G5616: ὡσεί (hōseí)

G5616 ὡσεί (hōseí)

Greek

Quick Definition

ὡσεί Adv as if, as it were, like, about

Strong's Definition

from 5613 and 1487; as if

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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὡσεί (G5616)

part. | ὡς + εἰ

64.12 · Comparison

as, like a relatively weak marker of a relationship between events or states

MAT 3:16 · MAT 9:36 · MRK 9:26 · LUK 22:44 · LUK 24:11 · ACT 2:3 · ACT 6:15 · ROM 6:13 · HEB 1:12

78.42 · Degree · About, Approximately, Almost, Hardly [Approximate Degree]

about, approximately a degree which approximates a point on a scale of extent, either above or below

MAT 14:21 · LUK 3:23 · LUK 9:14 · LUK 9:14 · LUK 9:28 · LUK 22:41 · LUK 22:59 · LUK 23:44 · ACT 2:41 · ACT 10:3 · ACT 19:7

¹ Though ὡσεί literally consists of ὡς and εἰ (as if), in most cases all or at least most of the conditional aspect of the meaning has been lost.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ὡσ-εί, (ὡς and εἰ [ΤᾺ Proleg. p. 1107), adv., fr. Hom. down, prop. as i, i. 6. a. as it were (had been), as though, as, like as, like: Mt. iii. 16; ix. 36 [Treg. os]; Lk. iii. 22 (L T Tr WH os); Acts ii. 3; vi. 15; ix. 18 [LT Tr WH os]; Ro. vi. 18 LT Tr WH; Heb. i. 12; also Rec. in Mk.i.10; Jn. i. 32; γίνεσθαι ὡσεῖ, Mt. xxviii. 4 RG; Mk. ix. 26; Lk. xxii. 44 [L br. WH reject the pass.]; εἶναι ὡσεί, Mt. xxviii. 3 [LT Tr WH os], and Ree. in Heb. xi. 12 and Rev. i. 14; φαίνεσθαι ὡσεί τι, to appear like a thing, Lk. xxiv. 11. b. about, nearly: a. before numerals: Mt. xiv. 21; Lk. i. 56 [RG]; iii. 23; ix. 14, 28; xxii. 41,59; xxiii. 44; Jn. vi 1O[RGL (al. ὡς)7 ; Acts ii. 41; iv.4[RG]; x.3 [in LT TrWH it is strengthened here by the addition of περί]; xix. 7; also, Rec. in Mk. vi. 44; R Gin Jn. iv. 6; xix. 14 [6 7], 39; Acts y. 36; Lehm. in Jn. vi. 19, (Judg. iii. 29; Neh. vil. 66; Xen. Hell. 1, 2, 9; 2,4, 25). B. before a measure of space: ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, Lk. xxii. 41.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ὡσεί hōsei 21x

as if; as it were, as, like, Mt. 3:16; 9:36; with terms of number or quantity, about, Mt. 14:21; Lk. 1:56; 22:41, 59

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ὡσεί adv., as if, .as it were, like as, like: Mt 3:16 9:36, Ac 2:3 6:15, Ro 6:13, He 1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι) ὡσεί, Mk 9:26, Lk 22:44 ([WH] R, mg., om.), Lk 24:11;

in calculation, and with numbers, about: Mt 14:21, Lk 3:23 9:14, 28 22:41, 59 23:44, Ac 2:41 10:3 19:7; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, Lk 22:41.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ὡσεί, (ἡ 3 “like ’’: PSIIV. 34319.(8.σ. 256-5) ὡσεὶ Kal παρόντος σου ὃ λόγος συντεθήσεται, P Tebt 1. 5826 (letter of a tax-farmer—B.C. 111) θεωρήσας pe ὡς προσεδρεύοντα καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ὡσεὶ δεδίλανται, “‘seeing me in daily attendance he has as it were turned coward” (Edd.), and P Fay 1185} (A.D. 110) σηστρίδια ὡσὶ eis ξυλαμήν, “sieves as it were for mowing.” (2) ‘fabout”” with numbers: Preisigke 5115* (B.C. 145) ὠνῆς ψηλοῦ τόπου ὡσεὶ π(ήχεως) a, P Tebt I. 15°(B.c. 114) ὡσεὶ περὶ ὥραν ta, ‘at about the eleventh hour,” and P Oxy XVI. 1870! (v/a.D.) στίαμνίο]ν ἕν χωροῦν ὡσεὶ ξέστα[ς δύο, “one vessel containing about two sextart?.” . 3 ” as 1t were,

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ὡσεί (hōsei) — like/as/about. ὡσεί or ὡς εἰ, adverb as if, as though; with various moods:

I. with optative, ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.2. ὡσεί τε with subjunctive, ἐρίλησ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.3. ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, with indicative, ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II. in comparisons, like, just as, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: with participle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; with verb supplied, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡσεί περ with participle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, [Refs]

II.2. ὡς εἴτε as it were, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about, ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ [NT+5th c.BC+]