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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 10 times in 10 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:56 - And Mary abode with her about G5616 three months, and returned to her own house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:22 - And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like G5616 a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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 BoxLuk 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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