Definition
ὅσος, -η, -ον,
correlat. of τοσοῦτος,
how much, how many, how great, how far, how long, as much as, etc. (= Lat. quantus);
(a) of number and quantity: m. pl., Matthew 14:36, Mark 3:10, Romans 2:12, al.; n. pl., Matthew 17:12, Mark 10:21, Luke 11:8, al.; πάτνες (πάντα) ὅ., Matthew 13:46, Luke 4:40, al.; before οὗτοι (ταῦτα), Romans 8:14, Philippians 4:8; with indic., Mark 6:56, Revelation 3:19; with subjc. Mark 3:28, al.; ὅ. ἄν, Matthew 18:18, John 11:22, al.;
(b) of measure and degree: Mark 3:8, Luke 8:39, Acts 9:13; in compar. sent., ὅσον before μᾶλλον, Mark 7:36; καθ᾽ ὅσον, with compar.. Hebrews 3:3; before τοσοῦτο, Hebrews 7:20; οὕτως, Hebrews 9:27; τοσαύτῳ, with compar. before ὅσῳ, with compar., Hebrews 1:4; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, inasmuch as, Matthew 25:40, 45, Romans 11:13;
(with) of space and time: Revelation 21:16; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον, as long as, Matthew 9:15, 2 Peter 1:13; ἐφ᾽ ὅ. χρόνον, Romans 7:1, 1 Corinthians 7:39, Galatians 4:1; ἔτι μικρὸν ὅσον ὅσον, yet how very short a time, Hebrews 10:37 (LXX).
Hebrew words it translates
Usage patterns
Occurrences
- Hebrews 10:37ὅσον · whileFor, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- 2 Peter 1:13ὅσον · long asI think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
- Jude 1:10ὅσα; ὅσα · whatThese men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
- Revelation 1:2ὅσα · everything…who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
- Revelation 2:24ὅσοι · whoBut I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you
- Revelation 3:19ὅσους · ThoseThose I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Revelation 13:15ὅσοι · all whoThe second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.
- Revelation 18:7ὅσα · As much asAs much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
- Revelation 18:17ὅσοι · all whoFor in a single hour such fabulous wealth has been destroyed!” Every shipmaster, passenger, and sailor, and all who make their living from the sea, will stand at a distance
- Revelation 21:16ὅσον · the same asThe city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.