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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 171 times in 147 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Jdg 20:31–Psa 102:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:22 - And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:7 - And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:7 - And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:27 - And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:22 - And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:27 - The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:11 - And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 - I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:12 - Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:14 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:12 - I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:5 - Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:2 - For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:20 - But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 - But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:14 - Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:2 - Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 - And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:4 - Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:8 - As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:9 - Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:5 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:7 - I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:6 - He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:20 - As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:13 - He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:10 - Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 83:14 - As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 - The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:5 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:3 - For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:7 - I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

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