ὥσ-περ, ([cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 110]; fr. ὡς and the enclit. particle πέρ, which, “in its usual way, augments and brings out the force of ὡς Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2 p. 768; see πέρ), adv., [fr. Hom. down], just as, even as ; a. in a protasis with a finite verb, and followed by οὕτως or οὕτως καί in the apodosis [cf. W. §§ 53, 5; 60, 5]: Mt. xii. 40; xiii. 40; xxiv. 27,37 sq. 38 (LT Tr [ef. ὡς init.] WH és); Lk. xvii. 24; Jn. v. 21, 26; Ro. v.19, 21; vi. 4,19; xi. 80; 1 Co. xi. 12; xv. 22; xvi.1; 2Co.i. 7 (here | LT Tr WH as); Gal. iv. 29; Eph. v. 24 [LT TrWH ) 11); | os]; Jas. 11. 26; Somep... iva καί ([ef. W. § 43, 5 a.; B. 241 (208); ef. ἵνα, Π. 4 b.]), 2 Co. viii. 7; εὐλογίαν - +» ἑτοίμην εἶναι [ef. W. § 44, 1 6.1 οὕτως ὡς εὐλογίαν καὶ | μὴ ὥσπερ etc. ‘that your bounty might so be ready as a matter of bounty and not as if’ ete. 2 Co. ix. 5 [but only Ree. reads ὥσπερ, and even so the example does not strictly belong under this head]; the apodosis which should have been introduced by οὕτως is wanting [W. 8 64,7b.; p. 569 (530) ; cf. B. § 151, 12 and 23 g.]: Ro. y. 12 (here what Paal subjoined in vs. 13 sq. 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 καὶ δι’ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ δικαιοσύνη εἰς τὸν κόσμον εἰσῆλθε καὶ διὰ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἡ ζωή" καὶ οὕτως εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους ἡ ζωὴ διελεύσεται, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ πάντες δικαιωθήσονται; this thought he unfolds in vs. 15 sqq- in another form); Mt. xxv. 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. 4c.]). b. it stands in close relation to what precedes: Mt. v. 48 (LT TrWH ὧς); vi. 2,5 (LTTr WH 4s), 7,16 (L T Tr WH ὡς); xx. 28; xxv. 32; Acts iii. 17; xi. 15; 1Co.viii.5; 1 ΤῊ. ν. 8; Heb. iv.10; vii. 27; ix. 25; Rev. x. 3; ὥσπερ γέγραπται. 1 Co. x. 11, Τ' Tr WH; εἰμὶ ὥσπερ τις, to be of one’s sort or class (not quite identical in meaning with ὥς or ὡσεί τις, to be like one [cf. Bengel ad loc.]), Lk. xviii. 11 [but L Tr WH mrg. ὡς] ; γίνομαι, Acts ii. 2 (the gen. is apparently not to be explained by the omission of ἦχος, rat rather as gen. absol.: 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 ὥσπερ ὁ ἐθνικός kth. let him be regarded by thee as belonging to the number of ete. Mt. xviii. 17.

ὥσπερ hōsper 36x

just as, as, Mt. 6:2; 24:37; 1 Thess. 5:3

ὥσ-περ adv., just as, even as: Mt 6:2 20:28, Ac 3:17, I Co 8:5, I Th 5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mt 12:40, Lk 17:24, Jo 5:21, Ro 5:19, Ga 4:29, Ja 2:26, al

ὥσπερ, “even as,” “45: PSI V. 4865 (B.c. 258-7) ἵνα τὰ χώματα τὰ ἐν τί ἢι] γῆι αὐτῶν χωννύηται ὥσπερ] καὶ τὰ λοιπά, P Fay 10674 (c. A.D. 140) a physician pleads that members of his profession should be exempted from certain compulsory services, padA[tjora [δὲ οἱ δε]δοκιμασμένοι go « ὡσπερεί ὥσπερ κἀγ[ώ, ‘‘especially those who have passed the examination like myself,’’ P Oxy VII. 10658 (iii/A.p.) ἐὰν δὲ ὀλιγωρήσῃς, ὥσπερ [o]i 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. 1 Cor 8°, and see von Dobschiitz ZV7W xxiv. (1925), p- 50. In P Oxy VIII. 11211? (a.D. 295) ὥσπερ ταύτης mpd ὀλίγων τούτων ἡμερῶν Tov βίον ἀναπαυσαμένης ἀδιαθέτου, “ΜΉΘ a few days ago she died intestate” (Ed.), ὥσπερ is little more than a connecting particle. For the emphatic ὥσπερ, see Meisterhans G7. p. 257.

ὥσπερ (hōsper) — just as. ὥσπερ, or ὥς περ, adverb of Manner, like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1396; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν.., ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται [Refs]; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν.., ὥ. Κύκλωπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν.. [Refs 8th c.BC+] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς.. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [Refs 8th c.BC+], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγώ; also in [Refs 8th c.BC+], ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως.., ὥ. ὑπέστ; but in Trag. and Attic dialect ὥ. is very frequently after demonstrative words; before οὕτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καὶ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ.., ὧδε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον just as they were, then and there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, [Refs] ὥ. ἔχει δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]just exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after ὁ αὐτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. ὥσπερ ἄν with subjunctive, see below[Refs]; with optative, ὥσπερ ἄν τις.. λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, as it were, so to speak, ὥ. ἀκονιτί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Gk. sometimes after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βάθρον ὥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες as if they had done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. ἐξόν as if it were in our power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην.., καὶ οὔτε.. οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι [Refs]; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat like that used in the chariot, [Refs]

III. rarely of Time,

III.1. ὥσπερ ἄν ={ἕως ἄν}, so long as, or however long (compare ὡς Ad. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III.2. as soon as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. after a comparative (compare ὡς Ab. [Refs 6th c.BC+].—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.