Strong G5616ὡσεί

like/as/about

Transliteration
hōsei
Pronunciation
ho-si'
Morphology
Greek Preposition

Definition

From G5613 and G1487; as if: - about as (it had been it were) like (as).

Detailed definition

ὡσεί
adv.,
__(a) as if,.as it were, like as, like: Mat.3:16 9:36, Act.2:3 6:15, Rom.6:13, Heb.1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι) ὡσεί, Mrk.9:26, Luk.22:44 ([WH] R, mg., om.), Luk.24:11;
__(b) in calculation, and with numbers, about: Mat.14:21, Luk.3:23 9:14, 28 22:41, 59 23:44, Act.2:41 10:3 19:7; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, Luk.22:41.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5616 appears in 34 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • about18
  • as8
  • like5
  • be3

First verses

  1. Matthew 3:16
    And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
  2. Matthew 9:36
    But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
  3. Matthew 14:21
    And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
  4. Matthew 28:3
    His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
  5. Matthew 28:4
    And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
  6. Mark 1:10
    And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
  7. Mark 6:44
    And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
  8. Mark 9:26
    And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
  9. Luke 1:56
    And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
  10. Luke 3:22
    And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
  11. Luke 3:23
    And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
  12. Luke 9:14
    For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
  13. Luke 9:28
    And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
  14. Luke 22:41
    And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
  15. Luke 22:44
    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
  16. Luke 22:59
    And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilean.
  17. Luke 23:44
    And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
  18. Luke 24:11
    And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
  19. John 1:32
    And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
  20. John 4:6
    Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὡσεί
or ὡς εἰ, adverb as if, as though; with various moods:
I with optative, ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.780, compare 11.389, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.314, etc.)]
I.2 ὡσεί τε with subjunctive, ἐρίλησ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.481.)]
I.3 ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, with indicative, ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.492; φιάλαν ὡς εἴ τις.. δωρήσεται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.1.)]
II in comparisons, like, just as, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.59, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.36, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 290, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 11.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 653, “El.” 234 (Lyric poetry))], etc.: with participle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.374, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 194; ὡς εἴ τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.474)]; with verb supplied, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.112)]; ὡσεί περ with participle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 189, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.163 (nisi to be read εἰ περὶ σεῦ))]; ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 215.)]
II.2 ὡς εἴτε as it were, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.44.)]
III with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about, ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.109, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.2.9, LXX.Gen.24.55, +others, NT.Matt.14.21, +others)]