Quick Definition
ὡς Adv as, like as, how, while, so that
Strong's Definition
probably adverb of comparative from 3739; which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV Usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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64.12 · Comparison
as, like a relatively weak marker of a relationship between events or states
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90.21 · Case · Content
that, the fact that a marker of discourse content, whether direct or indirect The marking of direct and indirect discourse varies greatly from language to language. In some instances there is no marker at all; in other cases one marker precedes and another follows. In still other instances a repetition of an expression of speaking occurs at the end of a quotation, whether direct or indirect. In a number of languages written usage differs appreciably from spoken usage, because intonation so often marks introduced discourse in the spoken form of a language.
LUK 6:4 · LUK 16:1 · LUK 22:61 · LUK 24:6 · ACT 10:28 · ACT 10:38 · ACT 11:16 · ROM 1:9 · 2CO 5:19 · 2CO 11:21 · PHP 1:8 · 1TH 2:10 · 1TH 2:11 · 2TH 2:2
89.86 · Relations · Manner
how, in what manner a marker of an event indicating how something took place
MRK 4:27 · MRK 14:72 · LUK 8:47 · LUK 23:55 · LUK 24:35 · ACT 20:20 · ROM 11:2 · 1CO 9:26 · 1CO 9:26 · 1CO 12:2 · 2CO 7:15 · 1TH 2:10 · 1TH 2:11 · REV 22:12
67.45 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
when a point of time which is prior to another point of time, with the possible implication in some contexts of reason or cause
LUK 1:23 · LUK 1:41 · LUK 1:44 · LUK 2:15 · LUK 2:39 · LUK 4:25 · LUK 5:4 · LUK 7:12 · LUK 11:1 · LUK 15:25 · LUK 19:5 · LUK 19:29 · LUK 19:41 · LUK 20:37 · LUK 22:66 · LUK 23:26 · JHN 2:9 · JHN 4:1 · JHN 4:40 · JHN 6:12 · JHN 6:16 · JHN 7:10 · JHN 11:6 · JHN 11:20 · JHN 11:29 · JHN 11:32 · JHN 11:33 · JHN 18:6 · JHN 19:33 · JHN 21:9 · ACT 5:24 · ACT 7:23 · ACT 9:23 · ACT 10:7 · ACT 10:25 · ACT 13:29 · ACT 14:5 · ACT 16:10 · ACT 16:15 · ACT 17:13 · ACT 18:5 · ACT 19:9 · ACT 19:21 · ACT 20:14 · ACT 20:18 · ACT 21:1 · ACT 21:12 · ACT 21:27 · ACT 22:25 · ACT 27:1 · ACT 27:27 · ACT 28:4 · ROM 15:24 · 1CO 11:34 · PHP 2:23 · 2TI 1:3
67.139 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout
as long as, while an extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time
MRK 9:21 · LUK 12:58 · LUK 24:32 · LUK 24:32 · JHN 2:23 · JHN 8:7 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 12:36 · JHN 20:11 · ACT 1:10 · ACT 8:36 · ACT 10:17 · ACT 13:25 · ACT 16:4 · ACT 25:14 · GAL 6:10 · PHP 2:12
89.37 · Relations · Cause and/or Reason
on the grounds that, because a marker of cause or reason, implying the special nature of the circumstances
ACT 22:11 · ACT 28:19 · COL 2:6 · 1TH 2:7 · TIT 1:7 · PHM 1:14 · 1PE 2:13 · 1PE 2:14 · 1PE 3:7 · 1PE 4:15 · 1PE 4:15 · 1PE 4:16 · 2PE 1:3 · 1JN 2:27
89.61 · Relations · Purpose
then, in order to, so that a marker of purpose, with the implication that what has preceded serves as a means
89.52 · Relations · Result
therefore, (so) accordingly, as a result, so that, so then, and so a marker of result, often in contexts implying an intended or indirect purpose
78.42 · Degree · About, Approximately, Almost, Hardly [Approximate Degree]
about, approximately a degree which approximates a point on a scale of extent, either above or below
MRK 5:13 · MRK 8:9 · LUK 1:56 · LUK 8:42 · JHN 1:39 · JHN 4:6 · JHN 6:10 · JHN 6:19 · JHN 11:18 · JHN 19:14 · JHN 19:39 · JHN 21:8 · ACT 4:4 · ACT 5:7 · ACT 5:36 · ACT 13:18 · ACT 13:20 · ACT 19:34 · REV 8:1
78.13 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]
how, very, how great, how much, intense, severe a relatively high point on a scale involving exclamation In a number of languages an expression of high degree in an exclamation can only be reproduced as an expression of intensive degree in a non-exclamatory form. For example, the statement in MAT 6:23 ‘how great must the darkness be!’ must be rendered in a number of languages as ‘the darkness is very, very intense’ or ‘it is very, very dark there.’
33.139 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain
Collocation: ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν
that is, that is to say, so to speak, in a sense (an idiom, literally: as to speak a word) an expression used to introduce an alternative form of expression as an interpretation of what has been said
67.57 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
Collocation: ὡς τάχιστα
as soon as possible, very soon a point of time subsequent to another point of time, with an interval as brief as possible In some languages the equivalent of ‘as soon as possible’ would involve a verb meaning ‘to hurry’ or ‘to do something quickly.’ Accordingly, ACT 17:15 may be rendered as ‘with instructions from him that Silas and Timothy hurry to join him.’
1 Though ὡσεί literally consists of ὡς and εἰ (as if), in most cases all or at least most of the conditional aspect of the meaning has been lost.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὡς [ Treg. (by mistake) in Mt. xxiv. 38 ὥς; cf. W. 462 (431); Chandler § 934, and reff. in Ebeling, Lex. Hom. s. v. p. 494
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὡς hōs 504x
conjunction formed from the relative pronoun ὅς, used as a comparative part. and conj., as, correlatively, Mk. 4:26; Jn. 7:46; Rom. 5:15; as, like as, Mt. 10:16; Eph. 5:8; according as, Gal. 6:10; as, as it were, Rev. 8:8; as, Lk. 16:1; Acts 3:12; before numerals, about, Mk. 5:13; conj. that, Acts 10:28; how, Rom. 11:2; when, Mt. 28:9; Phil. 2:23; as an exclamatory particle, how, Rom. 10:15; equivalent to ὥστε, accordingly, Heb. 3:11; also, on condition that, provided that, Acts 20:24; ὡς εἰπεῖν, so to speak, Heb. 7:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὡς, adverbial form of the relative pron. ὅς, ἥ, ὅ.
As relat. adv. of manner, as, like as, just as, even as; with a demonstrative, like οὕτως, expressed or understood: οὕτως . . . ὡς, Mk 4:26, I Co 3:15, Eph 5:28, Ja 2:12, al.; ὡς . . . οὕτως, Ac 8:32, I Co 7:17, al.; elliptically (sc. οὕτως, οὕτω), c. nom., Mt 6:29, al.; c. acc., Mt 19:19, Mk 12:31, al.; c. prep., Mt 26:55, Mk 14:48, Lk 22:52, Jo 7:10, al.; c. verb., Jo 15:6, II Co 3:1, Eph 2:3, I Th 5:6, al.; c. ptcp. (the ptcp. however not having the special force wh. it has in cl.; v. Bl., §73, 5; 74, 6), Mt 7:29, Mk 1:22, He 13:17, al.; freq implying opinion or belief, Ro 9:32; so esp, c. gen. absol., I Co 4:18, II Co 5:20, I Pe 4:12, II Pe 1:3.
Before numerals, about, nearly: Mk 5:13, Jo 1:40, Ac 5:7, al.
Before adjectives and adverbs, how: Ro 10:15 11:33, I Th 2:10; c. superl., ὡς τάχιστα, as quickly as possible, Ac 17:15.
As conjunction; temporal, as, when, since: Mk 9:21 14:72, Lk 1:23, Jo 2:9, al.;
while, when, as long as: Lk 12:58, Jo 12:36, Ga 6:10 (Field, Notes, 191); ὡς ἄν (M, Pr., 167, and v.s. ἄν), Ro 15:24, I Co 11:34, Phl 2:23.
Final, in order that; c. inf., in order to (M, Pr., 204n), Lk 9:52, Ac 20:24, He 7:9.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὡς. Ι. = “45: P Goodsp Cairo 44 (ii/B.c.) (= Selections, Ῥ- 24) εἰ tppwoar . .. εἴη dv ὡς αἱρούμεθα, “if you are well, it will be as we desire,” BGU I. 1637 (A.D. 108) καὶ yap ἄλλοι ὡς πληγέντες ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ ἀναφόριον δεδώκασι, “for others have given information (from time to time) ἃ5 having been assaulted by him,” P Flor I. 5618 (A.p. 234) ὡς καθήκει, and BGU IV. το. 1 (iv/y A.D.) κα]ταβληθῆναι ὡς φονέα. 2. = “that,” ‘ how,” after verbs of saying, thinking, etc.: P Tebt I. τοῦ (B.c. 119) φρόντισον ὡς τὰ τῆς ὑποσχέσεως ἐκπληρωθήσεται, “take care that the terms of his agreement are fulfilled” (Edd.), and P Tebt II. 4101? (i/A.D.) μν[ἤ]σθητι o[s] ἐν τῷ Τρ[ιστόμῳ pe ἐφιλοτ[ιυἹμοῦ σὺν ἐμοὶ μεῖναι, ‘remember how zealous you were at Tristomos to remain with me” (Fdd.). 3. Ὁ. ind. with dy, as in Σ Cor 125, cf. P Par 4615 (B.C. 152) ὡς ἂν εὐκαιρήσω, παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρός σε. 4. c. conj. with ἂν; as in Rom ΣΟ, 1 Cor Τ᾿ Phil 228, = “as soon as,” ‘‘when’’: P Hib I. 44° (B.c. 253) ὡς ἂν οὖν λάβηις τὴν ἐπιστολὴν. .. ἀπόστειλον, ‘as soon as you receive the letter, send,” 24. 66% (B.c. 228) ὡϊς δ᾽] ἂν Trapayevwpar . . . will have a conversation with you,” and with ἐάν (= ἄν) P Fay ται’ (A.D. 95-6) ὡς ἐὰν βλέπῃς [τ]ὴν τιμὴν πάντος ἀγόρασον τὰς τοῦ λωτίνου (ἀρταβὰς) K, ‘“‘as soon as you learn the price, be sure to buy the 20 artabae of lotus”: see Proleg. p. 167 f. 5. c. inf.: P Giss I. 478 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p- 383) where reference is made to a θῶραξ made ὡς μὴ κάμνειν τὸν φοροῦντα αὐτόν, “so as not to weary the person carrying it,” and P Oxy VIII. 11209 (early iii/a.p.), where a widow complains that a certain Thonis had carried off her slave Theodora μὴ ἔχων κατ᾽ αὐτῆς ἐξουσίαν, ὡς ἐν παντὶ σθένει βίαν με σχεῖν, ‘ though he had no power over her, so that I am subjected to unmitigated violence’’ (Ed.) : cf. Lk 9°?. The literary phrase ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν (in NT only Heb 7%) occurs in a would-be literary papyrus, a dispute concerning property, P Oxy I. 6714(A.p. 338) πάντα μέν, ὡς ἔπος ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν, ὅσα εἰσχύειν τι δύν[α]τ[αι] παρὰ τὴν τῶν νόμων [ἰσχὺ]ν πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, “everything, it may be said, that is able to withstand the power of the law withstands but for a short time’”’ (Edd.). 6. = ὅτι: P Oxy XVII. 2110 (A.D. 370) παρατίθημι ἐν ὑμῖν ὡς οὐ χρὴ λύεσθαι τὰ διατυπωθέντα, ‘I put it to you that the ordinances should not be infringed” (Edd.), 26.34 ὀγε[ι]δίζομεν ὡς οὐ προσήκει αὐτὸν ἐνοχλεῖσθαι προφάσι ἐπιμελείας τῆς αὐτῆς ἐρεᾶς ἐσθῆτος, “we find fault saying that it is not right that he should be burdenedston the score of the administration of the said woollen clothing ”’ (Edd.). 7. ὡς ὅτι (2 Thess 25, 2 Cor 519, 1124: Lightfoot ores p- 110) in later Greek is practically = simple ὅτι, e.g. Dion. Hal. Antt. ix. 14 ἐπιγνοὺς ὡς [om. ὡς, Kiessling] ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάτοις εἰσὶν οἱ κατακλεισθέντες ἐν τοῖς λόφοις, CPR I. 195 (iv/A.D.) πρώην βίβλια ἐπιδέδωκα τῇ σῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ ὡς ὅτι ἐβουλήθην τινὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου ἀποδόσθαι : see further Proleg. p. 212, Jannaris Gr. ὃ 1754. Parr VIII. συνλαλήσω σοι, “as soon as [ arrive, I , “ ωσπερ 8. = “about,” as in P Amh 11. 7213 (a.p. 246) δϑηλῶ τὰ καταλειφθέντα ὑπ᾽ α[ὑ]τοῦ σύνπαντα ἄξια εἶναι ds ταλάντων τριῶν, “I declare that the property left by him is worth in all about three talents” (Edd.). This usage is specially common in notifications of age, e.g. P Tebt 11. 3814 (a Will —A.D. 123) (= Selections, p. 77) Θαῆσις. .. ὡς ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ὀκτώι, ‘“Thaesis being about seventy-eight years of age”: cf. Lk 3535, and see Deissmann’s note in P Meyer, p. 26.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὡς (hōs) — as/when. ὡς:— Summary: __A as adverb of Manner. __A.Aa ὧς and ὥς (with accent), so, thus. __A.Ab ὡς (without accent) of the Relat. pronoun ὅς, as. __A.Ac ὡς Relat. and Interrog., how. __A.Ad ὡς temporal, when. __A.Ae ὡς Local, where, __B ὡς, as CONJUNCTION. __C,D various usages. adverb of Manner: __A.Aa ὥς, Demonstr., ={οὕτως}, so, thus, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥς simply ={οὕτως}, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.2 καὶ ὧς even so, nevertheless, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ὧς not even so, [Refs 8th c.BC+] are used in Trag. and Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κἂν ὧς, εἴπερ μέλει σοι, ἀπόστειλόν μοί τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+]; δουλεύων καθὼς καὶ ὧς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Thess. καὶ οὗς [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; for this phrase the accentuation ὧς[Refs 2nd c.AD+] __A.3 in Comparisons, ὥς.., ὡς.., so.. as.., etc.; and reversely ὡς.., ὣς.., as.. so, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὥς τε.. ὣς.., as.. thus.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ.., ὣς δὲ.. (in apodosi) [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.4 thus, for instance, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὥς should be accented in [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.4.Ab ὡς, Relat., as, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; properly relative to a demonstrative adverb, which is frequently omitted, κινήθη δ᾽ ἀγορὴ ὡς κύματα μακρὰ θαλάσσης, i. e. οὕτως, ὡς.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ὥτε. Usage: __A.I in similes, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; longer similes are commonly introduced by ὡς ὅτε, ὡς δ᾽ ὅτε, ἤριπε δ᾽, ὡς ὅτε πύργος [ἤριπε] [Refs]; so later, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is rare in short similes, [Refs 8th c.BC+] is followed by indicative present, [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist, [Refs]; also by subjunctive present or aorist, [Refs] (sometimes ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἄν, [Refs]; compare ὥστε A:—the Verb is sometimes omitted with ὡς, but may be supplied from the context, ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦσ᾽, ὡς εἰναλίη κήξ (i.e. πίπτει) [Refs 8th c.BC+] follows the noun to which it refers, it takes the accent; so in Comedy texts, Ἀριστόδημος ὥς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see infr. H. __A.I.2 like as, just as, ὡς οὗτος κατὰ τέκν᾽ ἔφαγε.., ὣς ἡμεῖς κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] __A.I.3 sometimes in the sense as much as or according as, ἑλὼν κρέας ὥς (i. e. ὅσον) οἱ χεῖρες ἐχάνδανον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὦκα δὲ μητρὶ ἔννεπον ὡς (i. e. ὅσα) εἶδόν τε καὶ ἔκλυον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so in Trag., σοὶ θεοὶ πόροιεν ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Prose, ὡς δύναται as much as he can, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς μή ={ὅσον μή, νέμεν ὅτι ἃν} (={ἂν}) βόλητοι ὡς μὴ ἰν τοῖ περιχώροι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; cf. Ab. 11.2 below __A.I.4 sometimes after comparative, compared with, hence than, μᾶλλον πρέπει οὕτως ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδενὸς μᾶλλον φροντίζειν ὡς.. [Refs 2nd c.BC+] is uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+], and [ἢ] should perhaps be inserted in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare ὥσπερ IV. __A.II with Adverbial clauses: __A.II.1 parenthetically, in qualifying clauses, ὡς ἔοικε, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in these cases γε or γοῦν is frequently added, ὡς γοῦν ὁ λόγος σημαίνει as at any rate the argument shows, [Refs]; in some phrases with infinitive, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+] τὸ σφέτερον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς γὰρ.. ἤκουσά τινος, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁνὴρ ὅδ᾽ ὡς ἔοικεν οὐ νεμεῖν (for οὐ νεμεῖ, ὡς ἔοικε), [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II.2 in elliptical phrases, so far as.. (compare supr. Ab.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀπ᾽ ὀμμάτων (i.e. εἰκάσαι) to judge by eyesight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: especially in such phrases as οὐκέτι πολλὸν χωρίον, ὡς εἶναι Αἰγύπτου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲ ἀδύνατος, ὡς Αακεδαιμόνιος for a Lacedaemonian, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φρονεῖ.. ὡς γυνὴ μέγα for a woman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πιστός, ὡς νομεύς, ἀνήρ [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—for ὡς εἰπεῖν and the like, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II.3 ὡς attached to the object of the Verb, as, ἑωυτὸν ὡς ἐχθρὸν λυπέει [Refs 5th c.BC+].— For the similar usage of ὡς with Participles and Prepositions, see below with __A.III with Adverbs: __A.III.a with the Posit., ὡς ἀληθῶς truly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἑτέρως in the other way, [Refs 4th c.BC+] (adverb of ὁ ἕτερο; see at {ἕτερος} see 2) (see. below [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὡς ἠπίως, ὡς ἐτητύμως, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐναλλάξ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; in ὣς αὔτως (see. ὡσαύτως) we have the adverb of ὁ αὐτός, but the ὥς retains its demonstrative force, as does ὁ in Homer; ὡς ἀληθῶς, ὡς ὁμοίως, and ὡς παντελῶς may be modelled on ὣς αὔτως, with which they are nearly synonymous; so also ὡς ἑτέρως and ὡς ἐναλλάξ, which are contrasted with it. __A.III.b with adverbs expressing anything extraordinary, θαυμαστῶς or θαυμασίως ὡς, ὑπερφυῶς ὡς, (see entry).; ὡς is sometimes separated by several words from its adverb, as θαυμαστῶς μοι εἶπες ὡς παρα᾽ δόξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.c with the superlative, as much as can be, ὡς μάλιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+] as easily as possible, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὠς τάχιστα as quickly as possible, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀνυστὸν κάλλιστα Diog.[Refs 2nd c.AD+] are sometimes found together, where one is superfluous, ὡς ὅτι μάλιστα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see infr. G. __A.III.d with comparative, ὡς θᾶσσον [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __A.III.e in the phrases ὡς τὸ πολύ, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολύ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον for the more part, commonly, ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖστον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος, ὡς πλήθει, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.2 with adjectives, __A.III.2.a Posit., ὑπερφυεῖ τινι.. ὡς μεγάλῃ βλάβῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.2.b with superlative, ὡς ἄριστοι τὰς φύσεις [Refs] __A.III.2.c separated from the adjective by a preposition, ὡς ἐς ἐλάχιστον [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.2.Ac Relat. and Interrog., how, μερμήριζε.. ὡς Ἀχιλῆα τιμήσειε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς πέπραται how, i. e. at what price the goods have been sold, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; so οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς.. (for the more usually ὅπως) nowise can it be that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς οὐ.., [Refs]; οἶσθ᾽ ὡς πόησο; by a mixture of constructions for ὡς χρὴ ποιῆσαι or ὡς ποιήσεις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶσθ᾽ ὡς μετεύξει is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; similarly, οἶσθα.. ὡς νῦν μὴ σφαλῇς [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.2 ὡς ἂν ποήσῃς however (in whatever way) thou mayest act, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III.2.Ad Temporal, when, with past tenses of the indicative, ἐνῶρτο γέλως.., ὡς ἴδον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with optative, to express a repeated action, whenever, ὡς.. ἐς τὴν Μιλησίην ἀπίκοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely with subjunctive, to denote what happens under certain conditions, τῶν δὲ ὡς ἕκαστός οἱ μειχθῇ, διδοῖ δῶρον [Refs]; later, ὡς ἄν with subjunctive, when, [NT+3rd c.BC+]; ὡς ἂν τάχιστα λάβῃς τὴν ἐπιστολήν as soon as.. [LXX+3rd c.BC+]: in indirect speech with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] as soon as ever.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] stand together, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: but this usage must be distinguished from signf. Ab.111.1c: followed by demonstrative, ὡς εἶδ᾽, ὣς ἀνεπᾶλτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; the second ὣς is repeated, ἁ δ᾽ Ἀταλάντα ὡς ἴδεν, ὣς ἐμάνη, ὣς ἐς βαθὺν ἅλατ᾽ ἔρωτα [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __A.III.2 ὡς appears to be falsa lectio for{ἕως} in ὡς ἂν αὑτὸς ἥλιος.. αἴρῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but in later Gr. ={ἕως}, while, ὡς τὸ φῶς ἔχετε [NT]; also until, τίθεται ἐπὶ ἀνθράκων ὡς ἀναξηρανθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔα ἀφρίζειν τὴν πίσσαν ὡς οὗ ἐκλείπῃ [Refs];compare [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.III.2.Ae Local, where, in dialects, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __B ὡς as CONJUNCTION: __B.I with Substantive clauses, to express a fact, ={ὅτι}, that. __B.II with Final clauses, to express an end or purpose, ={ἵνα, ὅπως}, so that, in order that. __B.III Consecutive, ={ὥστε}, so that. __B.IV Causal, since, because. __B.I with Substantive Clauses, with verbs of learning, saying, etc., that, expressing a fact, γνωτὸν.., ὡς ἤδη Τρώεσσιν ὀλέθρου πείρατ᾽ ἐφῆπται [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with Verbs of fear or anxiety, with future indicative, μηκέτ᾽ ἐκφοβοῦ, μητρῷον ὥς σε λῆμ᾽ ἀτιμάσει ποτέ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ φοβοῦ ὡς ἀπορήσεις [Refs 4th c.BC+]; a sentence beginning with ὡς is sometimes, when interrupted, resumed by ὅτι, and vice versa, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὡς with a finite Verb passes into the accusative and infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is followed by indicative, after historic tenses by optative (sometimes by indicative, both constructions in ὑπίσχοντο.. ἀμυνέειν, φράζοντες ὡς οὔ σφι περιοπτέη ἐστὶ ἡ Ἑλλὰς ἀπολλυμένη.. ἀλλὰ τιμωρητέον εἴη [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes with optative after a primary tense, κατάπτονται.. λέγοντες ὡς Ἀρίστων.. οὐ φήσειε [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.I.2 with Verbs of feeling, χαίρει δέ μοι ἦτορ, ὥς μευ ἀεὶ μέμνησαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.II with Final Clauses, that, in order that; in this sense ὡς and ὡς ἄν, Epic dialect ὥς κεν, are used with the subjunctive after primary tenses of the indicative, and with the optative after the past tenses, βουλὴν ὑποθησόμεθ᾽.., ὡς μὴ πάντες ὄλωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+]future indicative, ὡς μὴ ὦν αὐτοὶ τε ἀπολέεσθε (conjecture Cobet for ἀπόλεσθε) κἀμὲ τρώσετε, ἐς ἄλλον τινὰ δῆμον ἀποίχεσθε [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II.2 ὡς is also used with past tenses of the indicative to express a purpose which has not been or cannot be fulfilled, τί μ᾽ οὐκ ἔκτεινας, ὡς ἔδειξα μήποτε..; so that I never should.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.3 ὡς with infinitive, to limit an assertion, ὡς μὲν ἐμοὶ δοκέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν,compare ἔπος [Refs]; ὡς συντόμως, or ὡς συνελόντι εἰπεῖν to speak shortly, to be brief, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς εἰκάσαι to make a guess, i.e. probably, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III to express Consequence, like{ὥστε}, so that, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+] in breadth such that two triremes could sail abreast, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Trag. and Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, like{ὥστε}, with Indic., οὕτω κλεινὴ ἐγένετο, ὡς.. ἐξέμαθον [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.2 ἢ ὡς after a comparative, μάσσον᾽ ἢ ὡς ἰδέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] too few to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] too old to.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.III.3 ὡς is sometimes omitted where the antecedent demonstrative is expressed, οὕτω ἰσχυραί, μόγις ἂν διαρρήξειας so strong, you could hardly break them, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV Causal, inasmuch as, since, τί ποτε λέγεις, ὦ τέκνο; ὡς οὐ μανθάνω [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.IV.2 on the ground that.., with future indicative, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C ὡς before __C.I Participles; __C.II Prepositions; and __C.III ὡς itself as a Preposition. __C.IV with Participles in the case of the Subject, to mark the reason or motive of the action, as if, as, ὡς οὐκ ἀΐοντι ἐοικώς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγανακτοῦσιν ὡς μεγάλων τινῶν ἀπεστερημένοι (i. e. ἡγούμενοι μεγάλων τινῶν ἀπεστερῆσθαι), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: most frequently with participle future, διαβαίνει.., ὡς ἀμήσων τὸν σῖτον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with verbs of knowing, ἐπιστάσθω Κροῖσος ὡς ὕστερον.. ἁλοὺς τῆς πεπρωμένης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς μὴ 'μπολήσων ἴσθι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.IV.2 with Participles in oblique cases, λέγουσιν ἡμᾶς ὡς ὀλωλότας they speak of us as dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ ἐποιοῦντο, ὡς, ὅταν ἐξέλθωσιν, ἢ οὐχ ὑπομενοῦντας σφᾶς ἢ ῥᾳδίως ληψόμενοι βίᾳ made light of the matter, in the belief that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]—Both constructions in one sentence, τοὺς κόσμους εἴασε χαίρειν ὡς ἀλλοτρίους τε ὄντας καὶ πλέον θάτερον ἡγησάμενος ἀπεργάζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.IV.3 with Parts. put absolutely in genitive, νῦν δέ, ὡς οὕτω ἐχόντων, στρατιὴν ἐκπέμπετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐρώτα ὅτι βούλει, ὡς τἀληθῆ ἐροῦντος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also in accusative, μισθὸν αἰτοῦσιν, ὡς οὐχὶ αὐτοῖσιν ὠφελίαν ἐσομένην ἐκ τοῦ ἄρχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with both cases in one sentence, ὡς καὶ τῶν Ἀθηναίων προσδοκίμων ὄντων ἄλλῃ στρατιᾷ καὶ.. διαπεπολεμησόμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II ὡς before Preps., ἀνήγοντο ὡς ἐπὶ ναυμαχίαν (variant{-ίᾳ}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατέλαβε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν ὡς ἐπὶ τυραννίδι, expressing the purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+] marks an intention; not so in the following: ἀπαγγέλλετε τῇ μητρὶ [χαίρειν] ὡς παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+] __C.II.b later, in geographical expressions, of direction, προϊών, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸν Πηνειόν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὡς εἰς Φηραίαν (to be read Ἡραίαν) ἰόντων [Refs] __C.III ὡς as a preposition, properly in cases where the object is a person, not a place: once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] (variant{ἐς τὸν ὁμοῖον},compare αἶνος Ὁμηρικός, αἰὲν ὁμοῖον ὡς θεός.. ἐς τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἔρχεται.. ἕκαστον τὸ ὅμοιον ὡς τὸ ὅ., τὸ πυκνὸν ὡς τὸ πυκνόν κτλ. (with variant{ἐς}) [Refs 5th c.BC+] as.. so, in [Refs 8th c.BC+].έ: frequently in Attic dialect, ὡς Ἆγιν ἐπρεσβεύσαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναῦς ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ὡς Φαρνάβαζον ἀποπέμπειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; the examples of ὡς with names of places are corrupt, e.g. ὡς τὴν Μίλητον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς Ἄβυδον one Ms. in [Refs 5th c.BC+] is equivalent to ὡς ἐμὲ τὸν ἀδελφό; in [Refs] __D ὡς in independent sentences: __D.I as an exclamation, how, mostly with adverbs and adjectives, ὡς ἄνοον κραδίην ἔχες how silly a heart hadst thou! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀγαθὸν καὶ παῖδα λιπέσθαι how good is it.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς ἀστεῖος ὁ ἄνθρωπος how charming he is! [LXX+5th c.BC+]; in indirect clauses, ἐθαύμασα τοῦτο, ὡς ἡδέως.. ἀπεδέξατο marvelled at seeing how.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __D.I.2 with Verbs, ὥς μοι δέχεται κακὸν ἐκ κακοῦ αἰεί how constantly.., [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς οὐκ ἔστι χάρις μετόπισθ᾽ εὐεργέων how little thanks remain! [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς ὄχλος νιν.. ἀμφέπει see how.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ὑπερδέδοικά σου how greatly.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __D.II to mark a wish, oh that! with optative alone, ὡς ἔρις.. ἀπόλοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ὡς ἄν or κε with optative, ὡς ἂν ἔπειτ᾽ ἀπὸ σεῖο οὐκ ἐθέλοιμι λείπεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __D.II.2 joined with other words of wishing, ὡς ὤφελες αὐτόθ᾽ ὀλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __E ὡς with numerals marks that they are to be taken only as a round number, as it were, about, nearly, σὺν ἀνθρώποις ὡς εἴκοσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also ὡς πέντε μάλιστά κῃ about five (see. μάλα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also with words compounded with numerals, δέπας.. ὡς τριλάγυνον [Refs 7th c.BC+]; παῖς ὡς ἑπτέτης of some seven years, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __F ὡς in some elliptical (or apparently elliptical) phrases: __F.1 ὡς τί δὴ τόδε (i.e. γένηται); to what end? [Refs 5th c.BC+] __F.2 know that (i.e. ἴσθι), ὡς ἔστιν ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε τἄργα ταῦτά σοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Comedy texts, ὡς ἔστ᾽ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς πόλεως τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] __F.3 ὡς ἕκαστος, ἕκαστοι, each severally (whether in respect of time, place, or other difference), ξυνελέγοντο.. Κορίνθιοι δισχίιοι ὁπλῖται, οἱ δ᾽ ἄλλοι ὡς ἕκαστοι, Φλειάσιοι δὲ πανστρατιᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρώτη τε αὕτη πόλις ξυμμαχὶς παρὰ τὸ καθεστηκὸς ἐδουλώθη, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ὡς ἑκάστη [ξυνέβη] (ξ. secl. Krüger: ἀπὸ κοινοῦ ἐδουλώθη [Refs]; χρησμολόγοι τε ᾖδον χρησμοὺς παντοίους, ὧν ἀκροᾶσθαι ὡς ἕκαστος ὥρμητο, i. e. different persons ran to listen to different prophecies, [Refs]; τὰς ἄλλας ὡς ἑκάστην ποι ἐκπεπτωκυῖαν ἀναδησάμενοι ἐκόμιζον ἐς τὴν πόλιν they made fast to the rest wherever each (ship) had been run ashore, [Refs]; οἱ δ᾽ οὖν ὡς ἕκαστοι Ἕλληνες κατὰ πόλεις τε ὅσοι ἀλλήλων ξυνίεσαν καὶ ξύμπαντες ὕστερον κληθέντες οὐδὲν πρὸ τῶν Τρωικῶν.. ἁθρόοι ἔπραξαν the various peoples that were later called by the common name of Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἑκάστην (one by one) αἱρέοντες (i.e. τὰς νήσους) οἱ βάρβαροι ἐσαγήνευον τοὺς ἀνθρώπους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rarely with a Verb, ὡς ἕκαστος ἀπικνέοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+] follows ἕκαστος, ἑκάστῳ ὡς ὁ Θεὸς ἐμέρισεν μέτρον πίστεως [NT]:—for the etymology see infr. H; also ὡς ἑκάτεροι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __G ὡς pleonastic in ὡς ὅτι [NT+8th c.BC+] __H Etymology: this word is in origin five distinct words: [Refs]as' is the adverb from the Relat. ὅς (I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] stem yo-); with ὡς βέλτιστος cf. Sanskrit yācchrē[snull][tnull]á[hudot] 'the best possible': (2) ὧς 'thus' is the adverb of a Demonstr. stem so- found in Sanskrit sa, Gr. ὁ, Latin sō-c ([Refs]; = ita, cf. Umbr. esoc); (3) ὡς postpositive (ὄρνιθες ὥς, etc.) constantly makes a preceding short closed syllable long in [Refs 8th c.BC+], and must therefore have been ϝω; it may perhaps be related to Sanskrit vā, a form of va, iva (= [Refs]like), Latin ve, Gr. ἦ[ϝ] ; [Refs]to' is of doubtful origin (perhaps from *ὠς, cognate with Latin ōs 'face', Sanskrit ās: ὤς τινα ἐλθεῖν like{τί δέ δε φρένας ἵκετο πένθος};); (5) ὡς F. 3 is probably ϝως, adverb of ϝός the reflexive adjective, and means literal in his (their) own way (or place); it is idiomatically placed before ἕκαστος (ἑκάτερος),compare ϝὸν ϝεκάτερος [Refs]