ὥσπερ
hōsper
“just as”
Definition
just as, i.e. exactly like
from G5613 (ὡς) and G4007 (περ);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Conjunction
G:CONJ
Greek Conjunction
Occurrences
ὥσπερ appears 36 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.”
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
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.
And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.
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