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οὕτως

ohutō, ohutōsthus(-ly)How to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdverb208 occurrences21 books203 verses

Definition

οὕτως, rarely (Bl., §5, 4; WH, App., 146f.) οὕτω, adv.

(οὗτος), [in LXX chiefly for כֵּן ;]

in this way, so, thus;

1. referring to what precedes: Matthew 5:16; 6:30, Mark 10:43; 14:59, Luke 1:25; 2:48; 15:7, John 3:8, Romans 1:15, 1 Corinthians 8:12, al.; οὕτως καί, Matthew 17:12, Mark 13:29, al.; pleonastically, resuming a ptcp. (cl.; see Bl., §74, 6), Acts 20:11; 27:17.

2. Referring to what follows: Matthew 1:18; 6:9, Luke 19:31, John 21:1, 1 Peter 2:15; bef. quotations from OT, Matthew 2:5, Acts 7:6, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Hebrews 4:4.

3. C. adj. (marking intensity): Hebrews 12:21, Revelation 16:18; similarly with adv., Galatians 1:6 (cl.).

4. As a predicate (Bl., §76, 1): Matthew 1:18; 9:33, Mark 2:1, 2; 4:26, Romans 4:18; 9:20, 1 Peter 2:15; οὕ ἔχειν (Lat. sic or ita se habere), Acts 7:1, al.; ἐκαθέζετο (as he was, without delay or preparation), John 4:6.

5. In comparison, with correlative adv.: καθάπερ . . . οὕ., Romans 12:4, 5 al.; καθὼς . . . οὕ., Luke 11:30, al.; οὕ. . . . καθώς, Luke 24:24, al.; ὡς . . . οὕ., Romans 5:15, al.; οὕ . . . ὡς, Mark 4:26, al; ὥσπερ . . . οὕ., Matthew 12:40, al.; οὕ. . . . οὕ., 1 Corinthians 7:7.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as οὕτως:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

208 total
  1. Luke 12:43οὕτως · so
    Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
  2. Luke 12:54οὕτως · that is what
    Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
  3. Luke 14:33Οὕτως · In the same way
    In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
  4. Luke 15:7οὕτως · in the same way
    I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
  5. Luke 15:10οὕτως · In the same way
    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
  6. Luke 17:10οὕτως · So
    So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
  7. Luke 17:24οὕτως · so
    For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
  8. Luke 17:26οὕτως · so
    Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
  9. Luke 19:31οὕτως
    If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
  10. Luke 21:31οὕτως · So
    So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
  11. Luke 22:26οὕτως · like them
    But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
  12. Luke 24:24οὕτως · just
    Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
  13. Luke 24:46Οὕτως · This [is]
    And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
  14. John 3:8οὕτως · So
    The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
  15. John 3:14οὕτως · so
    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  16. John 3:16Οὕτως · so
    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
  17. John 4:6οὕτως
    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  18. John 5:21οὕτως · so
    For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
  19. John 5:26οὕτως · so
    For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
  20. John 7:46οὕτως
    “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
  21. John 11:48οὕτως · go on like this
    If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
  22. John 12:50οὕτως
    And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
  23. John 13:25οὕτως · back against
    Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”
  24. John 14:31οὕτως
    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  25. John 15:4οὕτως
    Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
  26. John 18:22Οὕτως · {Is} this how
    When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
  27. John 21:1οὕτως · in this way
    Later, by the Sea of Tiberias, Jesus again revealed Himself to the disciples. He made Himself known in this way:
  28. Acts 1:11οὕτως
    “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
  29. Acts 3:18οὕτως · in this way
    But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
  30. Acts 7:1οὕτως · true
    Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
  31. Acts 7:6οὕτως
    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  32. Acts 7:8οὕτως
    Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
  33. Acts 8:32οὕτως · so
    The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  34. Acts 12:8οὕτως · so
    “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
  35. Acts 12:15οὕτως · so
    “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
  36. Acts 13:8οὕτως · that is what
    But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
  37. Acts 13:34οὕτως
    In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
  38. Acts 13:47οὕτως · this is what
    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  39. Acts 14:1οὕτως · so [ well ]
    At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
  40. Acts 17:11οὕτως · true
    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
  41. Acts 17:33οὕτως · At that
    At that, Paul left the Areopagus.
  42. Acts 19:20Οὕτως · So
    So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
  43. Acts 20:11οὕτως
    Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
  44. Acts 20:13οὕτως · this
    We went on ahead to the ship and sailed to Assos, where we were to take Paul aboard. He had arranged this because he was going there on foot.
  45. Acts 20:35οὕτως · by this kind
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  46. Acts 21:11οὕτως · In this way
    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
  47. Acts 22:24οὕτως · this
    …the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
  48. Acts 23:11οὕτω · so
    The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
  49. Acts 24:9οὕτως · true
    The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.
  50. Acts 24:14οὕτως
    I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,