Greek conjunction · G5618
ὥσπερ
hosperhoce'-per
just as
36 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hṓsper
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5618is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5618
just as, i.e. exactly like
The King James renders it: (even, like) as.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hosper is rendered "just as". It stands 36 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.
- Ten of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:2So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
The first use
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
Matthew 6:2ὥσπερ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Ten of the word's thirty-six uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- as15
- just as10
- even as4
- like4
- For as3
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὡσπερεί | hosperei | just as if | Uses1 |
All 36, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὥσπερ36
The grammar of each form
- conjunction36CONJ
Matthew
ten uses
So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: like
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: Just as
As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: As
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: even as
For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: Just as
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: As
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions.
- Ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: like
All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Luke
two uses
For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: As
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: like
John
two uses
Acts
three uses
Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: like
And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: even as
Romans
six uses
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: just as
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: For as
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: just as
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: just as
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: For as
Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: Just as
1 Corinthians
five uses
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: Just as
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: For as
Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
2 Corinthians
one use
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: even as
Galatians
one use
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: just as
1 Thessalonians
one use
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Hebrews
three uses
For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: just as
James
one use
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: Just as
Revelation
one use
Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
- ὥσπερhosperconjunctiontagged: as
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.