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Lexicon :: Strong's G3745 - hosos

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ὅσος
Transliteration
hosos (Key)
Pronunciation
hos'-os
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Part of Speech
pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
By reduplication from ὅς (G3739)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὅσος hósos, hos'-os; by reduplication from G3739; as (much, great, long, etc.) as:—all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, × while, who(-soever).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's G3745 in the following manner: as many as (24x), whatsoever (9x), that (9x), whatsoever things (8x), whatsoever (with G302 7 as long as) (5x), how great things (5x), what (4x), miscellaneous (37x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's G3745 in the following manner: as many as (24x), whatsoever (9x), that (9x), whatsoever things (8x), whatsoever (with G302 7 as long as) (5x), how great things (5x), what (4x), miscellaneous (37x).

  1. as great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoever

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὅσος hósos, hos'-os; by reduplication from G3739; as (much, great, long, etc.) as:—all (that), as (long, many, much) (as), how great (many, much), (in-)asmuch as, so many as, that (ever), the more, those things, what (great, -soever), wheresoever, wherewithsoever, which, × while, who(-soever).
STRONGS G3745:
ὅσος, ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Latin quantus, -a, -um; used
a. of space (as great as): τό μῆκος αὐτῆς (Rec. adds τοσοῦτον ἐστιν) ὅσον καί (G T Tr WH omit καί) τό πλάτος, Revelation 21:16; of time (as long as): ἐφ' ὅσον χρόνον, for so long time as, so long as, Romans 7:1; 1 Corinthians 7:39; Galatians 4:1; also without a preposition, ὅσον χρόνον, Mark 2:19; neuter ἐφ' ὅσον, as long as, Matthew 9:15; 2 Peter 1:13 (Xenophon, Cyril 5, 3, 25); ἔτι μικρόν ὅσον ὅσον, yet a little how very, how very (Vulg. modicum (ali) quautulum), i. e. yet a very little while, Hebrews 10:37 (Isaiah 26:20; of a very little thing, Aristophanes vesp. 213; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 726 no. 93; Winers Grammar, 247 (231) note; Buttmann, § 150, 2).
b. of abundance and multitude; how many, as many as; how much, as much as: neuter ὅσον, John 6:11; plural ὅσοι, as many (men) as, all who, Matthew 14:36; Mark in. 10; Acts 4:6, 34; Acts 13:48; Romans 2:12; Romans 6:8; Galatians 3:10, 27; Philippians 3:15; 1 Timothy 6:1; Revelation 2:24; ὅσαι ἐπαγγελίαι, 2 Corinthians 1:20; ὅσα ἱμάτια, Acts 9:39; neuter plural, absolutely (A. V. often whatsoever), Matthew 17:12; Mark 10:21; Luke 11:8; Luke 12:8; Romans 3:19; Romans 15:4; Jude 1:10; Revelation 1:2. πάντες ὅσοι (all as many as), Matthew 22:10 (here T WH πάντες οὕς); Luke 4:40; John 10:8; Acts 5:36f; neuter πάντα ὅσα (all things whatsoever, all that), Matthew 13:46; Matthew 18:25; Matthew 28:20; Mark 12:44; Luke 18:22; John 4:29 (T WH Tr marginal reading πάντα ἅ); John 4:39 (T WH Tr text πάντα ἅ); πολλά ὅσα, John 21:25 R G (Homer, Iliad 22, 380; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 4, 3). ὅσοι... οὗτοι, Romans 8:14; ὅσα... ταῦτα, Philippians 4:8; ὅσα... ἐν τούτοις, Jude 1:10; ὅσοι... αὐτοί, John 1:12; Galatians 6:16. ὅσοι ἄν or ἐάν, how many soever, as many soever as (cf. Winers Grammar, § 42, 3); followed by an indicative preterite (see ἄν, II. 1), Mark 6:56; by an indicative present Revelation 3:19; by a subjunctive aorist, Matthew 22:9; Mark 3:28; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5 (Rec.); Acts 2:39 (here Lachmann οὕς ἄν); Revelation 13:15; ὅσα ἄν, Matthew 18:18; John 11:22; John 16:13 (R G); πάντα ὅσα ἄν, all things whatsoever: followed by subjunctive present Matthew 7:12; by subjunctive aorist, Matthew 21:22; Matthew 23:3; Acts 3:22. ὅσα in indirect discourse; how many things: Luke 9:10; Acts 9:16; Acts 15:12; 2 Timothy 1:18.
c. of importance: ὅσα, how great things, i. e. how extraordinary, in indirect discourse, Mark 3:8 (L marginal reading ἅ); Mark 5:19f; Luke 8:39; Acts 14:21; Acts 15:4 (others take it of number in these last two examples how many; cf. b. above); how great (i. e. bitter), κακά, Acts 9:13.
d. of measure and degree, in comparative sentences, accusative neuter ὅσον... μᾶλλον περισσότερον, the more... so much the more a great deal (A. V.), Mark 7:36; καθ' ὅσον with a comparitive, by so much as with the comparitive Hebrews 3:3; καθ' ὅσον... κατά τοσοῦτον (τοσοῦτο L T Tr WH), Hebrews 7:20, 22; καθ' ὅσον (inasmuch) as followed by οὕτως, Hebrews 9:27; τοσούτῳ with a comparitive followed by ὅσῳ with a comparitive, by so much... as, Hebrews 1:4 (Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 40; Cyril 7, 5, 5f); without τοσούτῳ, Hebrews 8:6 (A. V. by how much); τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον, ὅσῳ (without μᾶλλον), Hebrews 10:25; ὅσα... τοσοῦτον, how much... so much, Revelation 18:7; ἐφ' ὅσον, for as much as, in so far as, without ἐπί τοσοῦτο, Matthew 25:40, 45; Romans 11:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
26:20
Matthew
7:12; 9:15; 13:46; 14:36; 17:12; 18:18; 18:25; 21:22; 22:9; 22:10; 23:3; 25:40; 25:45; 28:20
Mark
2:19; 3:8; 3:28; 5:19; 6:11; 6:56; 7:36; 10:21; 12:44
Luke
4:40; 8:39; 9:5; 9:10; 11:8; 12:8; 18:22
John
1:12; 4:29; 4:39; 6:11; 10:8; 11:22; 16:13; 21:25
Acts
2:39; 3:22; 4:6; 4:34; 5:36; 9:13; 9:16; 9:39; 13:48; 14:21; 15:4; 15:12
Romans
2:12; 3:19; 6:8; 7:1; 8:14; 11:13; 15:4
1 Corinthians
7:39
2 Corinthians
1:20
Galatians
3:10; 3:27; 4:1; 6:16
Philippians
3:15; 4:8
1 Timothy
6:1
2 Timothy
1:18
Hebrews
1:4; 3:3; 7:20; 7:22; 8:6; 9:27; 10:25; 10:37
2 Peter
1:13
Jude
1:10; 1:10
Revelation
1:2; 2:24; 3:19; 13:15; 18:7; 21:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3745 matches the Greek ὅσος (hosos),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in 'Est' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And while they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now tell me what you really want. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:1 - On that same day King Xerxes gave the property of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Then Mordecai was brought before the king, for Esther had told the king how they were related.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - Then Esther went again before the king, falling down at his feet and begging him with tears to stop the evil plot devised by Haman the Agagite against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - Now go ahead and send a message to the Jews in the king’s name, telling them whatever you want, and seal it with the king’s signet ring. But remember that whatever has already been written in the king’s name and sealed with his signet ring can never be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So on June 25[fn] the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Mordecai dictated. It was sent to the Jews and to the highest officers, the governors, and the nobles of all the 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[fn] The decree was written in the scripts and languages of all the peoples of the empire, including that of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:20 - Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:25 - But when Esther came before the king, he issued a decree causing Haman’s evil plot to backfire, and Haman and his sons were impaled on a sharpened pole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:26 - That is why this celebration is called Purim, because it is the ancient word for casting lots.
So because of Mordecai’s letter and because of what they had experienced,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote another letter putting the queen’s full authority behind Mordecai’s letter to establish the Festival of Purim.
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