Strong G5619ὡσπερεί
just as if
- Transliteration
- hōsperei
- Pronunciation
- hoce-per-i'
- Morphology
- Greek Conjunction
Definition
Detailed definition
ὡσ-περ-εί
adv.,
as, as it were: 1Co.15:8.†
(AS)
adv.,
as, as it were: 1Co.15:8.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5619 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- as1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὡσπερεί
or ὥσπερ εἰ, adverb just as if, with indicative, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1201; with _optative_, ὥσπερ τις εἴ σοι.. μηδὲν διδοίη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 776)]; τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι to say 'as it were', [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 32.3)]; ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.37)]: with Nouns or parts., as it were, ὡ. ψῆτταν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 115; ὡ. προκείμενον [prev. author] “Ec.” 537; ἃ ὡ. στοιχεῖα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 422a.)]
II ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (properly elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ.., or the like), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 479a, “Prt.” 311b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.148, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2)]; Doric dialect ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι they gape as it were 'by numbers' [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 25)]; ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ with imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420c: compare ὥσπερ 1.2.)]
or ὥσπερ εἰ, adverb just as if, with indicative, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1201; with _optative_, ὥσπερ τις εἴ σοι.. μηδὲν διδοίη 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 776)]; τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι to say 'as it were', [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 32.3)]; ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.37)]: with Nouns or parts., as it were, ὡ. ψῆτταν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 115; ὡ. προκείμενον [prev. author] “Ec.” 537; ἃ ὡ. στοιχεῖα τῶν ἄλλων ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 422a.)]
II ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (properly elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ.., or the like), [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 479a, “Prt.” 311b, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.148, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.2)]; Doric dialect ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι they gape as it were 'by numbers' [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 25)]; ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ with imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 420c: compare ὥσπερ 1.2.)]