and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. In number they are as (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sand of the sea.
Then I heard what sounded like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the voice of a great multitude — it was like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the roar of many waters, like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the sound of crashing thunder — crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns!
After this I heard what sounded like (hōs | ὡς | particle) the roar of a great throng in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of (hōs | ὡς | particle) a huge millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying, “With this kind of violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and never again will it be found!
Pay her back as (hōs | ὡς | conj) she herself has paid back others, and repay her double according to her works; in the cup that she mixed, mix a double draught for her.
And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who as yet have not received royal power, but will receive ruling authority as (hōs | ὡς | particle) kings for one hour, along with the beast.
And enormous hailstones, about (hōs | ὡς | particle) one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven and people blasphemed God for the plague of hail, because the plague was so devastating.