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G3779 οὕτω (hoútō)
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οὕτως Adv thus, so, in this manner

Strong's Definition

adverb from 3778; in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)

KJV Usage: after that, after (in) this manner, as, even (so), for all that, like(-wise), no more, on this fashion(-wise), so (in like manner), thus, what

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

advb. | οὗτος

61.9 · Sequence

so, thus, in this way with reference to that which precedes

MAT 2:5 · MAT 3:15 · MAT 5:16 · MAT 5:19 · MAT 6:9 · MAT 6:30 · MAT 7:12 · MAT 7:17 · MAT 9:33 · MAT 11:26 · MAT 12:40 · MAT 12:45 · MAT 13:40 · MAT 13:49 · MAT 17:12 · MAT 18:14 · MAT 18:35 · MAT 19:8 · MAT 19:10 · MAT 19:12 · MAT 20:16 · MAT 20:26 · MAT 23:28 · MAT 24:27 · MAT 24:33 · MAT 24:37 · MAT 24:39 · MAT 24:46 · MAT 26:40 · MAT 26:54 · MRK 2:7 · MRK 2:8 · MRK 2:12 · MRK 7:18 · MRK 10:43 · MRK 13:29 · MRK 14:59 · MRK 15:39 · LUK 1:25 · LUK 2:48 · LUK 9:15 · LUK 10:21 · LUK 11:30 · LUK 12:21 · LUK 12:28 · LUK 12:38 · LUK 12:43 · LUK 12:54 · LUK 14:33 · LUK 15:7 · LUK 15:10 · LUK 17:10 · LUK 17:24 · LUK 17:26 · LUK 19:31 · LUK 21:31 · LUK 22:26 · LUK 24:24 · LUK 24:46 · JHN 4:6 · JHN 5:21 · JHN 5:26 · JHN 7:46 · JHN 11:48 · JHN 12:50 · JHN 13:25 · JHN 18:22 · ACT 1:11 · ACT 3:18 · ACT 7:1 · ACT 7:6 · ACT 7:8 · ACT 8:32 · ACT 12:8 · ACT 12:15 · ACT 13:8 · ACT 17:11 · ACT 17:33 · ACT 20:11 · ACT 20:13 · ACT 20:35 · ACT 21:11 · ACT 22:24 · ACT 23:11 · ACT 24:9 · ACT 24:14 · ACT 27:17 · ACT 27:25 · ACT 27:44 · ACT 28:14 · ROM 1:15 · ROM 4:18 · ROM 5:15 · ROM 5:18 · ROM 5:19 · ROM 5:21 · ROM 6:4 · ROM 9:20 · ROM 11:5 · ROM 11:26 · ROM 12:5 · ROM 15:20 · 1CO 2:11 · 1CO 3:15 · 1CO 4:1 · 1CO 5:3 · 1CO 6:5 · 1CO 7:7 · 1CO 7:7 · 1CO 7:17 · 1CO 7:17 · 1CO 7:36 · 1CO 8:12 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 9:26 · 1CO 9:26 · 1CO 11:28 · 1CO 12:12 · 1CO 14:12 · 1CO 14:21 · 1CO 14:25 · 1CO 15:11 · 1CO 15:11 · 1CO 15:42 · 2CO 1:5 · 2CO 7:14 · 2CO 8:6 · 2CO 8:11 · 2CO 9:5 · GAL 4:29 · GAL 6:2 · EPH 4:20 · PHP 3:17 · PHP 4:1 · 1TH 2:8 · 1TH 4:14 · 1TH 4:17 · 1TH 5:2 · 2TH 3:17 · 2TI 3:8 · HEB 5:5 · HEB 6:15 · HEB 10:33 · JAS 2:12 · JAS 2:17 · JAS 2:26 · JAS 3:10 · 1PE 2:15 · 1PE 3:5

61.10 · Sequence

the following, as follows referring to that which follows (compare 61.9)

MAT 1:18 · MRK 4:26 · JHN 3:16 · JHN 21:1 · ACT 13:34 · ACT 13:47 · ACT 14:1 · ROM 10:6 · 1CO 15:45 · 2TH 3:17 · HEB 4:4 · JAS 2:12 · 1PE 2:15 · 1PE 3:5

78.4 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

so, so much a relatively high degree, presumably in keeping with the context

MRK 9:3 · ACT 19:20 · GAL 1:6 · GAL 3:3 · 1TH 2:4 · 1TH 2:8 · HEB 12:21 · 1JN 4:11

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

οὕτω and οὕτως (formerly in printed editions οὕτω appeared before a consonant, οὕτως before a vowel; but [recent critical editors, following the best Mss. (“cod. Sin. has -ro but fourteen times in the N. T.” Scrivener, Collation ete. p. liv.; οἵ. his Introduction ete. p. 561), have restored οὕτως; viz. Treg. uniformly, 205 times; Taf. 203 times, 4 times + ; Lchm. 196 times, 7 times +w (all before a consonant); WH 196 times, 10 times -ro (all before a consonant); cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 97; WH. App. p- 146 54.7; ef. W. § 5, 1b.; B. 9; [Lob. Pathol. Elementa ii. 213 sqq.]; ef. Kriiger § 11, 12, 1; Kiihner §72, 3 a.), adv., (fr. οὗτος), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 13, in this manner, thus, 80; 1. by virtue of its native demonstrative force it refers to what precedes; in the manner spoken of; in the way described; in the way it was done; in this manner; in such a manner; thus, so: Mt. vi. 30; xi. 26; xvii.12; xix. 8; Mk. xiv.59; Lk. i. 25; 11. 48; xii. 28; Ro. xi.5; 1 Co. viii. 12; xv. 11; Heb. vi. 9; [2 Pet. iii. 11 WH Tr mrg.]; οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται [L Tr WH ἐστὶν (so also T in Mk.) ] ἐν ὑμῖν, it will not be so among you (I hope), Mt. xx. 26; Mk. x. 43; ὑμεῖς οὐχ οὕτως sc. ἔσεσθε, Lk. xxii. 26; ἐὰν ἀφῶμεν αὐτὸν οὕτως sc. ποιοῦντα, thus as he has done hitherto [see ἀφίημι, 2 b.], Jn. xi. 48; it refers to similitudes and comparisons, and serves to adapt them to the case in hand, Mt. v. 16 (even so, i. e. as the lamp on the lamp-stand) ; Mt. xii. 45; xiii. 49; xviii. 14; xx. 16; Lk. xii. 21 [WH br. the vs.]; xv. 7,10; Jn. iii. 8; 1 Co. ix. 24; likewise οὕτως καί, Mt. xvii. 12; xviii. 35; xxiv. 33; Mk. xiii. 29; Lk. xvii. 10. οὕτως ἔχειν, to be so (Lat. sic or ita se habere): Acts vii. 1; xii, 15; xvii. 11; xxiv. 9. it serves to resume participles (Joseph. antt. 8, 11,1; b.j. 2, 8,5; see exx. fr. Grk. auth. in Passow s.v.1h.; [L.and 5. 5. ν.1. 77}: Acts xx. 11; xxvii. 17; but Jn. iv. 6 must not [with W. § 65, 9 fin.; B. § 144, 21] be referred to this head, see Meyer [and 5 d. below]; on Rey. iii. 5, see ὅ 6. below. it takes the place of an explanatory participial clause, i. q. matters being thus arranged, under these circumstances, in such a condition of things, [B. § 149,1; ef. W. § 60, 5]: Ro. v. 12 (this connection between sin and death being established [but this explanation of the οὕτως appears to be too general (cf. Meyer ad loc.)]); Heb. vi. 15 (i.e. since God had pledged the promise by an oath) ; i. q. things having been thus settled, this having been done, then: Mt. xi. 26; Acts vii. 8; xxviii. 14 ; 1 Co. xiv. 25; 1 Th.iv.17; 2 Pet. i. 11; ef. Fritzsche,Com. ad Rom. i. p. 298. Closely related to this use is that of οὕτως (like Lat. ita for itaque, igitur) in the sense of consequently [cf. Eng. so at the beginning of a sentence]: Mt. vii.17; Ro. i. 15; vi. 11; “ OUT@ Rey. iii. 16, ({ef. Fritzsche on Mt. p. 220]; Passow 5. v. 2; [L. and S.s. v. {||} 2. it prepares the way for what follows : Mt. vi. 9; Lk. xix. 31; Jn. xxi. 1; οὕτως ἦν, was arranged thus, was on this wise, [W. 465 (434); B. § 129, 11], Mt. i. 18; οὕτως ἐστὶ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ θεοῦ foll. by an infin., so is the will of God, that, 1 Pet. ii.15. before language quoted from the O. T.: Mt. ii. 5; Acts vii. 6; xiii. 834, 47; 1 Co. xv. 45; Heb. iv. 4. 3. with adjectives, so [Lat. ‘am, marking degree of intensity | : Heb. xii. 21; Rev. xvi. 18; postpositive, ri δειλοί ἐστε οὕτως; Mk. iv. 40 [L Tr WH om.]; in the same sense with adverbs, Gal. i. 6; or with verbs, so greatly, 1 Jn. iv. 11; οὕτως .. . ὥστε, Jn. iii. 16. οὐδέποτε ἐφάνη οὕτως, it was never seen in such fashion, i. 6. such an extraordinary sight, Mt. ix. 33 (ἐφάνη must be taken impersonally; ef. Bleek, Synopt. Erkliir. i. p. 406 [or Meyer ad loc.]) ; οὐδέποτε οὕτως εἴδομεν, we never saw it so, i. 6. with such astonishment, Mk. ii. 12. 4. οὕτως or οὕτως καί in comparison stands antithetic to an adverb or a relative pron. [W. § 53,5; ef. B. 362 (311) ¢.]: καθάπερ . . . οὕτως, Ro. xii. 4 sq.; 1 Co. xii. 12; 2 Co. viii. 11; καθὼς... οὕτως, Lk. xi. 80; xvii. 26; Jn. 11]. 14; ΧΙϊ 50. RLV. 51. ἂν, 4. 2 OO os exis ἘΠ eee be v. 3; οὕτως ... καθώς, Lk. xxiv. 24; Ro. xi. 26; Phil. iii. 17; os... οὕτως, Acts Vili. 32; xxiii. 11; Ro.v. 15, 18; 1 Co. vii. 17; 2Co. vii. 14; 1 Th. ii. 8; v. 2; ovras... as, Mk. iv. 26; Jn. vii. 46 [L WH om. Tr br. the el.]; 1 Co. iii. 15; iv. 1; ix. 26; Eph. v. 28; Jas. ii. 12; οὕτως ὡς .. μὴ ὡς, 2 Co. ix.5 [GL TTr WH]; ὥσπερ... .- οὕτως, Mt. xii. 40; xiii. 40; xxiv. 27, 37, 39; Lk. xvii. 24; Jn. v. 21, 26; Ro. v. 12, 19, 21; vi. 4; xi. 31; 1 Co. xi.12; xv. 22; xvi. 1; 2Co.i. 7 RG; Gal. iv. 29; Eph.v. 24 RG; after καθ᾽ ὅσον, Heb. ix. 27 sq.; οὕτως... ὃν τρόπον, Acts . οὕτως, 2 Tim. iii. 8 (Is. lii. 14); κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ἣν λέγουσιν αἵρεσιν οὕτω κτλ. after the Way (i. 6. as it requires [ef. ὁδός, 2 a. fin.]) so ete. Acts xxiv. 14. 5. Further, the foll. special uses deserve notice : a. (ἔχει) ὃς [better 6] μὲν οὕτως ὃς [better 6] δὲ οὕτως, one after this manner, another after that, i.e. different men in different ways, 1 Co. vii. 7 (ποτὲ μὲν οὕτως καὶ ποτὲ οὕτως φάγεται ἡ μάχαιρα, 2S. xi.25). db. οὕτως, in the manner known to αἰ, 1. 6. ace. to the context, so shamefully, 1 Co. v. 8. c. in that state in which one finds one’s self, such as one is, [ef. W. 465 (434) ]: τί με ἐποίησας οὕτως, Ro. ix. 20; οὕτως εἶναι, μένειν, of those who remain unmarried, 1 Co. vii. 26, 40; ὁ νικῶν οὕτως περιβαλεῖται Viz. as (i. 6. because he is) victor [al. in the manner described in vs. 4], Rev. iii. 5 L T Tr WH. d. thus forthwith, i. e. without hesitation [ef. Eng. off-hand, without ceremony, and the colloquial right, just]: Jn. iv. 6; ef. Passow 8. ν. 4 ; [L.and S. s. v. IV.; see 1 above; add Jn. xiii. 25 TWH Tr br. (cf. Green, Crit. Notes ad loc.) ] 6. in questions (Lat. sicine?) [Eng. exclamatory so then, what]: Mk. vii. 18 (Germ. sonach) [8]. take οὕτως here as expressive of degree. In Mt. xxvi. 40, however, many give it the sense spoken of; οἵ. too 1 Co. vi. 5]; οὕτως ἀποκρίνῃ ; 1. 6. so impudently, Jn. xviii. 22; with an adjective, so (very), Gal. iii. 3. [But these 1.11 ; xxvii. 25; ὃν τρόπον . . ao 469 exx., although classed together by Fritzsche also (Com. on Mark p. 150 sq.), seem to be capable of discrimination. The passage from Gal., for instance, does not seem to differ essentially from examples under 3 above. ] f In class. Grk. οὕτως often, after a conditional, concessive, or temporal protasis, introduces the apodosis (cf. Passow s.v.1h.; [L.and S.s.v. 1. 7]). 1 Th. iv. 14 and Rev. xi. 5 have been referred to thishead; B. 357 (307); [cf. W. § 60, 5 (esp. a.)]. But questionably; for in the first passage οὕτως may also be taken as equiv. to under these circumstances, i. e. if we believe what I have said [better ef. W.u. 8.1; in the second passage οὕτως denotes in the manner spoken of, i. e. by fire proceeding out of their mouth.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οὕτως houtōs 208x

thus, in this way, Mt. 1:18; 2:5; 5:16; et al. freq.; ὁς μὲν οὕτως, ὁς δὲ οὕτως, one so, and another so, one in one way, and another in another, 1 Cor. 7:7; so, Mt. 7:12; 12:40; 24:27, 37, et al. freq.; thus, under such circumstances, Acts 20:11; in such a condition, viz., one previously mentioned, Acts 27:17; 1 Cor. 7:26, 40; and, perhaps, Jn. 4:6; in an ordinary way, at ease, like Latin sic, perhaps, Jn. 4:6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οὕτως, rarely (Bl., § 5, 4; WH, App., 146 f.) οὕτω, adv.

(< οὗτος), [in LXX chiefly for כֵּן;]

in this way, so, thus; referring to what precedes: Mt 5:16 6:30, Mk 10:43 14:59, Lk 1:25 2:48 15:7, Jo 3:8, Ro 1:15, I Co 8:12, al.; οὕτως καί, Mt 17:12, Mk 13:29, al.; pleonastically, resuming a ptcp. (cl.; v. Bl., § 74, 6), Ac 20:11 27:17.

Referring to what follows: Mt 1:18 6:9, Lk 19:31, Jo 21:1, I Pe 2:15; bef. quotations from OT, Mt 2:5, Ac 7:6, I Co 15:45, He 4:4.

C. adj. (marking intensity): He 12:21, Re 16:18; similarly c. adv., Ga 1:6 (cl.).

As a predicate (Bl., § 76, 1): Mt 1:18 9:33, Mk 2:1, 2 4:26, Ro 4:18 9:20, I Pe 2:15; οὕ ἔχειν (Lat. sic or ita se habere), Ac 7:1, al.; ἐκαθέζετο (as he was, without delay or preparation), Jo 4:6.

In comparison, with correlative adv.: καθάπερ . . . οὕ., Ro 12:4, 5 al.; καθὼς . . . οὕ., Lk 11:30, al.; οὕ. . . . καθώς, Lk 24:24, al.; ὡς . . . οὕ., Ro 5:15, al.; οὕ . . . ὡς, Mk 4:26, al; ὥσπερ . . . οὕ., Mt 12:40, al.; οὕ. . . . οὕ., I Co 7:7.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

οὕτως (ohutō, ohutōs) — thus(-ly). οὕτως, and before a consonant οὕτω (but sometimes οὕτως before a consonant, [Refs 5th c.BC+], and οὕτω before a vowel is found in Epic dialect Poets and _Ionic dialect_ Prose, see near the end); in Attic dialect strengthened __A οὑτωσί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {οὗτος Α}:— adverb of οὗτος, in this way or manner, so, thus: οὕτως is antecedent to ὡς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect also οὕτως ὥσπερ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡσαύτως, ὥσπερ.., οὕτω καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οὕτως, ὅπως.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry also ὥστε.., οὕτω δὲ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] is frequently left out after ὡς, ὡς ἔδοξεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐποίουν ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —Sts. οὕτω or -ως refers to what follows, thus, as follows, οὕτω χρὴ ποιεῖν: ἐὰν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] followed by a quotation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ οὕτως even so, even on this supposition, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὕτω δή τι, see infr. III; also οὕτω που so I ween,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὣς ὁ μὲν οὕτως ἐστὶ σόος so in this way is he saved, [Refs 8th c.BC+] —Phrases: __A.1 οὕτω δὴ ἔσται so it shall be, ratifying what goes before,[Refs] alone in answers, even so, just so, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.2 emphatic with the imperative, just, without more ado, ἔρρ᾽ οὕτως [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but, οὕτω νῦν ἀπόπεμπε as you say, [Refs] __A.3 in wishes or prayers, so, i.e. if you grant my prayer, οὕτως ἔρως σοι.. τελεσφόρος γένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in protestations, so, i.e. only if what I say is true, οὕτως ὀναίμην τῶν τέκνων, μισῶ τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ (as in Engl., so help me God, so mote I thrive, etc.) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω.. νομιζοίμην σοφός, ὡς.. [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.4 in colloquial phrase, beginning a story, οὕτω ποτ᾽ ἦν μῦς καὶ γαλῆ there were once on a time.., [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.5 οὕτω with genitive, τούτων μὲν οὕτω so much for this, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὕτω καὶ τῶν οἰκονομικῶν (variant{τῷ -κῷ}) so also of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ Χαλκὶς.. τῆς Εὐβοίας.. κεῖται, οὕτω Χερρονήσου.. ἡ Καρδιανῶν πόλις as Chalcis in respect of Euboea.., so Cardia in respect of the Chersonese, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so οὕτως ἔχω τινός or περί τινος, see at {ἔχω} (A) [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.6 ὁ οὕτω καλούμενος, ὀνομαζόμενος, the so-called.., τῶν Ῥιπαίων οὕτω καλουμένων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ποταμὸς δῆμος οὕτω καλούμενος P., a deme of that name, [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.7 οὕτω, or οὕτω δή, frequently introduces the apodosis after a protasis, ἐπειδὴ περιελήλυθε ὁ πόλεμος.., οὕτω δὴ Γέλωνος μνῆστις γέγονε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially after parts., ἐν κλιβάνῳ πνίξαντες, οὕτω τρώγουσι, i.e. ἐπειδὰν πνίξωσιν, οὕτω.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so also after the genitive absolutely, ὡς.. τῶν ἡγεμόνων ὑμῖν μὴ μεμπτῶν γεγενημένων, οὕτω τὴν γνώμην ἔχετε [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.II sometimes in a really inferential sense, as we say so for therefore, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.III to such an extent, so, so much, so very, so excessively, καλὸς οὕτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρυμνόθεν οὕτως so entirely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς δ᾽ οὕτως ἄνους ὃς.. ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also δυσχείμερος αὕτη ἡ.. χώρη οὕτω δή τί ἐστι, ἔνθα (i. e. ὥστε ἐνταῦθα) τοὺς μὲν ὀκτὼ τῶν μηνῶν ἀφόρητος οἷος γίνεται κρυμός [Refs 5th c.BC+] so excessively hard, you could scarcely break them, [Refs] __A.III.2 with superlative adjective, τῆς οὕτω μεγίστης ἐγχειρήσεως ἀποσφαλείς [Refs 1st c.BC+] __A.IV sometimes, like{αὔτως}, with a diminishing power, so, merely so, simply, in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὺς ὀδόντας.. οὕτως ἂν τοῖς δακτύλοις αὐτοῖς.. παρατρίβειν, i.e. without a dentifrice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, off-hand, at once, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ οὕτως ἄπει ; so, without a word more.. ? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ στραφεὶς οὕτως ἴω ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς οὕτω γ᾽ ἀκοῦσαι at first hearing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ.. οὕτως ἄπει, = impune, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __A.V as Hebraism, οὕτως, = such a person (thing), οὕτως οὐδέποτε εἴδαμεν [LXX+NT] __B Position of οὕτω or οὕτως, mostly before the word which it limits, but in Poets sometimes after, καλὸς οὕτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔρημος οὕτω, ἄγαν οὕτω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely at the end of a clause, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: sometimes separated from the word which it limits, οὕτως ἔχει τι δεινόν ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὕτω δ᾽ ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ.., ὥστε.. [Refs 4th c.BC+] __C Prosody. The last syllable of οὕτω is short before a vowel in [Refs 8th c.BC+]. The ι of οὑτωσί is always long, see at {οὗτος} [near the start]

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