3745. hosos
Lexical Summary
hosos: As many as, as much as, all that, whoever, whatever

Original Word: ὅσος
Part of Speech: Correlative Pronoun
Transliteration: hosos
Pronunciation: HO-sos
Phonetic Spelling: (hos'-os)
KJV: 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, X while, who(-soever)
NASB: whatever, many, all, all who, who, what great things
Word Origin: [by reduplication from G3739 (ὅς - which)]

1. as (much, great, long, etc.) as

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
how great, how many

By reduplication from hos; 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, X while, who(-soever).

see GREEK hos

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hos,
Definition
how much, how many
NASB Translation
all (9), all...who (5), all things (1), all who (6), all* (1), degree (1), extent* (2), great (1), how much (2), inasmuch* (3), long (2), many (11), more (1), much (3), so (1), so much (1), those who (3), those whom (1), very...while (1), what (2), what great things (4), whatever (14), whatever* (4), which (3), while (1), who (6).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3745: ὅσος

ὅσος, ὅση, ὅσον (from Homer down), a relative adjective corresponding to the demon. τοσοῦτος either expressed or understood, Latinquantus,-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 ); John 4:39 (T WH Tr text πάντα ); 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 ); ; 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.

Topical Lexicon
Overview

Strong’s Greek 3745, appearing in varied forms such as ὅσα, ὅσοι, ὅσον, and ὅσους, serves as a relative pronoun expressing extent (“as great as”), quantity (“as many as”), and degree (“as much as”). It links a main clause to a relative clause to emphasize totality or limitlessness. Through this device the Spirit-inspired authors highlight the breadth of divine grace, the inclusiveness of gospel invitation, the completeness of revelation, and the far-reaching scope of judgment.

Forms and Grammatical Function

Masculine/Feminine: ὅσος, ὅσοι, ὅσους

Neuter: ὅσα, ὅσον

Genitive: ὅσων

Comparative dative (extent): ὅσῳ

Feminine plural nominative (rare): ὅσαι

By flexing through gender, number, and case, the term adapts to any noun it modifies, stressing “however many/much” within its context.

Distribution in Scripture

• Gospels: 48 occurrences – chiefly on the lips of Jesus (e.g., Matthew 7:12; Luke 4:40)
• Acts: 18 occurrences – underscoring apostolic testimony (e.g., Acts 14:27)
• Pauline Letters: 24 occurrences – doctrinal and ethical application (e.g., Romans 3:19; Philippians 4:8)
• General Epistles: 6 occurrences – pastoral instruction (e.g., 1 Timothy 6:1)
• Revelation: 14 occurrences – cosmic scope of final judgment and reward (e.g., Revelation 18:7)

Key Thematic Clusters

1. Comprehensive Moral Obligation

Matthew 7:12: “In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you, for this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.”

Ὅσα gathers “everything” under the Golden Rule, showing God’s ethic as all-encompassing.

2. Total Surrender for the Kingdom

Matthew 13:44–46 portrays the man selling ὅσα ἔχει (“all that he has”) for treasure and pearl. The pronoun accentuates wholehearted devotion demanded by the Kingdom of Heaven.

3. Unbounded Prayer Promise

Mark 11:24: “Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” The breadth of ὅσα is conditioned by faith and God’s will, yet invites bold expectancy.

4. Exhaustive Evangelistic Witness

Mark 5:19–20; Luke 8:39: The delivered demoniac proclaims ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος “all that the Lord had done.” Evangelism naturally recounts God’s total works of mercy.

5. Extent of Revelation

John 16:13: The Spirit discloses ὅσα ἂν ἀκούσῃ—“whatever He hears.” Divine revelation is complete, though progressively expounded.

6. Universal Reception of Christ

John 1:12: “To all who received Him (ὅσοι), He gave the right to become children of God.” The pronoun stresses unrestricted offer, limited only by reception.

7. Fullness of Divine Promises

2 Corinthians 1:20: “For all the promises of God are ‘Yes’ in Christ.” Ὅσαι (feminine plural) gathers every covenant pledge into one Christ-centered ‘Amen.’

8. Holistic Thought Life

Philippians 4:8 strings six ὅσα clauses (“whatever is true…”) to summon believers to comprehensive purity of mind.

9. Degree of Superiority

Hebrews 1:4; 8:6 employ ὅσῳ in comparisons: Christ is “as much” superior, His covenant “as much” better—underscoring His incomparable excellence.

10. Extent of Judgment

Revelation 18:7: Babylon glorified herself “as much (ὅσα) as she lived in luxury”; judgment matches sin in exact measure.

Historical and Redemptive Significance

Jewish Context: First-century Hebraic thought prized completeness. Using ὅσος, Gospel writers bridge Semitic idiom (“all that”) with koine clarity, conveying Jesus’ all-embracing authority.

Apostolic Mission: Acts repeatedly lists ὅσα ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησεν (“all God had done”), documenting salvation-history milestones (Acts 14:27; 15:12). The term serves as shorthand for the unfolding plan from Pentecost to the ends of the earth.

Pauline Theology: Paul wields ὅσος to include every believer (Romans 8:14), expose universal guilt (Romans 3:19), and envelop the Law’s curse (Galatians 3:10). The pronoun thus frames the total problem and the total solution.

Early Church Worship: Liturgical recitation of salvation events (“all that the Lord has done”) rooted praise in historical acts, not subjective feeling, fostering doctrinally robust worship.

Practical Ministry Applications

1. Preaching: Use ὅσος texts to declare the sufficiency of Christ and the inclusiveness of the call to repentance and faith.
2. Counseling: Philippians 4:8 provides a comprehensive filter for thought, promoting mental health grounded in truth.
3. Missions: Acts narratives encourage reporting “all that God has done,” cultivating faith in subsequent endeavors.
4. Discipleship: Matthew 28:20 mandates teaching converts “everything (ὅσα) I have commanded you,” guarding against selective obedience.
5. Prayer Ministry: Mark 11:24 inspires petitioners to bring every concern to the Father, trusting His wisdom in the scope of “whatever.”

Doctrinal Reflections

Soteriology: Ὅσος underlines the universality of sin and the sufficiency of grace.
Ecclesiology: The Church is comprised of ὅσοι “as many as” believe, uniting Jews and Gentiles without distinction.
Eschatology: Judgment and reward are dispensed “according to as much as” deeds warrant (Revelation 18:7; 22:12), revealing perfect divine equity.

Selected Reference Index

Matthew 7:12; 13:44–46; 17:12; 18:18; 21:22; 23:3; 28:20

Mark 3:28; 5:19–20; 9:13; 10:21; 11:24; 12:44

Luke 4:23, 40; 8:39; 12:3; 18:22

John 1:12; 4:29; 10:41; 16:13–15; 17:7

Acts 3:22–24; 14:27; 15:4, 12

Romans 3:19; 6:3; 8:14; 15:4

Galatians 3:10, 27; 6:16

Philippians 4:8

2 Corinthians 1:20

Hebrews 1:4; 8:6; 10:25

Revelation 18:7, 17; 21:16

Conclusion

Wherever ὅσος and its cognates appear, Scripture widens the reader’s horizon—from the total cost of discipleship to the totality of divine promise. It summons the believer to wholehearted faith, comprehensive obedience, and confident proclamation of everything God has done, is doing, and will do.

Forms and Transliterations
ἃ οσα όσα ὅσα οσαι όσαι ὅσαι όσας όση οσοι όσοι ὅσοι οσοις οσον όσον ὅσον οσους όσους ὅσους οσω όσω ὅσῳ οσων όσων ὅσων a ha hà hosa hósa hosai hósai hoso hosō hosoi hósoi hósōi hoson hosōn hóson hósōn hosous hósous osa osai oso osō osoi oson osōn osous
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 7:12 RelPro-ANP
GRK: Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε
INT: All things therefore as many as if you desire

Matthew 9:15 RelPro-ANS
GRK: πενθεῖν ἐφ' ὅσον μετ' αὐτῶν
NAS: mourn as long as the bridegroom
INT: mourn as as long as with them

Matthew 13:44 RelPro-ANP
GRK: πωλεῖ πάντα ὅσα ἔχει καὶ
NAS: and sells all that he has
KJV: selleth all that he hath, and
INT: he sells all that he has and

Matthew 13:46 RelPro-ANP
GRK: πέπρακεν πάντα ὅσα εἶχεν καὶ
KJV: and sold all that he had, and
INT: he has sold all things as many as he had and

Matthew 14:36 RelPro-NMP
GRK: αὐτοῦ καὶ ὅσοι ἥψαντο διεσώθησαν
NAS: of His cloak; and as many as touched
KJV: and as many as touched
INT: of him and as many as touched were cured

Matthew 17:12 RelPro-ANP
GRK: ἐν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν οὕτως
NAS: him, but did to him whatever they wished.
KJV: him whatsoever they listed.
INT: to him whatever they desired Thus

Matthew 18:18 RelPro-ANP
GRK: λέγω ὑμῖν ὅσα ἐὰν δήσητε
NAS: I say to you, whatever you bind
KJV: unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind
INT: I say to you how many if you shall bind

Matthew 18:18 RelPro-ANP
GRK: οὐρανῷ καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν λύσητε
NAS: in heaven; and whatever you loose
KJV: and whatsoever ye shall loose
INT: heaven and how many if you shall loose

Matthew 18:25 RelPro-ANP
GRK: καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἔχει καὶ
KJV: and all that he had, and
INT: and all as many as he had and

Matthew 21:22 RelPro-ANP
GRK: καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε
INT: And all things as many as anyhow you might ask

Matthew 22:9 RelPro-AMP
GRK: ὁδῶν καὶ ὅσους ἐὰν εὕρητε
NAS: highways, and as many as you find
KJV: and as many as ye shall find,
INT: highways and as many as if you shall find

Matthew 23:3 RelPro-ANP
GRK: πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπωσιν
INT: all things therefore how many if they might tell

Matthew 25:40 RelPro-ANS
GRK: ὑμῖν ἐφ' ὅσον ἐποιήσατε ἑνὶ
KJV: Inasmuch as ye have done
INT: to you to the extent as much as you did [it] to one

Matthew 25:45 RelPro-ANS
GRK: ὑμῖν ἐφ' ὅσον οὐκ ἐποιήσατε
KJV: unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not
INT: to you to the extent that not you did [it]

Matthew 28:20 RelPro-ANP
GRK: τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν
KJV: all things whatsoever I have commanded
INT: to observe all things whatever I commanded you

Mark 2:19 RelPro-AMS
GRK: ἐστὶν νηστεύειν ὅσον χρόνον ἔχουσιν
NAS: fast, can they? So long
KJV: them? as long as they have
INT: is fast as long as time they have

Mark 3:8 RelPro-ANP
GRK: πολύ ἀκούοντες ὅσα ἐποίει ἦλθον
NAS: heard of all that He was doing
KJV: when they had heard what great things he did,
INT: great having heard how much he was doing came

Mark 3:10 RelPro-NMP
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἅψωνται ὅσοι εἶχον μάστιγας
NAS: with the result that all those who had
KJV: touch him, as many as had plagues.
INT: him they might touch as many as had diseases

Mark 3:28 RelPro-ANP
GRK: αἱ βλασφημίαι ὅσα ἐὰν βλασφημήσωσιν
NAS: of men, and whatever blasphemies
KJV: blasphemies wherewith soever
INT: the blasphemies as many as if they shall have blasphemed

Mark 5:19 RelPro-ANP
GRK: ἀπάγγειλον αὐτοῖς ὅσα ὁ κύριός
NAS: and report to them what great things the Lord
KJV: them how great things the Lord
INT: preach to them how much the Lord

Mark 5:20 RelPro-ANP
GRK: τῇ Δεκαπόλει ὅσα ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ
NAS: in Decapolis what great things Jesus
KJV: Decapolis how great things Jesus
INT: the [the] Decapolis how much had done for him

Mark 6:30 RelPro-ANP
GRK: αὐτῷ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν καὶ
KJV: both what they had done,
INT: to him all things what they had done and

Mark 6:30 RelPro-ANP
GRK: ἐποίησαν καὶ ὅσα ἐδίδαξαν
KJV: and what they had taught.
INT: they had done and what they had taught

Mark 6:56 RelPro-NMP
GRK: ἅψωνται καὶ ὅσοι ἂν ἥψαντο
NAS: of His cloak; and as many as touched
KJV: garment: and as many as touched
INT: they might touch and as many as anyhow touched

Mark 7:36 RelPro-ANS
GRK: μηδενὶ λέγωσιν ὅσον δὲ αὐτοῖς
NAS: anyone; but the more He ordered
KJV: no man: but the more he charged
INT: no one they should tell as much as moreover he

Strong's Greek 3745
110 Occurrences


ὅσα — 56 Occ.
ὅσαι — 1 Occ.
ὅσῳ — 3 Occ.
ὅσων — 1 Occ.
ὅσοι — 29 Occ.
ὅσον — 17 Occ.
ὅσους — 3 Occ.

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