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ὡσεί

As if

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ὡσεί G5616
Pronunciation hōseí

What does ὡσεί (hōseí) mean in the Bible?

ὡσεί (hōseí) is a Greek word meaning "as if". ὡσεί adv.

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Meaning

as if
Extended definition

adv.,

aas if, .as it were, like as, like: Mat.3:16 9:36, Act.2:3 6:15, Rom.6:13, Heb.1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι) ὡσεί, Mrk.9:26, Luk.22:44 ([WH] R, mg., om.), Luk.24:11;
bin calculation, and with numbers, about: Mat.14:21, Luk.3:23 9:14, 28 22:41, 59 23:44, Act.2:41 10:3 19:7; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, Luk.22:41.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 14:21 · Luke 3:23 · Luke 9:14 · Luke 9:28 · Luke 22:41 · Luke 22:59 · Luke 23:44 · Acts 2:41 · Acts 10:3 · Acts 19:7 11×
Matt 3:16 · Matt 9:36 · Mark 9:26 · Luke 22:44 · Luke 24:11 · Acts 2:3 · Acts 6:15 · Rom 6:13 · Heb 1:12 9×
20 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ὡσεί · ἡμέρα · ὀκτώ G5616, G2250, G3638
about eight days
Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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