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Lexicon :: Strong's G5616 - hōsei

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ὡσεί
Transliteration
hōsei (Key)
Pronunciation
ho-si'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
21x in 1 unique form(s) TR
34x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
171x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὡσεί hōseí, ho-si'; from G5613 and G1487; as if:—about, as (it had been, it were), like (as).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G5616 in the following manner: about (18x), as (7x), like (5x), as it had been (2x), as it were (1x), like as (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G5616 in the following manner: about (18x), as (7x), like (5x), as it had been (2x), as it were (1x), like as (1x).

  1. as it were, (had been), as though, as, like as, like

  2. about, nearly

    1. before numerals

    2. before a measure of time

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὡσεί hōseí, ho-si'; from G5613 and G1487; as if:—about, as (it had been, it were), like (as).
STRONGS G5616:
ὡσεί (ὡς and εἰ (Tdf. Proleg., p. 110)), adverb, from Homer down, properly, as if, i. e.
a. as it were (had been), as though, as, like as, like: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 9:36 (Treg. ὡς); Luke 3:22 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Acts 2:3; Acts 6:15; Acts 9:18 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Romans 6:13 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 1:12; also Rec. in Mark 1:10; John 1:32; γίνεσθαι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:4 R G; Mark 9:26; Luke 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passive); εἶναι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:3 (L T Tr WH ὡς), and Rec. in Hebrews 11:12 and Revelation 1:14; φαίνεσθαι ὡσεί τί, to appear like a thing, Luke 24:11.
b. about, nearly:
α. before numerals: Matthew 14:21; Luke 1:56 (R G); Luke 3:23; 9:14,28; 22:41,59; 23:44; John 6:10 (R G L (others ὡς)); Acts 2:41; Acts 4:4 (R G); Acts 10:3 (in L T Tr WH it is strengthened here by the addition of περί); Acts 19:7; also, Rec. in Mark 6:44; R G in John 4:6; John 19:14 (G?), 39; Acts 5:36; Lachmann in John 6:19 (Judges 3:29; Nehemiah 7:66; Xenophon, Hell. 1, 2, 9; 2, 4, 25).
β. before a measure of space: ὡσεί λίθου βολήν, Luke 22:41.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Judges
3:29
Nehemiah
7:66
Matthew
3:16; 9:36; 14:21; 28:3; 28:4
Mark
1:10; 6:44; 9:26
Luke
1:56; 3:22; 3:23; 9:14; 9:28; 22:41; 22:41; 22:44; 22:59; 23:44; 24:11
John
1:32; 4:6; 6:10; 6:19; 19:14
Acts
2:3; 2:41; 4:4; 5:36; 6:15; 9:18; 10:3; 19:7
Romans
6:13
Hebrews
1:12; 11:12
Revelation
1:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5616 matches the Greek ὡσεί (hōsei),
which occurs 21 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - After Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he (John) saw the [fn]Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him (Jesus),

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 -

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them, because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:21 - There were about 5,000 men who ate, besides women and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - After screaming out and throwing him into a terrible convulsion, it came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse [so still and pale] that many [of the spectators] said, “He is dead!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 -

When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son [by marriage] of Eli,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:14 - (For there were [fn]about 5,000 men.) And He said to His disciples, “Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 -

Now about eight days after these teachings, He took along Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His [fn]sweat became like drops of blood, falling down on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:59 - After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, “This man was with Him, for he is a Galilean too.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 -

It was now about the sixth hour (noon), and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.),

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:11 - But their report seemed to them like idle talk and nonsense, and they would not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 -

Now on one of these days Peter stood up among the brothers and sisters (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty believers was there) and he said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - There appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were being distributed [among them], and they rested on each one of them [as each person received the Holy Spirit].

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - So then, those who accepted his message were baptized; and on that day about [fn]3,000 souls were added [to the body of believers].

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - Then all those who were sitting in the Council, stared [intently] at him, and they saw that Stephen’s face was like the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:3 - About the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.) of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had come to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:7 - There were about twelve men in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer yourselves to God [in a decisive act] as those alive [raised] from the dead [to a new life], and your members [all of your abilities—sanctified, set apart] as instruments of righteousness [yielded] to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:12 -

AND LIKE A ROBE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP;

LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL BE CHANGED.

BUT [fn]YOU ARE THE SAME [forever],

AND YOUR YEARS WILL NEVER END.”

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