Dictionary entry

G05618

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὥσπερ

I. "just as if, even as", Lat. quasi, tanquam, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις Aesch., ὥσπερ τις μηδὲν διδοίη Soph.

II. ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (which properly is elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ..), Plat.