; οὕτως , Heb_9:27 ; τοσούτῳ , c . compar . seq . ὅσῳ , c . compar ., Heb_1:4 ; ἐφ᾿ ὅσον , inasmuch as, Mat_25:40 ; Mat_25:45 , Rom_11:13 ; (c) of space and time : Rev_21:16 ; ἐφ᾿ ὅσον , as long as, Mat_9:15 , 2Pe_1:13 ; ἐφ᾿ ὅ . χρόνον , Rom_7:1 , 1Co_7:39 , Gal_4:1 ; ἔτι μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον , yet hew very short a time , Heb_10:37 ( LXX ). ὅσον , see ὅσος .

ὅσος [page 461] The varied uses of ὅσος in the NT can be readily illustrated from our sources. Thus for the meaning as great as, how great, how much, as in Mar_5:19 , cf. P Tebt II. 310 .4 (A.D. 186) ὥσα ( l. ὅσα ) ἔχω ἔτη , for my term of years (Edd.), ib. 314 .4 (ii/A.D.) ὅσον κάμ [α ]τον ἤνεγκα , how much trouble I had, ib. 378 .22 (A.D. 265) τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα καθήκει , all else that is fitting, and P Oxy VI. 903 .34 (iv/A.D.) αὐτὴ οἶδεν ὅσα κέκτηται , she knows how much she has possessed herself of (Edd.). From this it is an easy transition to practically the meaning all, as in ib. 898 .13 (A.D. 123) ὑποθέσθαι ὅσα ἔχω ἐν τῇ Ὀάσε̣[ι ] κτήματα , to mortgage all my property in the Oasis (Edd.). The combination πάντα ὅσα , as in Mat_7:12 al. , is very common, e.g. BGU IV. 1113 .19 (B.C. 14) πά ]ντα ὅσα ποτ᾽ ἔσχεν [ὁ πατή ]ρ , P Oxy I. 115 .5 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 96) πάντα ὅσα ἧν καθήκοντα ἐποίησα , everything that was fitting I did : cf. also the rhetorical πολλῶν ὅσων λεχθέντων καὶ ἀντιλεχθέντων (with its curious attraction) in the late P Mon I. 14 .31 (A.D. 594). Ὅσος ἐάν (ἄν ) generalizes, how great soever, and in the plur. as many soever as ( Mat_18:18 ; Mat_22:9 , al. ). Thus in P Amh II. 85 .6 ff. (A.D. 78), an application for a five years lease of land belonging to orphan children, the writer states that he desires to lease τὰ καταλελιμμένα πάντα καθ᾽ ὁνδηποτοῦν τρόπον τοῖς αὐτοῦ υἱοῖς ὀρφανοῖς ὑπὸ Σαραπίωνος , all the property of every kind bequeathed by Sarapion to his orphan sons, and adds καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἐὰν ἀφεύρω ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματος τῶν υἱῶν ὀρφανῶν αὐτοῦ Σαραπίωνος , and whatever else I may find to be owned by the orphan sons of Sarapion (Edd.). For other exx. see P Tebt II. 441 (A.D. 91 2) ἀρούρας δύο ἥμισυ ἢ ὅσαι ἐὰν ὦσι , two and a half arourae or as many as there may be, P Ryl II. 81 .10 ( c . A.D. 104) ὅσου ἐὰν χρείαν ἔχωσι ὕδατος , as much water as they may have need of, P Tebt II. 315 .7 (ii/A.D.) ὅπως μοι [πέμψῃς ] ὅσου [ἐ ]ὰν ᾖ , that you may send them ( sc. garments) to me at any cost, and P Ryl II. 243 .9 (ii/A.D.) ὅσα ποτὲ οὖν ἐὰν̣ ἀναναλώσῃς ( l. ἀναλώσῃς ) ἰς τὴν τοῦ κλήρου κατεργασίαν , ἡμεῖν ἐνλόγησον ἐπὶ λόγου , put down to our account everything you expend on the cultivation of the holding (Edd.). For εἰς ὅσον , as long as, see ib. 899 .8 (A.D. 200) ἐς ὅσον μὲν οὖν δύναμίς μοι ὑπῆρχεν , as long as I had the power : cf. Mar_2:19 ὅσον χρόνον . The commoner phase ἐφ᾽ ὅσον , as in Mat_9:15 , al. , is seen in P Tor I.1 i. 23 (B.C. 116) ὧν οἱ πρόγονοί μου κεκυρίευκαν ἐφ᾽ ὅσον περιῆσαν , over which my ancestors exercised lordship as long as they lived, and Preisigke 4317 .18 ( c. A.D. 200) οὐ [δ ]ὲν θέλω παρα <σχεῖν >σοι ἐπφ᾽ ὅσον ἐν Ἀλεξανδρίαν εἰμί , I do not wish to provide you with anything as long as I am in Alexandria. For the same phrase meaning as much as see the restoration in P Ryl II. 81 .6 ( c. A.D. 104), ἐφ᾽ ὅσον οἱ κατασπορεῖς ἤθελον , as much as the inspectors of sowing wished (Edd.). The MGr ἐνόσῳ may mean in so far as or so long as. Καθ᾽ ὅσον , in proportion as, is found in Heb_3:8 ; Heb_7:20 ; Heb_9:27 . Wellhausen ( Einl. p. II ) pronounces ὅσον ὅσον in Luk_5:3 D (= ὀλίγον of other MSS. : cf. English so so ) mehr volkstόmlich als literarisch, and compares Isa_26:20 (hence Heb_10:37 ). The phrase is thus not an essential Hebraism, but a vernacular idiom in harmony with the Hebrew (Robertson Gr. p. 733; cf. Proleg. p. 97). Radermacher ( Gr. p. 57 n. .2 ) cites Acta Philippi 142 βάδιζε ἀνὰ δύο δύο in illustration of the Lucan passage. See also Wackernagel in Glotta , iv. (1913), p. 244 f., who quotes Aristophanes Vesp. 213 τί οὐκ ἀπεκοιμήθημεν ὅσον ὅσον στίλην ; here the last words may = τοσοῦτον ὅσον (or ὥστε ) στίλην εἶναι , a usage preparing the way for the wider meaning just, as in Diphilus 43. 14 οὐδὲν ἡδέως | ποεῖ γὰρ οὗτος ἀλλ᾽ ὅσον νόμου χάριν , just for form s sake, The Latin employs tantum quod in this sense, e.g. Suet. Aug. 98 navis Alexandrina quae tantum quod adpulerat , an Alexandrian ship which had only just come to land : cf. also Petron. 37 et modo modo quid fuit? and what was she a little while ago?

ὅσος [Etym: like Lat.] "quantus", of Size, "as great as, how great;" of Quantity, "as much as, how much;" of Space, "as far as, how far;" of Time, "as long as, how long;" of Number, "as many as, how many;" of Sound, "as loud as, how loud;" in pl. "as many as", Lat. quot:—its antecedent is τόσος, after which ὅσος is simply "as;" τόσσον χρόνον, ὅσσον ἄνωγας so long time "as" thou dost order, Il. :—often the antec. is omitted, φωνὴ ὅση σκύλακος Od. with τις, to denote "indefinite" size or number, ὅσον τι δένδρον Hdt. , etc. with Adjs. expressing Quantity, ὄχλος ὑπερφυὴς ὅσος prodigiously "large", Ar. ; θαυμαστὸν ὅσον διαφέρει differs "amazingly", Plat. ;—so in Lat. mirum quantum, immane quantum. with Sup., ὅσα πλεῖστα the most possible, Hdt. , etc.; v. infr. III. 4. c. inf. "so much as is enough", ὅσον ἀποζῆν "enough to" live off, Thuc. ; ὅσον δοκεῖν "enough for" appearance, Soph. with ind., ὅσσον ἔγωγε γιγνώσκω "so far as" I know, Il. ; ὅσονπερ σθένω Soph. , etc. followed by Particles: ὅσος ἄν "how great soever", with Subjunct., Hom. , etc. ὅσος δή "how much", ἐπὶ μισθῷ ὅσῳ δή for payment "of a certain amount", Hdt. :— ὁσοσοῦν, ionic -ῶν, "ever so small", id=Hdt. ὅσον and ὅσα as adv.: "so far as, so much as", οὐ μέντοι ἐγὼ τόσον αἴτιός εἰμι, ὅσσον οἱ ἄλλοι Il. ; c. inf., ὅσον γ᾽ ἔμ᾽ εἰδέναι "so far as" I know, Ar. "how far, how much", ἴστε ὅσσον περιβάλλετον ἵπποι ye know "how much" they excel, Il. ;—with Adjs. "how", ὅσον μέγα Hes. , etc. "only so far as, only just", ὅσον ἐς Σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγὸν ἵκανεν Il. ; εἰ μὴ ὅσον γραφῇ except "only" by a picture, Hdt. in reference to distances, ὅσον τε, "about, nearly", ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυιαν Od. ; ὅσον τε δέκα στάδια Hdt. with Adjs., ὅσσον βασιλεύτερός εἰμι "so far as, inasmuch as" I am a greater king, Il. ; ὅσον εἰμὶ κάρτιστος "how" I am "far" the strongest, id=Il. : —so with Advs., ὅσον τάχιστα attic; ὅσον μάλιστα Aesch. with negatives, ὅσον οὐ or ὁσονού, Lat. tantum non, only not, all but, Thuc. ; ὅσον οὐκ ἤδη "immediately", Eur. : οὐχ ὅσον οὐκ ἠμύναντο, ἀλλ᾽ not "only" did they "not" avenge themselves, Thuc. :— ὅσον μή "so far as not, save or except so far as", ὅσον γε μὴ ποτιψαύων "so far as I can without" touching . . , Soph. , etc. ὅσῳ, ὅσῳ περ, "by how much", ὅσῳ πλέον Hes. ; διέδεξε, ὅσῳ ἐστὶ τοῦτο ἄριστον Hdt. ὅσῳ with comp. when followed by another comp. with τοσούτῳ, like Lat. quo or "quanto melior, eo magis", ὅσῳ μᾶλλον πιστεύω, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ἀπορῶ Plat. ἐς ὅσον, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, καθ᾽ ὅσον are often used much like ὅσον, εἰς ὅσον σθένω Soph. ; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ἠδύνατο Thuc. ἐν ὅσῳ, "while", Ar. , Thuc.

ὅσος, -η, -ον, correlat. of τοσοῦτος, how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as, etc. (= Lat. quantus); __(a) of number and quantity: m. pl., Mat.14:36, Mrk.3:10, Rom.2:12, al.; n. pl., Mat.17:12, Mrk.10:21, Luk.11:8, al.; πάτνες (πάντα) ὅ., Mat.13:46, Luk.4:40, al.; before οὗτοι (ταῦτα), Rom.8:14, Php.4:8; with indic., Mrk.6:56, Rev.3:19; with subjc. Mrk.3:28, al.; ὅ. ἄν, Mat.18:18, Jhn.11:22, al.; __(b) of measure and degree: Mrk.3:8, Luk.8:39, Act.9:13; in compar. sent., ὅσον before μᾶλλον, Mrk.7:36; καθ᾽ ὅσον, with compar.. Heb.3:3; before τοσοῦτο, Heb.7:20; οὕτως, Heb.9:27; τοσαύτῳ, with compar. before ὅσῳ, with compar., Heb.1:4; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, inasmuch as, Mat.25:40, 45 Rom.11:13; __(with) of space and time: Rev.21:16; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, as long as, Mat.9:15, 2Pe.1:13; ἐφ᾽ ὅ. χρόνον, Rom.7:1, 1Co.7:39, Gal.4:1; ἔτι μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, yet how very short a time, Heb.10:37 (LXX). (AS)