ὅσος, ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Latinquantus,-a,-um; used a. of space (as great as): τό μῆκος αὐτῆς (Rec. adds τοσοῦτον ἐστιν) ὅσον καί (G T Tr WH omit καί) τό πλάτος, Rev 21:16; of time (as long as): ἐφ’ ὅσον χρόνον, for so long time as, so long as, Rom 7:1; 1Co 7:39; Gal 4:1; also without a preposition, ὅσον χρόνον, Mar 2:19; neuter ἐφ’ ὅσον, as long as, Mat 9:15; 2Pe 1:13 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 25); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον, yet a little how very, how very (Vulg.modicum (ali)quautulum), i. e. yet a very little while, Heb 10:37 (Isa 26:20; of a very little thing, Aristophanes vesp. 213; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 726 no. 93; Winers Grammar, 247 (231) note; Buttmann, § 150, 2).

b. of abundance and multitude; how many, as many as; how much, as much as: neuter ὅσον, Joh 6:11; plural ὅσοι, as many (men) as, all who, Mat 14:36; Mark in. 10; Act 4:6; Act 4:34; Act 13:48; Rom 2:12; Rom 6:8; Gal 3:10; Gal 3:27; Php 3:15; 1Ti 6:1; Rev 2:24; ὅσαι ἐπαγγελίαι, 2Co 1:20; ὅσα ἱμάτια, Act 9:39; neuter plural, absolutely (A. V. often whatsoever), Mat 17:12; Mar 10:21; Luk 11:8; Luk 12:8; Rom 3:19; Rom 15:4; Jud 1:10; Rev 1:2. πάντες ὅσοι (all as many as), Mat 22:10 (here T WH πάντες οὕς); Luk 4:40; Joh 10:8; Act 5:36 f; neuter πάντα ὅσα (all things whatsoever, all that), Mat 13:46; Mat 18:25; Mat 28:20; Mar 12:44; Luk 18:22; Joh 4:29 (T WH Tr marginal reading πάντα ἅ); Joh 4:39 (T WH Tr text πάντα ἅ); πολλά ὅσα, Joh 21:25 R G (Homer, Iliad 22, 380; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 3). ὅσοι ... οὗτοι, Rom 8:14; ὅσα ... ταῦτα, Php 4:8; ὅσα ... ἐν τούτοις, Jud 1:10; ὅσοι ... αὐτοί, Joh 1:12; Gal 6:16. ὅσοι ἄν or ἐάν, how many soever, as many soever as (cf. Winers Grammar, § 42, 3); followed by an indicative preterite (see ἄν, II. 1), Mar 6:56; by an indicative present Rev 3:19; by a subjunctive aorist, Mat 22:9; Mar 3:28; Mar 6:11; Luk 9:5 (Rec.); Act 2:39 (here Lachmann οὕς ἄν); Rev 13:15; ὅσα ἄν, Mat 18:18; Joh 11:22; Joh 16:13 (R G); πάντα ὅσα ἄν, all things whatsoever: followed by subjunctive present Mat 7:12; by subjunctive aorist, Mat 21:22; Mat 23:3; Act 3:22. ὅσα in indirect discourse; how many things: Luk 9:10; Act 9:16; Act 15:12; 2Ti 1:18.

c. of importance: ὅσα, how great things, i. e. how extraordinary, in indirect discourse, Mar 3:8 (L marginal reading ἅ); ; Luk 8:39; Act 14:21; Act 15:4 (others take it of number in these last two examples how many; cf.

b. above); how great (i. e. bitter), κακά, Act 9:13.

d. of measure and degree, in comparative sentences, accusative neuter ὅσον ... μᾶλλον περισσότερον, the more ... so much the more a great deal (A. V.), Mar 7:36; καθ’ ὅσον with a comparitive, by so much as with the comparitive Heb 3:3; καθ’ ὅσον ... κατά τοσοῦτον (τοσοῦτο L T Tr WH), Heb 7:20; Heb 7:22; καθ’ ὅσον (inasmuch) as followed by οὕτως, Heb 9:27; τοσούτῳ with a comparitive followed by ὅσῳ with a comparitive, by so much ... as, Heb 1:4 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 40; Cyril 7, 5, 5f); without τοσούτῳ, Heb 8:6 (A. V. by how much); τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ (without μᾶλλον), Heb 10:25; ὅσα ... τοσοῦτον, how much ... so much, Rev 18:7; ἐφ’ ὅσον, for as much as, in so far as, without ἐπί τοσοῦτο, Mat 25:40; Mat 25:45; Rom 11:13.