STRONGS NUMBER G5620

Original Word: ὥστε
Transliteration: hōste
Phonetic Spelling: (hoce'-teh)
Part of Speech: Conjunction
Short Definition: so as to, so then, therefore
Meaning: so as to -- so then, thereforeso that

From hos and te; so too, i.e. Thus therefore (in various relations of consecution, as follow) -- (insomuch) as, so that (then), (insomuch) that, therefore, to, wherefore.

see GREEK hos

see GREEK te

STRONGS NT 5620: ὥστε

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, Acts 14:1; τοσοῦτος, Matthew 15:33 (so many loaves as to fill etc.); without a demonstrative preceding (where ὥστε defines more accurately the magnitude, extent, or quantity), Matthew 8:24, 28; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 13:2, 32, 54; Matthew 15:31; Matthew 27:14; Mark 1:27, 45; Mark 2:2, 12; Mark 3:10, 20; Mark 4:1, 32, 37; Mark 9:26; Mark 15:5; Luke 5:7; Luke 12:1; Acts 1:19; Acts 5:15; Acts 15:39; Acts 16:26; Acts 19:10, 12, 16; Romans 7:6; Romans 15:19; 1 Corinthians 1:7; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Corinthians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 2:7; 2 Corinthians 3:7; 2 Corinthians 7:7; Philippians 1:13; 1 Thessalonians 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Hebrews 13:6; 1 Peter 1:21; it is used also of a designed result, so as to equivalent to in order to, for to, Matthew 10:1; Matthew 24:24 (their design); ; Luke 4:29 (Rec. εἰς τό); (L marginal reading WH ὡς, which see III.); and L T Tr WH in Luke 20:20 (R G εἰς τό) (1 Macc. 1:49 1 Macc. 4:2, 28 1 Macc. 10:3; 2 Macc. 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): Galatians 2:13, and often in secular authors; preceded by οὕτως, John 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)), Matthew 12:12; Matthew 19:6; Matthew 23:31; Mark 2:28; Mark 10:8; Romans 7:4, 12; Romans 13:2; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Corinthians 7:38; 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 14:22; 2 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Galatians 3:9, 24; Galatians 4:7, 16; once with a hortatory subjunctive, 1 Corinthians 5:8 (here L marginal reading indicative). before an imperative: 1 Corinthians 3:21; (); ; Philippians 2:12; Philippians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; James 1:19 (L T Tr WH read ἴστε; cf. p. 174{a} top); 1 Peter 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: Mark 14:47 L T Tr WH; John 18:10 T Tr WH. (Anthol. 11, 75, 2; Anaxandrides quoted in Athen. 3, p. 95 c.)