just as

Greek Conjunction

ὥσ-περ adv., just as, even as: Mat.6:2 20:28, Act.3:17, 1Co.8:5, 1Th.5:3 al; in protasis, with οὕτως (καί) in apodosis: Mat.12:40, Luk.17:24, Jhn.5:21, Rom.5:19, Gal.4:29, Jas.2:26, al (AS)

just as

Greek Conjunction

ὥσπερ, or ὥς περ, adverb of Manner, like as, even as, ζῆν ὥ. ἤδη ζῇς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1396; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν, ὥ. οὐχὶ σῴζεται [Refs]; but the Verb is more often left to be supplied, οὔ τι κατακρύπτουσιν, ὥ. Κύκλωπες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔξεστί θ᾽, ὥ. Ἡγέλοχος, ἡμῖν λέγειν. [Refs 8th c.BC+] and περ, e.g. ὡς σύ περ αὐτή, ὡς τὸ πάρος περ, ὡς ἔσεταί περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as for instance, ὅταν χορὸς. γίγνηται, ὥ. [ὁ] εἰς Ηλον πεμπόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ differs from ὡς in [Refs 8th c.BC+], in that it seldom has an antecedent expressed, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+], τηλίκου ὥ. ἐγώ; also in [Refs 8th c.BC+], ὣς δ᾽ αὔτως, ὥ. ὑπέστ; but in Trag. and Attic dialect ὥ. is very frequently after demonstrative words; before οὕτως, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καὶ, οὕτω καὶ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ, ὧδε. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αὐτοῦ ὥ. εἶχον just as they were, then and there, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καὶ τὸν δαελὸν σβῆτε ὥ. ἔχει on the spot, [Refs] ὥ. ἔχει δόξης [Refs 5th c.BC+]just exactly as, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. καί even as, ὡς καὶ ἐγώ περ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after ὁ αὐτός, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) ὥσπερ ἄν with subjunctive, see below[Refs]; with optative, ὥσπερ ἄν τις. λέγοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) to limit or modify an assertion or apologize for a metaphor, as it were, so to speak, ὥ. ἀκονιτί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in later Gk. sometimes after the word to which it refers, ἐσφιγμένον ὥ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; βάθρον ὥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently with parts, ὥ. ἐγγελῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. τι τῶν ἄλλων εὐλόγως πεποιηκότες as if they had done, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥ. ἐξόν as if it were in our power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with a change of construction, ὥ. τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦτον ἔχοντα ἀνάγκην, καὶ οὔτε. οἷόν τε εἴη γενέσθαι [Refs]; τὴν ὥ. ἐπὶ τοῦ δίφρου ἕδραν a seat like that used in the chariot, [Refs] III) rarely of Time, III.1) ὥσπερ ἄν ={ἕως ἄν}, so long as, or however long (compare ὡς Ad. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) as soon as, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) after a comparative (compare ὡς Ab. [Refs 6th c.BC+].—Cf. ὡσπερεί, ὥσπερ οὖν.

Greek

Adverb

just as, i.e. exactly like; (even, like) as; from g5613 (ὡς) and g4007 (περ)