ὅσος
hosos
just as/how much
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ὅσος (hosos), with Strong's number G3745, serves as an adverb and adverbial particle used to convey comparison, extent, and degree. Its definition translates to "just as/how much," indicating a relationship of equivalence or proportionality between two things. This word is used extensively in the Bible, with 111 occurrences, demonstrating its importance in various contexts. In its usage, ὅσος often expresses the degree or extent to which something happens or is true, often in relation to another entity. For example, it can indicate the size, amount, or intensity of something in comparison to another. This flexibility allows ὅσος to appear in a range of contexts, from describing natural phenomena to expressing divine judgments. The significance of ὅσος lies in its ability to nuance the meaning of other words and concepts, often highlighting the complexity and subtlety of the original language. By providing a comparative framework, ὅσος enables readers to grasp the shades of meaning within the biblical text, fostering a deeper understanding of the relationships and dynamics at play.
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Occurrences in Scripture
111 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 9:15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew 13:44“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
Matthew 13:46who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 14:36and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
Matthew 17:12but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
Matthew 18:18Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
Matthew 18:18Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
Matthew 18:25But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Mark 3:10For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
Matthew 21:22All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the wedding feast.’
Matthew 23:3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
Matthew 25:40“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
Matthew 25:45“Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’
Matthew 28:20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Mark 2:19Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.
Mark 3:8from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.
Mark 3:28Most certainly I tell you, all sins of the descendants of man will be forgiven, including their blasphemies with which they may blaspheme;
Mark 5:19He didn’t allow him, but said to him, “Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”
Mark 5:20He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
Mark 6:30The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
Mark 6:30The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.
Mark 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 7:36He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
Mark 9:13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him.”
Mark 10:21Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them.
Mark 12:44for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”
Luke 4:23He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’ ”
Luke 4:40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Luke 8:39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 8:39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 9:5As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”
Luke 9:10The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.
Luke 11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
Luke 12:3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 18:12I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
Luke 18:22When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
John 1:12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
John 4:29“Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?”
John 4:45So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
John 6:11Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
John 10:8All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
John 10:41Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
John 11:22Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
John 16:13However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
John 16:15All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
John 17:7Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,