Strong's Lexicon
G5620 — ὥστε
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5620 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὥστε |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Etymology: | from G5613 and G5037 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 83 |
| Transliteration: | hoste |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoce'-teh |
| Meaning: | 1. so too, i.e. thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow) |
| KJV Renderings: | (insomuch) as, so that (then), (insomuch) that, therefore, to, wherefore |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὥστε (from ὡς and the enclitic τέ (Tdf. Proleg., p. 110)), a consecutive conjunction, i. e. expressing consequence or result, from Homer down, cf. Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 770ff; Winers Grammar, § 41 b. 5 N. 1, p. 301 (282f); (Buttmann, § 139, 50);
1. so that (A. V. frequently insomuch that);
a. with an infinitive (or accusative and infinitive) (Buttmann, § 142, 3; the neg. in this construction is μή, Buttmann, § 148, 6; Winer’s Grammar, 480 (447)): preceded by the demonstrative οὕτως, Act 14:1; τοσοῦτος, Mat 15:33 (so many loaves as to fill etc.); without a demonstrative preceding (where ὥστε defines more accurately the magnitude, extent, or quantity), Mat 8:24; Mat 8:28; Mat 12:22; Mat 13:2; Mat 13:32; Mat 13:54; Mat 15:31; Mat 27:14; Mar 1:27; Mar 1:45; Mar 2:2; Mar 2:12; Mar 3:10; Mar 3:20; Mar 4:1; Mar 4:32; Mar 4:37; Mar 9:26; Mar 15:5; Luk 5:7; Luk 12:1; Act 1:19; Act 5:15; Act 15:39; Act 16:26; Act 19:10; Act 19:12; Act 19:16; Rom 7:6; Rom 15:19; 1Co 1:7; 1Co 5:1; 1Co 13:2; 2Co 1:8; 2Co 2:7; 2Co 3:7; 2Co 7:7; Php 1:13; 1Th 1:7; 2Th 1:4; 2Th 2:4; Heb 13:6; 1Pe 1:21; it is used also of a designed result, so as to equivalent to in order to, for to, Mat 10:1; Mat 24:24 (their design); ; Luk 4:29 (Rec. εἰς τό); (L marginal reading WH ὡς, which see III.); and L T Tr WH in Luk 20:20 (R G εἰς τό) (1Ma 1:49 1Ma 4:2; 1Ma 4:28 1Ma 10:3; 2Ma 2:6; Thucydides 4, 23; Xenophon, Cyril 3, 2, 16; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 5, 10; Eus. h. e. 3, 28, 3 (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word, 5)); cf. Winers Grammar, 318 (298); Buttmann, § 139, 50 Rem.
b. so that, with the indicative (Buttmann, 244 (210); cf. Winer’s Grammar, 301 (283); Meyer or Ellicott on Galatians, as below): Gal 2:13, and often in secular authors; preceded by οὕτως, Joh 3:16.
2. so then, therefore, wherefore: with the indicative (cf. Passow, under the word, II. 1 b., vol. ii., p. 2639{b}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word B. II. 2; the neg. in this construction is οὐ, Buttmann, § 148, 5)), Mat 12:12; Mat 19:6; Mat 23:31; Mar 2:28; Mar 10:8; Rom 7:4; Rom 7:12; Rom 13:2; 1Co 3:7; 1Co 7:38; 1Co 11:27; 1Co 14:22; 2Co 4:12; 2Co 5:16; Gal 3:9; Gal 3:24; Gal 4:7; Gal 4:16; once with a hortatory subjunctive, 1Co 5:8 (here L marginal reading indicative). before an imperative: 1Co 3:21; (); ; Php 2:12; Php 4:1; 1Th 4:18; Jas 1:19 (L T Tr WH read ἴστε; cf. p. 174{a} top); 1Pe 4:19.
STRONGS NT 5620a: ὠτάριονὠτάριον, ὠταριου, τό (diminutive of οὖς, ὠτός; cf. γυναικάριον (Winer’s Grammar, 24, 96 (91))), equivalent to ὠτίον (which see), the ear: Mar 14:47 L T Tr WH; Joh 18:10 T Tr WH. (Anthol. 11, 75, 2; Anaxandrides quoted in Athen. 3, p. 95 c.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὥστε ((insomuch) as)
Matthew 8:24
- KJV: And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep
- GK: και ιδού σεισμός μέγας εγένετο εν τη θαλάσση ώστε το πλοίον καλύπτεσθαι υπό των κυμάτων αυτός δε εκάθευδε
Matthew 8:28
- KJV: And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by that way
- GK: και ελθόντι αυτώ εις το πέραν εις την χώραν των Γεργεσηνών υπήντησαν αυτώ δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι εκ των μνημείων εξερχόμενοι χαλεποί λίαν ώστε μη ισχύειν τινά παρελθείν διά της οδού εκείνης
Matthew 10:1
- KJV: And when he had called unto his twelve disciples he gave them power unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease
- GK: και προσκαλεσάμενος τους δώδεκα μαθητάς αυτού έδωκεν αυτοίς εξουσίαν πνευμάτων ακαθάρτων ώστε εκβάλλειν αυτά και θεραπεύειν πάσαν νόσον και πάσαν μαλακίαν
Matthew 12:12
- KJV: How much then is a man better than a sheep Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days
- GK: πόσω ουν διαφέρει άνθρωπος προβάτου ώστε έξεστι τοις σάββασι καλώς ποιείν
Matthew 12:22
- KJV: Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil blind and dumb and he healed him insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw
- GK: τότε προσηνέχθη αυτώ δαιμονιζόμενος τυφλός και κωφός και εθεράπευσεν αυτόν ώστε τον τυφλόν και κωφόν και λαλείν και βλέπειν
Matthew 13:2
- KJV: And great multitudes were gathered together unto him so that he went into a ship and sat and the whole multitude stood on the shore
- GK: και συνήχθησαν προς αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί ώστε αυτόν εις το πλοίον εμβάντα καθήσθαι και πας ο όχλος επί τον αιγιαλόν ειστήκει
Matthew 13:32
- KJV: Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof
- GK: ο μικρότερον μεν εστι πάντων των σπερμάτων όταν δε αυξηθή μείζον των λαχάνων εστί και γίνεται δένδρον ώστε ελθείν τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατασκηνούν εν τοις κλάδοις αυτού
Matthew 13:54
- KJV: And when he was come into his own country he taught them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and said Whence hath this this wisdom and mighty works
- GK: και ελθών εις την πατρίδα αυτού εδίδασκεν αυτούς εν τη συναγωγή αυτών ώστε εκπλήττεσθαι αυτούς και λέγειν πόθεν τούτω η σοφία αύτη και αι δυνάμεις
Matthew 15:31
- KJV: Insomuch that the multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak the maimed to be whole the lame to walk and the blind to see and they glorified the God of Israel
- GK: ώστε τους όχλους θαυμάσαι βλέποντας κωφούς λαλούντας κυλλούς υγιείς χωλούς περιπατούντας και τυφλούς βλέποντας και εδόξασαν τον θεόν Ισραήλ