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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 34 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:36 - And having seen the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, that they were faint and cast aside, as sheep not having a shepherd,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:21 - and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:3 - and his countenance was as lightning, and his clothing white as snow,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:4 - and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:10 - and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:44 - and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:26 - and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:56 - And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:22 - and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, saying, 'Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:23 - And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of Joseph,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:14 - for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, 'Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:28 - And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to 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, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:44 - and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:59 - And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, 'Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:44 - And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:11 - and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:32 - And John testified, saying -- 'I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:10 - And Jesus said, 'Make the men to sit down;' and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - and it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, 'Lo, your king!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:39 - and Nicodemus also came -- who came unto Jesus by night at the first -- bearing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, as it were, a hundred pounds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - and there appeared to them divided tongues, as it were of fire; it sat also upon each one of them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:41 - then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:4 - and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:36 - for before these days rose up Theudas, saying, that himself was some one, to whom a number of men did join themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 6:15 - and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:18 - And immediately there fell from his eyes as it were scales, he saw again also presently, and having risen, was baptized,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:3 - he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, 'Cornelius;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:7 - and all the men were, as it were, twelve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:12 - and as a mantle Thou shall roll them together, and they shall be changed, and Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - wherefore, also from one were begotten -- and that of one who had become dead -- as the stars of the heaven in multitude, and as sand that is by the sea-shore -- the innumerable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:14 - and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
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