For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὅσος
Vocabulary form:
o{soV, -h, -on
Definition:
as great as, as many as
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
110
GK:
4012
Root:
oJso
Mnemonics:
I've been collecting as many hot sauce cans as I can.
Notes:
The initial oJs retains the same form, but the second half of the word declines like the relative pronoun. For example, the nominative plural masculine is o{soi. This word is idiomatic; rely on context to help with a precise definition.
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 4:23 | After they were released, they went to their friends and reported all (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. |
| Acts 4:28 | to do whatever (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) your hand and your plan had predetermined to be. |
| Acts 4:34 | For there was not a needy person among them, for as (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) many as were owners of land or houses sold them and brought the proceeds from what was sold |
| Acts 5:36 | For before these days there rose up Theudas, saying that he himself was someone, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all, as (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) many as followed him, were dispersed, and the movement came to nothing. |
| Acts 5:37 | After him rose up Judas the Galilean, in the days of the census and mislead people, so that they followed him. He too perished, and all, as (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) many as followed him, were scattered. |
| Acts 9:13 | But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) much harm he did to your saints at Jerusalem. |
| Acts 9:16 | for I will show him how (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” |
| Acts 9:39 | So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) clothing Dorcas used to make while she was still with them. |
| Acts 10:45 | And the believers, from among the circumcised, who (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) came with Peter, were amazed that even on the Gentiles was the gift of the Holy Spirit poured out. |
| Acts 13:48 | When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) many as were appointed to eternal life believed. |
| Acts 14:27 | And when they arrived, and had gathered the church together, they reported all (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) that God had done with them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 15:4 | And when they arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) that God had done with them. |
| Acts 15:12 | And the entire assembly fell silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul recounting all (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) the signs and wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles. |
| Romans 2:12 | all (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law; |
| Romans 3:19 | Now we know that whatever (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. |
| Romans 6:3 | Or do you not know that we who (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? |
| Romans 7:1 | Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is binding on a person only so (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg masc) long as (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg masc) he lives? |
| Romans 8:14 | For it is those (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who are led by the Spirit of God who are the sons of God. |
| Romans 11:13 | I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry, |
| Romans 15:4 | For whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) was written at an earlier time was written for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:39 | A wife is bound for such (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg masc) a time as her husband is alive. But if her husband should die, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:20 | For all (hosai | ὅσαι | nom pl fem) the promises of God find their “Yes” in him; and that is why it is through him that we say our “Amen” to God for his glory. |
| Galatians 3:10 | For all (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things written in the book of the law, to do them.” |
| Galatians 3:27 | For as many (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. |
| Galatians 4:1 | What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a minor, he differs not at all from a slave, even though in fact he owns the entire estate. |
| Galatians 6:12 | Those (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who want to make a good showing in the flesh, they are the ones trying to force you to be circumcised — only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. |
| Galatians 6:16 | As for all (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who will follow this rule — may peace and mercy be upon them, even upon the Israel of God. |
| Philippians 3:15 | So those (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) of us who are mature should take this point of view; and if in anything you think differently, that too God will make known to you. |
| Philippians 4:8 | Finally, brothers, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is true, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is honorable, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is just, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is pure, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is lovely, whatever (hosa | ὅσα | nom pl neut) is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. |
| Colossians 2:1 | For I want For you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea and for all (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who have not seen me face to face. |
| 1 Timothy 6:1 | As many as (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) are under the yoke as slaves should consider their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and the teaching might not be blasphemed. |
| 2 Timothy 1:18 | May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day. And the services (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) he performed in Ephesus you know very well. |
| Hebrews 1:4 | having been exalted as far above the angels as the name he inherited is more (hosō | ὅσῳ | dat sg neut) noble than theirs. |
| Hebrews 2:15 | and liberate those who (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) throughout life were held in slavery by their fear of death. |
| Hebrews 3:3 | For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg neut) the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. |
| Hebrews 7:20 | And since this was not done without an oath (for others have become priests without an oath, |
| Hebrews 8:6 | But as it is, he has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant of which (hosō | ὅσῳ | dat sg neut) he is mediator is better, since it has been enacted on the basis of better promises. |
| Hebrews 9:27 | And just as (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg neut) it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that to experience judgment, |
| Hebrews 10:25 | not abandoning our own meetings, as is the habit of some, but rather encouraging one another, and all the more since (hosō | ὅσῳ | dat sg neut) you see the Day drawing near. |
| Hebrews 10:37 | For “just a little longer (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg masc), the one who is coming will arrive; he will not delay. |
| 2 Peter 1:13 | Indeed, I consider it the right thing to do, as long as (hoson | ὅσον | acc sg masc) I am in this body, to keep refreshing your memory, |
| Jude 1:10 | But these people blaspheme whatever (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) they do not understand, and what (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts, by these they are being destroyed. |
| Revelation 1:2 | who bore witness to everything (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) he saw, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
| Revelation 2:24 | But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) do not follow this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden, |
| Revelation 3:19 | As (hosous | ὅσους | acc pl masc) many (hosous | ὅσους | acc pl masc) as (hosous | ὅσους | acc pl masc) I love, I reprove and discipline; so be earnest and repent. |
| Revelation 13:15 | The second beast was allowed to animate the image of the first beast so that the image of the beast could speak, and could cause all those (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) who would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. |
| Revelation 18:7 | As (hosa | ὅσα | acc pl neut) she exalted herself and lived in luxury, give her an equal measure of torment and mourning; because in her heart she said, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I will never see.’ |
| Revelation 18:17 | For in a single hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin.” And every sea captain and everyone who travels by sea, sailors and those who (hosoi | ὅσοι | nom pl masc) make their living from the sea, stood at a distance |
| Revelation 21:16 | The city was laid out as a square, its length the same as (hoson | ὅσον | nom sg neut) its width. He measured the city with the measuring rod at twelve thousand stadia, its length, width, and height being equal. |
Mnemonics
ὅσος > ὅσ[great]ος > as great
ὅσος > ὅσ[great]ος > as great as
ὅσος > ὅσ[many]ος > as many as