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.

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.

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,

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about (hōs | ὡς | particle) half an hour.

The sky vanished like (hōs | ὡς | particle) a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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.

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,

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.

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!”

Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like (hōs | ὡς | particle) thunder, “Come!”