Bible Lexicons

1. = ";as"; : P Goodsp Cairo 4.4 (ii/B.C.) (= Selections, p. 24) εἰ ἔρρωσαι. . . εἴη ἂν ὡς αἱρούμεθα, ";if you are well, it will be as we desire,"; BGU I. 163.7 (A.D. 108) καὶ γὰρ ἄλλοι ὡς πληγέντες ὑπὸ αὐτοῦ ἀναφόριον δεδώκασι, ";for others have given information (from time to time) as having been assaulted by him,"; P Flor I. 56.18 (A.D. 234) ὡς καθήκει, and BGU IV. 1024viii. 11 (iv/v A.D.) κα ]ταβληθῆναι ὡς φονέα.

2. = ";that,"; ";how,"; after verbs of saying, thinking, etc. : P Tebt I. 10.6 (B.C. 119) φρόντισον ὡς τὰ τῆς ὑποσχέσεως ἐκπληρωθήσεται, ";take care that the terms of his agreement are fulfilled"; (Edd.), andP Tebt II. 410.10 (i/A.D.) μν [ή ]σθητι ὡ ̣[ς ] ἐν τῷ Τρ [ι ]στόμῳ με ἐφιλοτ [ι ]μ ̣οῦ σὺν ἐμοὶ μεῖναι, ";remember how zealous you were at Tristomos to remain with me"; (Edd.).

3. c. ind.with ἄν, as in 1 Corinthians 12:2, cf. P Par 46.18 (B.C. 152) ὡς ἂν εὐκαιρήσω, παραχρῆμα παρέσομαι πρός σε.

4. c. conj. with ἄν, as in Romans 15:24, 1 Corinthians 11:34, Philippians 2:23, = ";as soon as,"; ";when"; : P Hib I. 44.5 (B.C. 253) ὡς ἂν οὖν λάβηις τὴν ἐπιστολὴν. . . ἀπόστειλον, ";as soon as you receive the letter, send,"; ib. 66.4 (B.C. 228) ὡ [ς δ᾽ ἂν παραγένωμαι. . . συνλαλήσω σοι, ";as soon as I arrive, I will have a conversation with you,"; and with ἐάν (= ἄν) P Fay III.16 (A.D. 95–6) ὡς ἐὰν βλέπῃς [τ ]ὴν τιμὴν πάντος ἀγόρασον τὰς τοῦ λωτίνου (ἀρταβὰς) κ ̄, ";as soon as you learn the price, be sure to buy the 20 artabae of lotus"; : see Proleg. p. 167 f.

5. c. inf. : P Giss I, 47.8 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p. 383) where reference is made to a θῶραξ made ὡς μὴ κάμνειν τὸν φοροῦντα αὐτόν, ";so as not to weary the person carrying it,"; and P Oxy VIII. 1120.19 (early iii/A.D.), where a widow complains that a certain Thonis had carried off her slave Theodora μὴ ἔχων κατ᾽ αὐτῆς ἐξουσίαν, ὡς ἐν παντὶ σθένει βίαν με σχεῖν, ";though he had no power over her, so that I am subjected to unmitigated violence"; (Ed.) : cf. Luke 9:52.The literary phrase ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν (in NT only Hebrews 7:9) occurs in a would-be literary papyrus, a dispute concerning property, P Oxy I. 67.14 (A.D. 338) πάντα μέν, ὡς ἔπος ἐστὶν εἰπεῖν, ὅσα εἰσχύειν τι δύν [α ]τ [αι ] παρὰ τὴν τῶν νόμων [ἰσχὺ ]ν πρὸς ὀλίγον εἰσχύει, ";everything, it may be said, that is able to withstand the power of the law withstands but for a short time"; (Edd.).

6. = ὅτι : P Oxy XVII. 2110.6 (A.D. 370) παρατίθημι ἐν ὑμῖν ὡς οὐ χρὴ λύεσθαι τὰ διατυπωθέντα, ";I put it to you that the ordinances should not be infringed"; (Edd.), ib..34 ὀν ̣ε ̣[ι ]δ ̣ίζομεν ὡς οὐ προσήκει αὐτὸν ἐνοχλεῖσθαι προφάσι ἐπιμελείας τῆς αὐτῆς ἐρεᾶς ἐσθῆτος, ";we find fault saying that it is not right that he should be burdened on the score of the administration of the said woollen clothing"; (Edd.).

7. ὡς ὅτι (2 Thessalonians 2:2, 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 11:21 : Lightfoot Notes p. 110) in later Greek is practically = simple ὅτι, e.g. Dion. Hal. Antt. ix. 14 ἐπιγνοὺς ὡς [om. ὡς, Kiessling] ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάτοις εἰσὶν οἱ κατακλεισθέντες ἐν τοῖς λόφοις, CPR I. 19.3 (iv/A.D.) πρώην βίβλια ἐπιδέδωκα τῇ σῇ ἐπιμελείᾳ ὡς ὅτι ἐβουλήθην τινὰ ὑπάρχοντά μου ἀποδόσθαι : see further Proleg. p. 212 Jannaris Gr. § 1754.

8. = ";about,"; as in P Amh II. 72 (A.D. 246) δηλῶ τὰ καταλειφθέντα ὑπ᾽ α [ὐ ]τοῦ σύνπαντα ἄξια εἶναι ὡς ταλάντων τριῶν, ";I declare that the property left by him is worth in all about three talents"; (Edd,). This usage is specially common in notifications of age, e.g. P Tebt II. 381.4 (a Will—A.D. 123) (= Selections, p. 77) Θαῆσις. . . ὡς ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ὀκτώι, ";Thaesis being about seventy eight years of age"; : cf. Luke 3:23, and see Deissmann’s note in P Meyer, p. 26.