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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. 1 John 4:11οὕτως · so
    Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
  2. Revelation 2:15οὕτως
    In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
  3. Revelation 3:5οὕτως · Like [them]
    Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
  4. Revelation 3:16οὕτως · So
    So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
  5. Revelation 9:17οὕτως · this
    Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
  6. Revelation 11:5οὕτως · In this way
    If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
  7. Revelation 16:18οὕτω · so
    And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
  8. Revelation 18:21Οὕτως · With such
    Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.