ὥσπερ ((cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 110); from ὡς and the enclitic particle περ, which, "in its usual way, augments and brings out the force of ὡς Klotz ad Devar. 2:2, p. 768; see περ), adverb (from Homer down), just as, even as; a. in a protasis with a finite verb, and followed by οὕτως or οὕτως καί in the apodosis (cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 53, 5; 60, 5): Mat_12:40; Mat_13:40; Matthew 24:27 , 37 f, 38 (L T Tr (cf. ὡς at the beginning) WH ὡς); Luk_17:24; Joh_5:21; Joh_5:26; Rom_5:19; Rom_5:21; Rom_6:4; Rom_6:19; Rom_11:30; 1Co_11:12; 1Co_15:22; 1Co_16:1; 2Co_1:7 (here L T Tr WH ὡς); Gal_4:29; Eph_5:24 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Jas_2:26; ὥσπερ ... ἵνα καί ((cf. Winers Grammar, § 43, 5 a.; Buttmann, 241 (208); cf. ἵνα, II. 4 b.)), 2Co_8:7; εὐλογίαν ... ἑτοίμην εἶναι (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 1 c.) οὕτως ὡς ἐυλογινα καί μή ὥσπερ etc. 'that your bounty might so be ready as a matter of bounty and not as if' etc. 2Co_9:5 (but only Rec. reads ὥσπερ, and even so the example does not strictly belong under this entry); the apodosis which should have been introduced by οὕτως is lacking (Winers Grammar, § 64, 7 b.; p. 569 (530); cf. Buttmann, § 151, 12 and 23 g.): Rom_5:12 (here what Paul subjoined in Rom_5:13 f to prove the truth of his statement πάντες ἥμαρτον, prevented him from adding the apodosis, which had it corresponded accurately to the terms of the protasis would have run as follows: οὕτω καί δἰ ἑνός ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη εἰς τόν κόσμον εἰσῆλθε καί διά τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡ ζωή. Καί οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἡ ζωή διελεύσεται, ἐφ' ᾧ πάντες δικαιωθήσονται; this thought he unfolds in verse 15ff in another form); Mat_25:14 (here the extended details of the parable caused the writer to forget the apodosis which he had in mind at the beginning; (cf. ὡς, I. 4 c.)). b. it stands in close relation to what precedes: Mat_5:48 (L T Tr WH ὡς); (L T Tr WH ὡς), (L T Tr WH ὡς); ; Act_3:17; Act_11:15; 1Co_8:5; 1Th_5:3; Heb_4:10; Heb_7:27; Heb_9:25; Rev_10:3; ὥσπερ γέγραπται, 1Co_10:7 L T Tr WH; εἰμί ὥσπερ τίς, to be of one's sort or class (not quite identical in meaning with ὡς or ὡσεί τίς, to be like one (cf. Bengel at the passage)), Luk_18:11 (but L Tr WH marginal reading ὡς); γίνομαι, Act_2:2 (the genitive is apparently not to be explained by the omission of ἦχος, but rather as the genitive absolute: just as when a mighty wind blows, i. e. just as a sound is made when a mighty wind blows (R. V. as of the rushing of a mighty wind)); ἔστω σοι ὧπερ ὁ ἐθνικός κτλ., let him be regarded by thee as belonging to the number of etc. Mat_18:17.

ὥσπερ hōsper 36x just as, as, Mat_6:2 ; Mat_24:37 ; 1Th_5:3

ὥσ -περ , adv. , just as, even as: Mat_6:2 ; Mat_20:28 , Act_3:17 , 1Co_8:5 , 1Th_5:3 al .; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί ) in apodosis: Mat_12:40 , Luk_17:24 , Joh_5:21 , Rom_5:19 , Gal_4:29 , Jas_2:26 , al.

ὥσπερ [page 703] even as, as : PSI V. 486 .6 (B.C. 258 7) ἵνα τὰ χώματα τὰ ἐν τ [ῆι ] γῆι αὐτῶν χωννύηται ὥσπε [ρ ] καὶ τὰ λοιπά , P Fay 106 .24 ( c. A.D. 140) a physician pleads that members of his profession should be exempted from certain compulsory services, μάλ [ι ]στα [δὲ οἱ δε ]δοκιμασμένοι ὥσπερ κἀγ [ώ , especially those who have passed the examination like myself, P Oxy VII. 1065 .6 (iii/A.D.) ἐὰν δὲ ὀλιγωρήσῃς , ὥσπερ [ο ]ἱ θεοὶ οὐκ ἐφίσαντό μ [ο ]υ οὕτως κἀγὼ θεῶ [ν ] οὐ φί [σ ]ομαι , if you neglect this, as the gods have not spared me so will I not spare the gods (Ed.); cf. 1Co_8:5 , and see von Dobschόtz ZNTW xxiv. (1925), p. 50. In P Oxy VIII. 1121 .12 (A.D. 295) ὥσπερ ταύτης πρὸ ὀλίγων τούτων ἡμερῶν τὸν βίον ἀναπαυσαμένης ἀδιαθέτου , when a few days ago she died intestate (Ed.), ὥσπερ is little more than a connecting particle. For the emphatic ὥσπερ , see Meisterhans Gr. p. 257.

ὥσπερ "just as if, even as", Lat. quasi, tanquam, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις Aesch. , ὥσπερ τις μηδὲν διδοίη Soph. ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (which properly is elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ . .), Plat.

ὥσ-περ adv., just as, even as: Mat.6:2 20:28, Act.3:17, 1Co.8:5, 1Th.5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mat.12:40, Luk.17:24, Jhn.5:21, Rom.5:19, Gal.4:29, Jas.2:26, al (AS)