Lexical Definition

‎οὕτω‎ hoútō (hoo'-to) thus(-ly) ^G:ADV
adverb from ‎οὗτος‎

after that, after (in) this manner, as, even (so), for all that, like(-wise), no more, on this fashion(-wise), so (in like manner), thus, what.

• in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)

Abbott-Smith

οὕτως, rarely (Bl., § 5, 4; WH, App., 146 f.) οὕτω, adv. (< οὗτος), [in LXX chiefly for כֵּן;]
in this way, so, thus;
1. referring to what precedes: Mt 5:16 6:30, Mk 10:43 14:59, Lk 1:25 2:48 15:7, Jo 3:8, Ro 1:15, I Co 8:12, al.; οὕτως καί, Mt 17:12, Mk 13:29, al.; pleonastically, resuming a ptcp. (cl.; v. Bl., § 74, 6), Ac 20:11 27:17.
2. Referring to what follows: Mt 1:18 6:9, Lk 19:31, Jo 21:1, I Pe 2:15; bef. quotations from OT, Mt 2:5, Ac 7:6, I Co 15:45, He 4:4.
3. C. adj. (marking intensity): He 12:21, Re 16:18; similarly c. adv., Ga 1:6 (cl.).
4. As a predicate (Bl., § 76, 1): Mt 1:18 9:33, Mk 2:1, 2 4:26, Ro 4:18 9:20, I Pe 2:15; οὕ ἔχειν (Lat. sic or ita se habere), Ac 7:1, al.; ἐκαθέζετο (as he was, without delay or preparation), Jo 4:6.
5. In comparison, with correlative adv.: καθάπερ . . . οὕ., Ro 12:4, 5 al.; καθὼς . . . οὕ., Lk 11:30, al.; οὕ. . . . καθώς, Lk 24:24, al.; ὡς . . . οὕ., Ro 5:15, al.; οὕ . . . ὡς, Mk 4:26, al; ὥσπερ . . . οὕ., Mt 12:40, al.; οὕ. . . . οὕ., I Co 7:7.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὕτως,

and before a consonant οὕτω (but sometimes οὕτως before a consonant, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and οὕτω before a vowel is found in Epic dialect Poets and _Ionic dialect_ Prose, see near the end); in Attic dialect strengthened

__A οὑτωσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {οὗτος Α}:— adverb of οὗτος, in this way or manner, so, thus: οὕτως is antecedent to ὡς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect also οὕτως ὥσπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὕτως, ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry also ὥστε.., οὕτω δὲ.. [οὕτως">Refs 5th c.BC+] is frequently left out after ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Sts. οὕτω or -ως refers to what follows, thus, as follows, οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν: ἐὰν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] followed by a quotation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ οὕτως even so, even on this supposition, [οὕτως [prev. author] 2.76, 6.89, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.14, variant in 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.8.3: strengthened οὕτω δή 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.158; οὕτω γὰρ δή τοι 15.201 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὕτω δή τι, see infr. III; also οὕτω που so I ween,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὣς ὁ μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος so in this way is he saved, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases:
__A.1 οὕτω δὴ ἔσται so it shall be, ratifying what goes before,[οὕτως 16.31, etc.: in Prose οὕτως">Refs] alone in answers, even so, just so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.2 emphatic with the imperative, just, without more ado, ἔρρ᾽ οὕτως [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but, οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε as you say, [Refs]
__A.3 in wishes or prayers, so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, οὕτως ἔρως σοι.. τελεσφόρος γένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in protestations, so, i.e. only if what I say is true, οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων, μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ (as in Engl., so help me God, so mote I thrive, etc.) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω.. νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.4 in colloquial phrase, beginning a story, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ there were once on a time.., [οὕτως ἦν νεανίσκος [prev. author] “Lys.” 785; ἦν οὕτω δὴ παῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 237b. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.5 οὕτω with genitive, τούτων μὲν οὕτω so much for this, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν (variant{τῷ -κῷ}) so also of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς.. τῆς Εὐβοίας.. κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου.. ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλις as Chalcis in respect of Euboea.., so Cardia in respect of the Chersonese, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὕτως ἔχω τινός or περί τινος, see at {ἔχω} (A) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.6 ὁ οὕτω καλούμενος, ὀνομαζόμενος, the so-called.., τῶν Ῥιπαίων οὕτω καλουμένων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ποταμὸς δῆμος οὕτω καλούμενος P., a deme of that name, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.7 οὕτω, or οὕτω δή, frequently introduces the apodosis after a protasis, ἐπειδὴ περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος.., οὕτω δὴ Γέλωνος μνῆστις γέγονε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially after parts., ἐν κλιβάνῳ πνίξαντες, οὕτω τρώγουσι, i.e. ἐπειδὰν πνίξωσιν, οὕτω.., [οὕτως.. στρατεῦσαι ὕστερον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.96; εἰς τὰ σκληρότατα ἀποβλέποντες, οὕτως ἂν μᾶλλον συννοήσαιμεν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 44e, compare “Grg.” 457d, 507e, “Ap.” 29b; so ἔπειτα οὕτως 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.4 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also after the genitive absolutely, ὡς.. τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑμῖν μὴ μεμπτῶν γεγενημένων, οὕτω τὴν γνώμην ἔχετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.II sometimes in a really inferential sense, as we say so for therefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.III to such an extent, so, so much, so very, so excessively, καλὸς οὕτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρυμνόθεν οὕτως so entirely, [οὕτως τι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 63: frequently followed by ὡς or ὥστε, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.4.3, etc.: sometimes the \_relative\_ ὅς takes the place of ὥστε, κρήνη οὕτω δή τι ἐοῦσα πικρή, ἣ.. κιρνᾷ (i. e. ὥστε κιρνᾶν) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.52; οὐκ ἔστιν οὕτω μῶρος ὃς θανεῖν ἐρᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 220 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς δ᾽ οὕτως ἄνους ὃς.. ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δυσχείμερος αὕτη ἡ.. χώρη οὕτω δή τί ἐστι, ἔνθα (i. e. ὥστε ἐνταῦθα) τοὺς μὲν ὀκτὼ τῶν μηνῶν ἀφόρητος οἷος γίνεται κρυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+] so excessively hard, you could scarcely break them, [Refs]
__A.III.2 with superlative adjective, τῆς οὕτω μεγίστης ἐγχειρήσεως ἀποσφαλείς [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__A.IV sometimes, like{αὔτως}, with a diminishing power, so, merely so, simply, in [οὕτως ἰδίᾳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71, compare 1.20 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὀδόντας.. οὕτως ἂν τοῖς δακτύλοις αὐτοῖς.. παρατρίβειν, i.e. without a dentifrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, off-hand, at once, [οὕτως [prev. author] “Lg.” 633c ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ οὕτως ἄπει ; so, without a word more.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ στραφεὶς οὕτως ἴω ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι at first hearing, [οὕτως ἁπλῶς [prev. author] “Phlb.” 12c ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ.. οὕτως ἄπει, = impune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__A.V as Hebraism, οὕτως, = such a person (thing), οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμεν [LXX+NT]
__B Position of οὕτω or οὕτως, mostly before the word which it limits, but in Poets sometimes after, καλὸς οὕτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely at the end of a clause, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes separated from the word which it limits, οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν ; [οὕτως ἐπὶ δεινὰς ἁρπαγάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 391d, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω δ᾽ ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ.., ὥστε.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__C Prosody. The last syllable of οὕτω is short before a vowel in [Refs 8th c.BC+]. The ι of οὑτωσί is always long, see at {οὗτος} [near the start]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Mark.2.12 ☩ LXX.Gen.29.26 ☩ Matt.9.33 ☩ Luke.2.48}