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, 
Acts 14:1; 
τοσοῦτος, 
Matthew 15:33 (so many loaves as to fill etc.); without a demonstrative preceding (where 
ὥστε defines more accurately the magnitude, extent, or quantity), 
Matthew 8:24, 
28; 
Matthew 12:22; 
Matthew 13:2, 
32, 
54; 
Matthew 15:31; 
Matthew 27:14; 
Mark 1:27, 
45; 
Mark 2:2, 
12; 
Mark 3:10, 
20; 
Mark 4:1, 
32, 
37; 
Mark 9:26; 
Mark 15:5; 
Luke 5:7; 
Luke 12:1; 
Acts 1:19; 
Acts 5:15; 
Acts 15:39; 
Acts 16:26; 
Acts 19:10, 
12, 
16; 
Romans 7:6; 
Romans 15:19; 
1 Corinthians 1:7; 
1 Corinthians 5:1; 
1 Corinthians 13:2; 
2 Corinthians 1:8; 
2 Corinthians 2:7; 
2 Corinthians 3:7; 
2 Corinthians 7:7; 
Philippians 1:13; 
1 Thessalonians 1:7; 
2 Thessalonians 1:4; 
2 Thessalonians 2:4; 
Hebrews 13:6; 
1 Peter 1:21; it is used also of a designed result, 
so as to equivalent to in order to, for to, Matthew 10:1; 
Matthew 24:24 (their design); 
Matt. 27:1; 
Luke 4:29 (
Rec. εἰς τό); 
Luke 9:52 (
L marginal reading 
WH ὡς, which see III.); and 
L T Tr WH in 
Luke 20:20 (
R G εἰς τό) (1 Macc. 1:49 1 Macc. 4:2, 28 1 Macc. 10:3; 2 Macc. 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): 
Galatians 2:13, and often in secular authors; preceded by 
οὕτως, 
John 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)), 
Matthew 12:12; 
Matthew 19:6; 
Matthew 23:31; 
Mark 2:28; 
Mark 10:8; 
Romans 7:4, 
12; 
Romans 13:2; 
1 Corinthians 3:7; 
1 Corinthians 7:38; 
1 Corinthians 11:27; 
1 Corinthians 14:22; 
2 Corinthians 4:12; 
2 Corinthians 5:16; 
Galatians 3:9, 
24; 
Galatians 4:7, 
16; once with a hortatory subjunctive, 
1 Corinthians 5:8 (here 
L marginal reading indicative). before an imperative: 
1 Corinthians 3:21; (
1 Corinthians 4:5); 
1 Cor. 10:12; 
11:33; 
14:39; 
15:58; 
Philippians 2:12; 
Philippians 4:1; 
1 Thessalonians 4:18; 
James 1:19 (
L T Tr WH read 
ἴστε; cf. p. 174{a} top); 
1 Peter 4:19. 
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