Vocabulary Form
ὡς
Definition
as, like, when, that, how, about
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
504
GK
6055
Notes

"About" in the sense of "approximately."

Biblical Concordance

Revelation 6:6 And I heard what seemed to be (hōs | ὡς | particle) a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, but do not harm the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 6:11 Then a white robe was given to each of them and they were told to rest a little while, until the number was reached of their fellow servants and their brothers who were to be killed just as (hōs | ὡς | conj) they had been.
Revelation 6:12 And when he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became as black as (hōs | ὡς | particle) sackcloth made of hair, the entire moon became like (hōs | ὡς | particle) blood,
Revelation 6:13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as (hōs | ὡς | conj) a fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a fierce wind.
Revelation 6:14 The sky vanished like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.
Revelation 8:1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about (hōs | ὡς | particle) half an hour.
Revelation 8:8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown down into the sea, and a third of the sea turned into blood,
Revelation 8:10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from heaven a great star, blazing like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
Revelation 9:2 He opened the shaft of the abyss, and from the shaft rose smoke like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the smoke of a giant furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.
Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like (hōs | ὡς | conj) the power of scorpions of the earth.
Revelation 9:5 They were allowed not to kill them but to torture them for five months, and their torture was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person.
Revelation 9:7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle. On their heads were something like (hōs | ὡς | particle) crowns of gold, and their faces were like (hōs | ὡς | particle) human faces.
Revelation 9:8 They had hair like (hōs | ὡς | particle) women’s hair, and their teeth were like (hōs | ὡς | particle) lions’ teeth.
Revelation 9:9 They had breastplates like (hōs | ὡς | particle) breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sound of many horse-drawn chariots rushing into battle.
Revelation 9:17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: The riders wore breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and yellow like sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like (hōs | ὡς | particle) lions’ heads, and out of their mouths came fire and smoke and sulfur.
Revelation 10:1 Then I saw another powerful angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sun, and his legs were like (hōs | ὡς | particle) pillars of fire.
Revelation 10:7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as (hōs | ὡς | conj) he announced to his servants the prophets.”
Revelation 10:9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as (hōs | ὡς | particle) honey.”
Revelation 10:10 So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. In my mouth it was as sweet as (hōs | ὡς | particle) honey, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter.
Revelation 12:15 Then the serpent spouted water like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a river out of his mouth after the woman to sweep her away by a flood,
Revelation 13:2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a bear’s, and its mouth was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a lion’s mouth. And to the beast the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.
Revelation 13:3 One of the beast’s heads appeared (hōs | ὡς | particle) to have been mortally wounded, but his deadly wound had been healed. The whole world marveled as they followed the beast.
Revelation 13:11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a dragon.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a sound from heaven like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the roar of many waters and like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sound of loud thunder. The sound I heard was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sound of harpists playing on their harps,
Revelation 14:3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.