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Lexicon :: Strong's G3704 - hopōs

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ὅπως
Transliteration
hopōs (Key)
Pronunciation
hop'-oce
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
53x in 1 unique form(s) TR
56x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
171x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ὅπως hópōs, hop'-oce; from G3739 and G4459; what(-ever) how, i.e. in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual):—because, how, (so) that, to, when.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x

The KJV translates Strong's G3704 in the following manner: that (45x), how (4x), to (4x), so that (1x), when (1x), because (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 56x
The KJV translates Strong's G3704 in the following manner: that (45x), how (4x), to (4x), so that (1x), when (1x), because (1x).

  1. how, that

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὅπως hópōs, hop'-oce; from G3739 and G4459; what(-ever) how, i.e. in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual):—because, how, (so) that, to, when.
STRONGS G3704:
ὅπως (from πῶς and the relative ὁ), with the indicative, a relative adverb but, like the Latinut, assuming also the nature of a conjunction (cf. Winer's Grammar, 449 (418f)).
I. As an adverb; as, in what manner, how; once so in the N. T. in an indirect question, with the indicative: οὐκ ἔγνως, ὅπως κτλ., Luke 24:20, where cf. Bornemann, Scholia etc.
II. A conjunction, Latinut, answering to the German dass, that; in classical Greek with the optative, and subjunctive, and future indicative; cf. especially Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 681ff But the distinction observed between these constructions by the more elegant Greek writings is quite neglected in the N. T., and if we except Matthew 26:59 L T Tr (ὅπως θανατώσουσιν) (1 Corinthians 1:29 Rec.elz), only the subjunctive follows this particle (for in Mark 5:23, for ὅπως... ζήσεται, L text T Tr WH have correctly restored ἵνα... ζήσῃ); cf. Winers Grammar, 289 (271); Buttmann, 233f (201f); (214 (185)).
1. It denotes the purpose or end, in order that; with the design or to the end that; that;
a. without ἄν — after the present, Matthew 6:2, 16; Philemon 1:6; Hebrews 9:15; after ἐστε to be supplied, 1 Peter 2:9; after the perfect, Acts 9:17; Hebrews 2:9; ὅπως μή, Luke 16:26; after the imperfect, Matthew 26:59 (R G (see above)); Acts 9:24; after the aorist, Acts 9:2, 12; Acts 25:26; Romans 9:17; Galatians 1:4; ὅπως μή, Acts 20:16; 1 Corinthians 1:29; after the pluperfect, John 11:57; after the future, Matthew 23:35; and Rec. in Acts 24:26; after an aorist subjunctive by which something is asked for, Mark 5:23 Rec.; after imperatives, Matthew 2:8; Matthew 5:16, 45; Matthew 6:4; Acts 23:15, 23; 2 Corinthians 8:11; ὅπως μή, Matthew 6:18; after clauses with ἵνα and the aorist subjunctive, Luke 16:28; 2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Thessalonians 1:12. Noteworthy is the phrase ὅπως πληροθη, i. e. that according to God's purpose it might be brought to pass or might be proved by the event, of O. T. prophecies and types (see ἵνα, II. 3 at the end): Matthew 2:23; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17 (where L T Tr WH ἵνα); Matthew 13:35.
b. ὅπως ἄν, that, if it be possible, Matthew 6:5 R G; that, if what I have just said shall come to pass, Luke 2:35; Acts 3:20 (Acts 3:19) (R. V. that so); Acts 15:17; Romans 3:4 (Buttmann, 234 (201)); examples from the Sept. are given in Winer's Grammar, § 42, 6.
2. As in the Greek writings also (cf. Winers Grammar, 338 (317); (Buttmann, § 139, 41)), ὅπως with the subjunctive is used after verbs of praying, entreating, asking, exhorting, to denote what one wishes to be done: Matthew 8:34 (here L ἵνα); Matthew 9:38; Luke 7:3; Luke 10:2; Luke 11:37; Acts 8:15, 24; Acts 9:2; Acts 23:20; Acts 25:3; James 5:16; after a verb of deliberating: Matthew 12:14; Matthew 22:15; Mark 3:6 (from which examples it is easy to see how the use noted in II. arises from the original adverbial force of the particle; for συμβούλιον ἐδίδουν... ὅπως αὐτόν ἀπολέσωσιν, they took counsel to destroy him is equivalent to how they might destroy him, and also to to this end that they might destroy him; cf. Kühner, § 552 Anm. 3, ii., p. 892).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:8; 2:23; 5:16; 5:45; 6:2; 6:4; 6:5; 6:16; 6:18; 8:17; 8:34; 9:38; 12:14; 12:17; 13:35; 22:15; 23:35; 26:59; 26:59
Mark
3:6; 5:23; 5:23
Luke
2:35; 7:3; 10:2; 11:37; 16:26; 16:28; 24:20
John
11:57
Acts
3:19; 3:20; 8:15; 8:24; 9:2; 9:2; 9:12; 9:17; 9:24; 15:17; 20:16; 23:15; 23:20; 23:23; 24:26; 25:3; 25:26
Romans
3:4; 9:17
1 Corinthians
1:29; 1:29
2 Corinthians
8:11; 8:14
Galatians
1:4
2 Thessalonians
1:12
Philemon
1:6
Hebrews
2:9; 9:15
James
5:16
1 Peter
2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3704 matches the Greek ὅπως (hopōs),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in 'Mat' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:8 - And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that[fn] they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:4 - so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - that your fasting may not be seen by others but by your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34 - And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:14 - But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how to destroy him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:17 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:[fn]
“I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:15 - Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[fn] whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:59

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:59 - Now the chief priests and the whole council[fn] were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
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