ὥστε

ὥστε — hṓste

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