Lexicon hósei: as if, as it were, like Original Word: ὡσείPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: hósei Phonetic Spelling: (ho-si') Short Definition: as if, as it were, like, about Definition: as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originadverb from hós and eiDefinitionas if, as it were, like NASB Translationabout (10), about* (1), like (3), much like (1), some (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5616: ὡσείὡσεί ( 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); ; John 6:10 (R G L (others ὡς)); Acts 2:41; Acts 4:4 (R G); (in L T Tr WH it is strengthened here by the addition of περί); ; 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.
Strong's like, about From hos and ei; as if -- about, as (it had been, it were), like (as). see GREEK hos see GREEK ei |
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