Quick Definition
ὡσπερεί Adv just as if, as it were
Strong's Definition
from 5618 and 1487; just as if, i.e. as it were
KJV Usage: as
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
conj. | ὡς + -πέρ + εἰ
64.13 · Comparison
as, just as a somewhat more emphatic marker of similarity between events and states
1 In general it seems that forms which include the enclitic περ are somewhat more emphatic, but this is not always possible to establish on the basis of evidently contrastive contexts.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὡσπερεί hōsperei 1x
just as if; as it were, 1 Cor. 15:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ὡσ-περ-εί adv., as, as it were: I Co 15:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὡσπερεί. With ὡσπερεί, ‘as it were,” in 1 Cor 158, cf, ὡσπεροῦν in PSI I. 763 (a.p. 574-578) ἡ πίστις τῶν συναλλαγμάτων ., ὡσπεροῦν καὶ τἀναντία καταπατουμένη, σαφῶς ἀπεργάζεται.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὡσπερεί (hōsperei) — just as if. ὡσπερεί or ὥσπερ εἰ, adverb just as if, with indicative, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι to say 'as it were', [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with Nouns or parts., as it were, ὡ. ψῆτταν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (properly elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ.., or the like), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι they gape as it were 'by numbers' [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ with imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]