Definition

as thus, i.e. in the same way

Etymology

from G5613 (ὡς) and an adverb from G846 (αὐτός);

Where the KJV renders it

• even so
• likewise
• after the same (in like) manner

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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