As (Hastings' Dictionary)

There are some obs. n.ses of this conj., but they are mostly quite intelligible. 1. As concern- ing occurs Lv .r-«, 1 Ch 26^', Ac 28-^ Ro 9» 1 1'^, 1 Co 8', 2 Co 11-', Ph 4'° ; and as concerning (h/it, Ac 13* 'as c. that he raised him up from the dead' (Gr. simply fin) ; as pertaining, Ro 4', He 9" ; as touch- ing, Gn 27", 1 S 2u=s, 2 K 22'», Mt 18'»22", Mk 12-«, Ac 5^» 21», Ro 11», 1 Co 8' 16", 2 Co 9', Ph 3», 1 Th 4», 2 Es 15. In these phrases (the Gr.

is generally a simple prep, ^vl, Kard, and esp. irepl) the as is now dropped. So in whenas. Sir I'rol. i. ' whenas thereiore the first Jesus died,' Sir 33', 2 Mac 15-" ; while as, He 9 ; what time as, Bar V, 1 Mac 5", 2 Mac I' ; like as, Jer232>' ' Is not my word like as a fire ? ',\Vi8 18" ; as it were. Rev 8'° ' burning as it were a lamp ' (RV ' as a torch ') ; cf. Ps 14, Pr. Bk. ' eating up my peojile as it were bread.'

On the other hand as='aa if in Ac 10", Rev 5" ' a Lamb as it had been slain ' (lis, RV as though'), 13. <4 stands for 'that' in 1 Mac lo 12" 'so as we are delivered from our enemies.' In Lk 2" it is an adv. 'as the angels were gone away from them into heaven ' (ws, RV ' when '). J. HA.STI.Vf;s.