Strong's Greek Concordance

G5616: ὡσεί

hōseí · “like/as/about”

Definition

as if

KJV translates it as: about, as (it had been, it were), like (as)

Word origin: from G5613 (ὡς) and G1487 (εἰ);

Extended definition

ὡσεί
adv.,
(a) as 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;
(b) in 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.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G5616 is translated

  • about ×11
  • as ×5
  • like ×3
  • as if ×2
  • of about ×1

Bible verses with G5616 (hōseí)

Hōseí appears in 21 verses.

  • Matthew 3:16

    And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

  • Matthew 9:36

    But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

  • Matthew 14:21

    And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

  • Mark 6:44

    And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

  • Mark 9:26

    And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

  • Luke 3:23

    And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

  • Luke 9:14

    For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

  • Luke 9:28

    And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

  • Luke 22:41

    And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

  • Luke 22:44

    And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  • Luke 22:59

    And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilean.

  • Luke 23:44

    And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

  • Luke 24:11

    And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

  • Acts 1:15

    And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

  • Acts 2:3

    And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

  • Acts 2:41

    Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

  • Acts 6:15

    And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

  • Acts 10:3

    He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

  • Acts 19:7

    And all the men were about twelve.

  • Romans 6:13

    Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

  • Hebrews 1:12

    And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.