As
az: Conj. and adverb (usually Greek hos hosper, kathos), designating:
(2) Limitation (with respect to a particular aspect or relation) (1Pe 4:15,16).
(3) Time (Lu 8:5; 15:25; Ac 8:36).
(4) Cause (1Co 4:1).
(5) Concession (Joh 7:10; 2Co 11:21).
(6) Illustration, in numerous passages, beginning "as it is written," "as it is said," etc.