Lexical Definition

‎ὥσπερ‎ hṓsper (hoce'-per) just as G:CONJ
from ‎ὡς‎ and ‎περ‎

(even, like) as.

Usage: 4 forms in 254 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ὥσπερ For as Rom.5.19 • Rom.6.19 • 1Cor.15.22
Just as Matt.12.40 • Matt.24.27 • Rom.5.12 • Rom.5.21 • Rom.6.4 • Rom.11.30 • 1Cor.11.12 • Gal.4.29 • Heb.9.25 • Jas.2.26
as Matt.6.2 • Matt.13.40 • Matt.18.17 • Matt.24.37 • Matt.25.32 • Luke.17.24 • John.5.26 • Acts.3.17 • 1Cor.8.5 • 1Cor.10.7 • 1Cor.16.1 • 1Thess.5.3 • Heb.4.10 • Heb.7.27 • Rev.10.3
even as Matt.20.28 • John.5.21 • Acts.11.15 • 2Cor.8.7
like Matt.6.7 • Matt.25.14 • Luke.18.11 • Acts.2.2
ώσπερ As a LXX.Prov.25.13
and as LXX.Job.24.20
as LXX.Gen.38.11 • LXX.Exod.12.48 • LXX.Exod.21.7 • LXX.Exod.24.10 • LXX.Lev.4.26 • LXX.Lev.6.17 • LXX.Lev.6.17 • LXX.Lev.7.7 • LXX.Lev.14.13 • LXX.Lev.14.35 • LXX.Lev.27.21 • LXX.Num.16.40 • LXX.Deut.2.10 • LXX.Deut.2.11 • LXX.Deut.2.21 • LXX.Deut.3.2 • LXX.Deut.3.6 • LXX.Deut.3.20 • LXX.Deut.5.14 • LXX.Deut.6.24 • LXX.Deut.7.26 • LXX.Deut.10.1 • LXX.Deut.11.10 • LXX.Deut.18.7 • LXX.Deut.18.18 • LXX.Deut.20.8 • LXX.Deut.29.23 • LXX.Deut.33.26 • LXX.Josh.1.5 • LXX.Josh.1.15 • LXX.Josh.4.14 • LXX.Josh.7.5 • LXX.Josh.11.4 • LXX.1Sam.21.9 • LXX.2Sam.14.14 • LXX.2Sam.23.6 • LXX.2Sam.24.3 • LXX.Job.2.10 • LXX.Job.3.16 • LXX.Job.5.25 • LXX.Job.5.26 • LXX.Job.5.26 • LXX.Job.6.7 • LXX.Job.7.1 • LXX.Job.7.2 • LXX.Job.7.9 • LXX.Job.10.4 • LXX.Job.10.10 • LXX.Job.10.16 • LXX.Job.11.16 • LXX.Job.11.17 • LXX.Job.13.28 • LXX.Job.14.2 • LXX.Job.14.2 • LXX.Job.14.6 • LXX.Job.15.24 • LXX.Job.19.22 • LXX.Job.21.11 • LXX.Job.21.18 • LXX.Job.21.18 • LXX.Job.22.25 • LXX.Job.23.10 • LXX.Job.24.24 • LXX.Job.24.24 • LXX.Job.27.7 • LXX.Job.27.7 • LXX.Job.27.16 • LXX.Job.29.18 • LXX.Job.29.23 • LXX.Job.30.18 • LXX.Job.33.24 • LXX.Job.33.25 • LXX.Job.34.7 • LXX.Job.34.36 • LXX.Job.38.3 • LXX.Job.38.38 • LXX.Job.38.38 • LXX.Job.40.7 • LXX.Job.41.5 • LXX.Job.41.5 • LXX.Job.41.15 • LXX.Job.41.24 • LXX.Job.41.24 • LXX.Job.41.27 • LXX.Job.41.30 • LXX.Job.41.31 • LXX.Job.41.31 • LXX.Job.42.7 • LXX.Prov.1.12 • LXX.Prov.6.5 • LXX.Prov.6.5 • LXX.Prov.6.11 • LXX.Prov.6.11 • LXX.Prov.7.22 • LXX.Prov.7.23 • LXX.Prov.10.26 • LXX.Prov.11.14 • LXX.Prov.11.22 • LXX.Prov.16.15 • LXX.Prov.17.3 • LXX.Prov.18.19 • LXX.Prov.21.1 • LXX.Prov.23.34 • LXX.Prov.24.30 • LXX.Prov.24.30 • LXX.Prov.24.34 • LXX.Prov.25.14 • LXX.Prov.25.20 • LXX.Prov.25.20 • LXX.Prov.25.25 • LXX.Prov.25.26 • LXX.Prov.25.28 • LXX.Prov.26.1 • LXX.Prov.26.1 • LXX.Prov.26.2 • LXX.Prov.26.3 • LXX.Prov.26.11 • LXX.Prov.26.14 • LXX.Prov.26.17 • LXX.Prov.26.18 • LXX.Prov.26.23 • LXX.Prov.27.8 • LXX.Prov.27.19 • LXX.Prov.28.1 • LXX.Prov.28.3 • LXX.Isa.14.10 • LXX.Isa.27.9 • LXX.Isa.38.12 • LXX.Isa.44.7 • LXX.Isa.51.6 • LXX.Isa.55.8 • LXX.Isa.55.8 • LXX.Jer.13.10 • LXX.Jer.14.9 • LXX.Jer.23.14 • LXX.Jer.23.29 • LXX.Jer.25.30 • LXX.Jer.25.34 • LXX.Jer.25.38 • LXX.Jer.26.6 • LXX.Jer.26.9 • LXX.Jer.31.12 • LXX.Jer.31.18 • LXX.Jer.31.28 • LXX.Jer.46.21 • LXX.Jer.46.26 • LXX.Jer.48.6 • LXX.Jer.48.13 • LXX.Jer.48.36 • LXX.Jer.48.36 • LXX.Jer.49.16 • LXX.Jer.49.18 • LXX.Jer.49.19 • LXX.Jer.49.19 • LXX.Jer.49.22 • LXX.Jer.50.8 • LXX.Jer.50.42 • LXX.Jer.50.44 • LXX.Lam.4.6 • LXX.Lam.4.8 • LXX.Ezek.27.32 • LXX.Ezek.36.11 • LXX.Mic.7.18 • LXX.Mal.3.3
as if LXX.Gen.37.9 • LXX.Gen.41.2 • LXX.Gen.41.18 • LXX.Gen.41.22 • LXX.Judg.7.12 • LXX.Job.3.16 • LXX.Job.3.21 • LXX.Job.6.15 • LXX.Job.6.15 • LXX.Job.6.16 • LXX.Job.7.2 • LXX.Job.10.19 • LXX.Job.11.15 • LXX.Job.12.25 • LXX.Job.14.9 • LXX.Job.16.12 • LXX.Job.18.3 • LXX.Job.19.10 • LXX.Job.19.11 • LXX.Job.20.8 • LXX.Job.20.8 • LXX.Job.20.18 • LXX.Job.24.5 • LXX.Job.27.18 • LXX.Job.27.18 • LXX.Job.27.20 • LXX.Job.30.15 • LXX.Job.30.15 • LXX.Job.32.19 • LXX.Job.32.19 • LXX.Job.33.10 • LXX.Job.34.7 • LXX.Job.37.21 • LXX.Job.38.30 • LXX.Job.41.32 • LXX.Prov.7.2 • LXX.Prov.23.32 • LXX.Prov.23.32 • LXX.Prov.23.34 • LXX.Isa.28.21 • LXX.Jer.33.22 • LXX.Jer.50.44 • LXX.Lam.1.20 • LXX.Ezek.34.12 • LXX.Hos.9.7
as of LXX.Prov.23.5
but as LXX.Prov.12.4 • LXX.Prov.19.12
even as LXX.Deut.2.22
for as LXX.Eccl.5.16
ώπερ as LXX.Job.15.33
ωσπερ and as LXX.Prov.7.22

Abbott-Smith

ὥσ-περ adv.,
just as, even as: Mt 6:2 20:28, Ac 3:17, I Co 8:5, I Th 5:3 al.; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mt 12:40, Lk 17:24, Jo 5:21, Ro 5:19, Ga 4:29, Ja 2:26, al

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Matthew 6:2 · 12:40 · 20:28
Luke 17:24
John 5:21
Acts 3:17
Romans 5:19
1 Corinthians 8:5
Galatians 4:29
1 Thessalonians 5:3
James 2:26

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὥσπερ,

or ὥς περ, adverb of Manner, like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1396; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν.., ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται [Refs]; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν.., ὥ. Κύκλωπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν.. [Refs 8th c.BC+] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς.. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [Refs 8th c.BC+], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγώ; also in [Refs 8th c.BC+], ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως.., ὥ. ὑπέστ; but in Trag. and Attic dialect ὥ. is very frequently after demonstrative words; before οὕτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καὶ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ.., ὧδε.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον just as they were, then and there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, [Refs] ὥ. ἔχει δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]just exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after ὁ αὐτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 ὥσπερ ἄν with subjunctive, see below[Refs]; with optative, ὥσπερ ἄν τις.. λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, as it were, so to speak, ὥ. ἀκονιτί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Gk. sometimes after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βάθρον ὥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with parts., ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες as if they had done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. ἐξόν as if it were in our power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην.., καὶ οὔτε.. οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι [Refs]; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat like that used in the chariot, [Refs]
__III rarely of Time,
__III.1 ὥσπερ ἄν ={ἕως ἄν}, so long as, or however long (compare ὡς Ad. [ὥσπερ ἂν ζῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1361 (sed to be read ἕωσπερ). ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 as soon as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV after a comparative (compare ὡς Ab. [Refs 6th c.BC+].—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.