🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3745
G3745

ὅσος

hósos [hos'-os]
Core meaningjust as/how much

Lexical Definition

Strong's Greek G3745

as (much, great, long, etc.) as

KJV usage: :--all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, X while, who(-soever).
Etymology: by reduplication from ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon

as great, as much, Mk. 7:36; Jn. 6:11; Heb. 1:4; 8:6; 10:25; ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον, for how long a time, while, as long as, Rom. 7:1; so, ἐφ’ ὅσον, i.e. χρόνον, Mt. 9:15; ὅσον χρόνον, how long, Mk. 2:19; neut. ὅσον repeated, ὅσον ὅσον, used to give intensity to other qualifying words, e.g., μικρόν, the very least, a very little while, Heb. 10:37; ἐφ’ ὅσον, in as much as, Mt. 25:40, 45; καθ’ ὅσον, by how much, so far as, Heb. 3:3; or, in as much as, as, so, Heb. 7:20; 9:27; pl. ὅσα, so far as, as much as, Rev. 1:2; 18:7; how great, how much, how many, what, Mk. 3:8; 5:19, 20; how many, as many as, all who, 2 Cor. 1:20; Phil. 3:15; 1 Tim. 6:1; ὅσος ἄν, or ἐάν, whoever, whatsoever, Mt. 7:12; 18:18

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