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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 Box Mat 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 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 G5616 a dove, and lighting upon him:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as G5616 sheep having no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:21 - And they that had eaten were about G5616 five thousand men, beside women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as G5616 one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 - And Jesus himself began to be about G5616 thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:14 - For they were about G5616 five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - And it came to pass about G5616 an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:41 - And he was withdrawn from them about G5616 a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were G5616 great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:59 - And about G5616 the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was about G5616 the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:11 - And their words seemed to them as G5616 idle tales, and they believed them not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 - And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as G5616 of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about G5616 three thousand souls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been G5616 the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:3 - He saw in a vision evidently about G5616 the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:7 - And all the men were about G5616 twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:12 - And as G5616 a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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