Quick Definition
just as if, as it were
Strong's Definition
just as if, i.e. as it were
Derivation: from G5618 (ὥσπερ) and G1487 (εἰ);
KJV Usage: as
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὡσπερεί (ὥσπερ and εἰ (Tdf Proleg., p. 110)), adverb, from Aeschylus down, as, as it were: 1Co_15:8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὡσπερεί hōsperei 1x
just as if; as it were, 1Co_15:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὡσ -περ -εί ,
adv. ,
as, as it were: 1Co_15:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὡσπερεί [page 704]
With ὡσπερεί , as it were, in 1Co_15:8 , cf. ὡσπεροῦν in PSI I. 76 .3 (A.D. 574 578) ἡ πίστις τῶν συναλλαγμάτων . ., ὡσπεροῦν καὶ τἀναντία καταπατουμένη , σαφῶς ἀπεργάζεται .
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὡσ-περ-εί
adv.,
as, as it were: 1Co.15:8.†
(AS)