ὡς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ὡς

   hôs

   as
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸀ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς.

   TA DE hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU e-YE-ne-to leu-KA hôs TO PHÔS

   and his the clothes became white as the light
3. sentence🔊 καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸀ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς.

   KAI me-te-mor-PHÔ-thê EM-pros-then au-TÔN KAI E-lamp-sen TO PRO-so-pon au-TOU hôs HO HÊ-li-os TA DE hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU e-YE-ne-to leu-KA hôs TO PHÔS

   and he was transfigured before them and his the face shone like the sun and his the clothes became white as the light

Exegesis

A second kai introduces elampsen {καὶ ἔλαμψεν | kaí élampsen} ‘shone’, again in the aorist, which takes to prosōpon autou {τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ | tó prósōpon autoû} ‘His face’ as its nominative subject, with the simile hōs ho hēlios {ὡς ὁ ἥλιος | hōs ho hḗlios} ‘like the sun’ intensifying the visual brilliance through natural comparison.

The particle de in ta de himatia autou {τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ | tá dé himátia autoû} ‘but His garments’ signals a slight shift of focus to His clothing, followed by the middle aorist egeneto leuka {ἐγένετο λευκὰ | egéneto leuká} ‘became white’ and the comparative simile hōs to phōs {ὡς τὸ φῶς | hōs tó phōs} ‘like the light’, which parallels the earlier imagery to underscore the totality of His radiant transformation. The three coordinated clauses linked by “and” (and “but” for de) preserve the narrative flow and highlight the unfolding visual revelation.

Root and etymology

phōs🔊 φῶςphi–omega–sigma

“light, brightness”

• 🔊 φωτίζωphōtizōto enlighten, give lightJohn 1:9
• 🔊 φωτειζωphi–omega–tau–epsilon–iota–zeta–omegato shine, give lightRevelation 21:23