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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)

From ὡς (G5613) and εἰ (G1487)

Greek Inflections of ὡσεί [?]

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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 Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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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

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Strong's Number G5616 matches the Greek ὡσεί (hōsei),
which occurs 171 times in 147 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Gen 19:28 - and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the surrounding area; and [fn]behold, he saw the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a [fn]furnace.

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Gen 24:55 - But her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.”

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Gen 25:25 - Now the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau.

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Gen 41:49 - Joseph stored up grain [fn]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped [fn]measuring it, for it was [fn]beyond measure.

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“Dan^H1835 shall judge^H1777 his people^H5971,

As one^H259 of the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478.

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The LORD^H3068 furthermore^H5750 said^H559 to him, “Now^H4994 put^H935 your hand^H3027 inside the fold^H2436 of^H2436 your robe^H2436.” So he put^H935 his hand^H3027 inside the fold^H2436, and when he took^H3318 it out^H3318, behold^H2009, his hand^H3027 was leprous^H6879 like snow^H7950.

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“The waters^H8415 cover^H3680 them;

They went^H3381 down^H3381 into the depths^H4688 like^H3644 a stone^H68.

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“At the blast^H7307 of Your nostrils^H639 the waters^H4325 were piled^H6192 up,

The flowing^H5140 waters^H4325 stood^H5324 up^H5324 like^H3644 a heap^H5067;

The depths^H8415 were congealed^H7087 in the heart^H3820 of the sea^H3220.

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“You blew^H5398 with Your wind^H7307, the sea^H3220 covered^H3680 them;

They sank^H6749 like lead^H5777 in the mighty^H117 waters^H4325.

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Exo 19:4 - ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself.

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Exo 24:10 - and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet [fn]there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, [fn]as clear as the sky itself.

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Exo 24:17 - And to the eyes of the sons of Israel, the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountain top.

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Exo 28:33 - “You shall make on its hem pomegranates of violet, purple, and scarlet material all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around:

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Num 11:7 -

Now the manna^H4478 was like coriander^H1407 seed^H2233, and its appearance^H5869 like that of [fn]bdellium^H916.

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Now a wind^H7307 burst^H5265 forth^H5265 from the LORD^H3068 and it brought^H1468 quail^H7958 from the sea^H3220, and dropped^H5203 them beside^H5921 the camp^H4264, about a day’s^H3117 journey^H1870 on this^H3541 side and a day’s^H3117 journey^H1870 on the other^H3541 side all^H5439 around^H5439 the camp^H4264, and about [fn]two cubits^H520 deep on the surface^H6440 of the ground^H776.

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Num 12:12 - “Oh, do not let her be like a dead person, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”

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Num 13:33 - “We also saw the [fn]Nephilim there (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we were like [fn]grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.”

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“Like [fn]valleys^H5158 that stretch^H5186 out^H5186,

Like gardens^H1593 beside^H5921 a river^H5104,

Like aloes^H174 planted^H5193 by the LORD^H3068,

Like cedars^H730 beside^H5921 the waters^H4325.

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Deu 10:22 - “Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven.

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Deu 11:10 - “For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it [fn]by your foot like a vegetable garden.

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“The LORD^H3068 will bring^H5375 a nation^H1471 against^H5921 you from far^H7350 away^H7350, from the end^H7097 of the earth^H776, as the eagle^H5404 swoops^H1675 down^H1675; a nation^H1471 whose^H834 language^H3956 you will not understand^H8085,

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Deu 28:62 - “Then you will be left few in [fn]number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not [fn]obey the LORD your God.

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Deu 29:28 - and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger, fury, and in great wrath, and hurled them into another land, as it is this day.’

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“May my teaching^H3948 drip^H6201 as the rain^H4306,

My speech^H565 trickle^H5140 as the dew^H2919,

As droplets^H8164 on the fresh^H1877 grass^H1877,

And as the showers^H7241 on the vegetation^H6212.

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Jos 3:15 - and when those who were carrying the ark came up to the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark [fn]stepped down into the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest),

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Jos 7:4 - So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled [fn]from the men of Ai.

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Jos 10:2 - that [fn]he feared greatly because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.

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Jos 14:11 - “I am still as strong today as I was on the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in.

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Jdg 3:29 - They struck and killed about ten thousand Moabites at that time, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.

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Jdg 6:16 - Yet the LORD said to him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will [fn]defeat Midian as one man.”

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Jdg 8:10 -

Now Zebah^H2078 and Zalmunna^H6759 were in Karkor^H7174, and their [fn]armies^H4264 with them, about fifteen^H2568^H6240 thousand^H505 men, all^H3605 who were left^H3498 of the entire^H3605 [fn]army^H4264 of the [fn]people^H1121 of the east^H6924; for the fallen^H5307 were 120,000^H3967^H6242^H505 [fn]swordsmen^H376^H8025^H2719.

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Then he said^H559 to Zebah^H2078 and Zalmunna^H6759, “Where^H375 were the men^H376 whom^H834 you killed^H2026 at Tabor^H8396?” But they said^H559, “You and they were alike^H3644, each one^H259 [fn]resembling^H8389 the son^H1121 of a king^H4428.”

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Jdg 9:49 - So all the people also cut down, each one, his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on top of the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

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Jdg 14:6 - And the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him, so that he tore it apart as one tears apart a young goat, though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

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When he came^H935 to Lehi^H3896, the Philistines^H6430 shouted^H7321 as they met^H7122 him. And the Spirit^H7307 of the LORD^H3068 rushed^H6743 upon^H5921 him so that the ropes^H5688 that were on his arms^H2220 were like flax^H6593 that has burned^H1197 with fire^H784, and his restraints^H612 [fn]dropped^H4549 from his hands^H3027.

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Jdg 16:27 - Now the house was full of men and women, and all the governors of the Philistines were there. And about three thousand men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was entertaining them.

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