Meaning
Thus <1,,3779,houtos or houto> "in this way, so, thus," is used (a) with reference to what precedes, e.g., Luk 1:25, Luk 2:48; (b) with reference to what follows, e.g., Luk 19:31, rendered "on this wise," in Mat 1:18, Joh 21:1, and before quotations, Act 7:6, Act 13:34, Rom 10:6, AV (RV, "thus"); Heb 4:4; (c) marking intensity, rendered "so," e.g., Gal 1:6, Heb 2:21, Rev 16:18; (d) in comparisons, rendered "so," e.g., Luk 11:30, Rom 5:15. See FASHION, B, LIKEWISE, Note (1), MANNER, C, No. 2, So, Note (1).
Note (1) Touto, the neuter of houtos, "this," is transalted "thus" in 2Co 1:17, 2Co 5:14, Phi 3:15; the neuter plural, tauta, "these things," e.g., in Luk 18:11, Luk 19:28, Joh 9:6, Joh 11:43, Joh 13:21, Joh 20:14, Act 19:41. (2) Tade, these things (the neuter plural of hode, "this"), is translated "thus" in Act 21:11. (3) In Luk 17:30, AV, kata tauta, lit., "according to these things," is rendered "thus" (RV, "after the same manner," follows the reading kata ta auta, lit., "according to the same things").
