AS

az: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating:

(1) Likeness: (a) between nouns (Genesis 3:5 Judges 6:5 Philippians 2:8 Hebrews 11:27, 29); (b) between verbs (Luke 6:36 John 5:30 1 Corinthians 10:7); (c) between adjectives (1 Corinthians 15:48).

(2) Limitation (with respect to a particular aspect or relation) (1 Peter 4:15, 16).

(3) Time (Luke 8:5; Luke 15:25 Acts 8:36).

(4) Cause (1 Corinthians 4:1).

(5) Concession (John 7:10 2 Corinthians 11:21).

(6) Illustration, in numerous passages, beginning "as it is written," "as it is said," etc.