Word

ὅσος

hósos · G3745 · Greek · 110 occurrences

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Meanings

as many as, as much as

Pertaining to a comparative quantity of objects or events

Examples
Matthew 14:36 and they pleaded with Him that they might just touch the border of His cloak; and all who touched it were cured.
Matthew 21:22 “And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all.”
Matthew 22:9 ‘So go to the main roads, and invite whomever you find there to the wedding feast.’
as much as, as long as

Pertaining to a comparison of a quantity

Examples
Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 13:46 and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it.
Matthew 17:12 but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”
to the degree that, to the same degree, as much as

A degree of correlative extent

Examples
Mark 7:36 And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it.
Romans 11:13 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Therefore insofar as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
Hebrews 1:4 having become so much better than the angels, to the extent that He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
as long as, while

An extent of time of the same length as another extent or unit of time

Examples
Mark 2:19 And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.
1 Corinthians 7:39 A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
1 Timothy 6:1 All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 1 groups

μικρόςsmall, little 2

What it doesIt is the subject

26 occurrences in 19 groups

ἔχωto have 3
Other words · 18 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23

What is done to itIt is the object

49 occurrences in 25 groups

ποιέωto do, to make 13
ἔχωto have 7
ἔπωto say 4
θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 3
Other words · 21 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αἰτέωto ask for, to demand, to plead for 1

What it is said to bePredicate

12 occurrences in 12 groups

Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πλάτοςwidth 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

κατάaccording to, against, down 5

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

τοσοῦτος tosoûtos · G5118 · so many, this many, so much: Both terms express quantity, extent or degree. τοσοῦτος is demonstrative, indicating a specific magnitude ("so much," "so great," "such a large amount"), while ὅσος is relative, expressing proportional or comparative quantity ("as much as," "as many as," "however much"). They overlap in contexts involving measurement, comparison and degree.

In the other Testament 1 word

אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher · H834 · that, which, where: Greek ὅσος (hósos, G3745) and Hebrew אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, H834) are both relative particles expressing proportional or scope-setting relationships ("as much as," "whatever," "all that"); אֲשֶׁר is the standard Hebrew relative marker, which the Septuagint translators rendered with ὅσος in contexts of quantity or extent.

Semantic domains 4 entries

As much as, as long as59.19: Here ὅσος measures an extent or duration, as Jesus describes the wedding guests' inability to mourn: “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they?” (Matthew 9:15)
As many as, as much as59.7: This domain covers ὅσος quantifying a countable group, as Jesus states the reciprocal binding-and-loosing authority given to His disciples: “Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 18:18)
As long as, while67.139: This domain covers ὅσος marking a temporal span, as Jesus explains why His disciples cannot fast during His presence with them: “As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.” (Mark 2:19)
To the degree that, to the same degree, as much as78.52: Here ὅσος introduces an unrestricted qualitative scope, as Paul urges the Romans toward hope: “For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος…

ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Latinquantus,-a,-um; used a. of space (as great as): τό μῆκος αὐτῆς (Rec. adds τοσοῦτον ἐστιν) ὅσον καί (G T Tr WH omit καί) τό πλάτος, Rev 21:16; of time (as long as): ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον, for so long time as, so long as, Rom 7:1; 1 Cor 7:39; Gal 4:1; also without a preposition, ὅσον χρόνον, Mk 2:19; neuter ἐφ' ὅσον, as long as, Mt 9:15; 2 Pet 1:13 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 25); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον, yet a little how very, how very (Vulg.modicum (ali)quautulum), i. e. yet a very little while, Heb 10:37 (Isa 26:20; of a very little thing, Aristophanes vesp. 213; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 726 no. 93; Winers Grammar, 247 (231) note; Buttmann, § 150, 2).
b. of abundance and multitude; how many, as many as; how much, as much as: neuter ὅσον, Jn 6:11; plural ὅσοι, as many (men) as, all who, Mt 14:36; Mark in. 10; Acts 4:6, Acts 4:34; Acts 13:48; Rom 2:12; Rom 6:8; Gal 3:10, Gal 3:27; Phm 3:15; 1 Tim 6:1; Rev 2:24; ὅσαι ἐπαγγελίαι, 2 Cor 1:20; ὅσα ἱμάτια, Acts 9:39; neuter plural, absolutely (A. V. often whatsoever), Mt 17:12; Mk 10:21; Lk 11:8; Lk 12:8; Rom 3:19; Rom 15:4; Jude 1:10; Rev 1:2. πάντες ὅσοι (all as many as), Mt 22:10 (here T WH πάντες οὕς); Lk 4:40; Jn 10:8; Acts 5:36f; neuter πάντα ὅσα (all things whatsoever, all that), Mt 13:46; Mt 18:25; Mt 28:20; Mk 12:44; Lk 18:22; Jn 4:29 (T WH Tr marginal reading πάντα ἅ); Jn 4:39 (T WH Tr text πάντα ἅ); πολλά ὅσα, Jn 21:25 R G (Homer, Iliad 22, 380; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 3). ὅσοι... οὗτοι, Rom 8:14; ὅσα... ταῦτα, Phm 4:8; ὅσα... ἐν τούτοις, Jude 1:10; ὅσοι... αὐτοί, Jn 1:12; Gal 6:16. ὅσοι ἄν or ἐάν, how many soever, as many soever as (cf. Winers Grammar, § 42, 3); followed by an indicative preterite (see ἄν, II. 1), Mk 6:56; by an indicative present Rev 3:19; by a subjunctive aorist, Mt 22:9; Mk 3:28; Mk 6:11; Lk 9:5 (Rec.); Acts 2:39 (here Lachmann οὕς ἄν); Rev 13:15; ὅσα ἄν, Mt 18:18; Jn 11:22; Jn 16:13 (R G); πάντα ὅσα ἄν, all things whatsoever: followed by subjunctive present Mt 7:12; by subjunctive aorist, Mt 21:22; Mt 23:3; Acts 3:22. ὅσα in indirect discourse; how many things: Lk 9:10; Acts 9:16; Acts 15:12; 2 Tim 1:18.
c. of importance: ὅσα, how great things, i. e. how extraordinary, in indirect discourse, Mk 3:8 (L marginal reading ἅ); Mk 5:19f>; Lk 8:39; Acts 14:21; Acts 15:4 (others take it of number in these last two examples how many; cf.
b. above); how great (i. e. bitter), κακά, Acts 9:13.
d. of measure and degree, in comparative sentences, accusative neuter ὅσον... μᾶλλον περισσότερον, the more... so much the more a great deal (A. V.), Mk 7:36; καθ' ὅσον with a comparitive, by so much as with the comparitive Heb 3:3; καθ' ὅσον... κατά τοσοῦτον (τοσοῦτο L T Tr WH), Heb 7:20, Heb 7:22; καθ' ὅσον (inasmuch) as followed by οὕτως, Heb 9:27; τοσούτῳ with a comparitive followed by ὅσῳ with a comparitive, by so much... as, Heb 1:4 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 40; Cyril 7, 5, 5f); without τοσούτῳ, Heb 8:6 (A. V. by how much); τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ (without μᾶλλον), Heb 10:25; ὅσα... τοσοῦτον, how much... so much, Rev 18:7; ἐφ' ὅσον, for as much as, in so far as, without ἐπί τοσοῦτο, Mt 25:40, Mt 25:45; Rom 11:13.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Many, Few [Countables]69 occurrences Much, Little [Masses, Collectives, Extensions]24 occurrences Duration of Time with Reference to Some Unit of Time: During, In, While, Throughout8 occurrences Up To, As Much As, To the Degree That [Marked Extent of Degree]10 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0