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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 - When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[fn] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary[fn] and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:21 - Now those who had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - Then the spirit cried out, convulsed him greatly, and came out of him. And he became as one dead, so that many said, “He is dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 - Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:14 - For there were about five thousand men. Then He said to His disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of fifty.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took Peter, John, and James and went up on the 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 a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:59 - Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - Now it was[fn] about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:11 - And their words seemed to them like idle tales, and they did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 - And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples[fn] (altogether the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - Then those who gladly[fn] received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:3 - About the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:13 - And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:12 - Like a cloak You will fold them up,
And they will be changed.
But You are the same,
And Your years will not fail.”[fn]
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