For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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ὡς
Vocabulary form:
wJV
Definition:
as, like, when, that, how, about
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
504
GK:
6055
Notes:
"About" in the sense of "approximately."
Biblical Concordance
| Luke 24:6 | He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember how (hōs | ὡς | conj) he spoke to you, while he was still in Galilee, |
| Luke 24:32 | They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as (hōs | ὡς | conj) he spoke to us on the road, as (hōs | ὡς | conj) he opened to us the Scriptures?” |
| Luke 24:35 | Then the two explained what had happened on the road, and how (hōs | ὡς | conj) Jesus had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread. |
| John 1:14 | And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we gazed on his glory, glory as (hōs | ὡς | particle) of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. |
| John 1:32 | Then John testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit coming down as (hōs | ὡς | particle) a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. |
| John 1:39 | He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day, for it was about (hōs | ὡς | particle) the tenth hour. |
| John 2:9 | and when (hōs | ὡς | conj) the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom |
| John 2:23 | Now while (hōs | ὡς | conj) Jesus was in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing. |
| John 4:1 | Now when (hōs | ὡς | conj) Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John |
| John 4:6 | Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, weary from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sixth hour. |
| John 4:40 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) therefore the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them. He stayed there for two days. |
| John 6:10 | Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” (There was plenty of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) five thousand in number. |
| John 6:12 | And when (hōs | ὡς | conj) the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the leftover pieces, so that nothing will go to waste.” |
| John 6:16 | Now when (hōs | ὡς | conj) evening had come, his disciples went down to the lake, |
| John 6:19 | When they had rowed about (hōs | ὡς | particle) three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and approaching the boat, and they were terrified. |
| John 7:10 | However, when (hōs | ὡς | conj) his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly, but as (hōs | ὡς | particle) it were, in private. |
| John 8:7 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| John 11:6 | So when (hōs | ὡς | conj) he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed where he was for two more days. |
| John 11:18 | Bethany was near Jerusalem, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) two miles away, |
| John 11:20 | So when (hōs | ὡς | conj) Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary remained in the house. |
| John 11:29 | So when (hōs | ὡς | conj) Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. |
| John 11:32 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” |
| John 11:33 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly distressed. |
| John 12:35 | Then Jesus said to them, “The light will be with you for yet a little while. Keep walking while (hōs | ὡς | conj) you have the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. |
| John 12:36 | While (hōs | ὡς | conj) you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus said these things, he went away and hid himself from them. |
| John 15:6 | If anyone does not abide in me, he is like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a branch that is thrown away and withers; men gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. |
| John 18:6 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground. |
| John 19:14 | Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) noon. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your king!” |
| John 19:33 | But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. |
| John 19:39 | Nicodemus, who earlier had come to Jesus at night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) seventy-five pounds. |
| John 20:11 | But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As (hōs | ὡς | conj) she was weeping she stooped down to look into the tomb. |
| John 21:8 | But the other disciples came with the boat, pulling the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, no more than (hōs | ὡς | particle) a hundred yards. |
| John 21:9 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) they had come ashore, they saw a charcoal fire ready with fish lying on it, and bread. |
| Acts 1:10 | And while (hōs | ὡς | conj) they were gazing into the sky, as he was going, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, |
| Acts 2:15 | For these men are not, as (hōs | ὡς | conj) you suppose, drunk, since it is only the third hour of the day. |
| Acts 3:12 | When Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you stare at us, as (hōs | ὡς | particle) though by our own power or piety we had made him walk? |
| Acts 3:22 | Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, as (hōs | ὡς | particle) he raised me. You must obey him in all things whatsoever he speaks to you. |
| Acts 4:4 | And many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about (hōs | ὡς | particle) five thousand. |
| Acts 5:7 | After an interval of about (hōs | ὡς | particle) three hours his wife came in, unaware of what had happened. |
| Acts 5:24 | On (hōs | ὡς | conj) hearing these words, both the captain of the temple and the chief priests were perplexed about them, wondering what this could be. |
| Acts 5:36 | For before these days there rose up Theudas, saying that he himself was someone, and a number of men, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all, as many as followed him, were dispersed, and the movement came to nothing. |
| Acts 7:23 | “When (hōs | ὡς | conj) he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel. |
| Acts 7:37 | This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as (hōs | ὡς | particle) he raised up me.’ |
| Acts 7:51 | “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As (hōs | ὡς | conj) your fathers were, so also are you. |
| Acts 8:32 | Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “As (hōs | ὡς | particle) a sheep to the slaughter he was led, and as (hōs | ὡς | conj) a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he opens not his mouth. |
| Acts 8:36 | And as (hōs | ὡς | conj) they traveled along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” |
| Acts 9:18 | And immediately something like (hōs | ὡς | particle) flakes fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized; |
| Acts 9:23 | Now after (hōs | ὡς | conj) some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, |
| Acts 10:7 | When (hōs | ὡς | conj) the angel who spoke to him had gone away, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him, |
| Acts 10:11 | and he saw the heavens opened and certain object descending, like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a great sheet, being let down by its four corners upon the earth. |
Mnemonics
Like a hose.
Like a hose.