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Strong's #5616 - ὡσεί
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- as it were, (had been), as though, as, like as, like
- about, nearly
- before numerals
- before a measure of time
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ὡσεί or ὡς εἰ,
Adv. as if, as though; with various moods:
I c. opt., ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο Il. 2.780, cf. 11.389, Od. 9.314, etc.
2. ὡσεί τε c. subj., ἐρίλησ' ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ Il. 9.481.
3. ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, c. indic., ἕπονθ' ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα Il. 13.492; φιάλαν ὡς εἴ τις.. δωρήσεται Pi. O. 7.1.
II in comparisons, like, just as, Il. 16.59, Od. 7.36, Hes. Sc. 290, B. 11.1, S. Ant. 653, El. 234 (lyr.), etc.: c. part., Il. 5.374, Hes. Sc. 194; ὡς εἴ τε Il. 11.474; with verb supplied, Od. 14.254, Pi. P. 4.112; ὡσεί περ c. part., Hes. Sc. 189, cf. Theoc. 25.163 (nisi leg. εἰ περὶ σεῦ) ; ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, h.Cer. 215.
2. ὡς εἴτε as it were, Pi. P. 1.44.
III with Numerals, or measures of time and space, about, ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ Hdt. 7.109, cf. X. HG 1.2.9, LXX Genesis 24:55, al., Matthew 14:21, al.
ὡσεί (ὡς and εἰ (Tdf. Proleg., p. 110)), adverb, from Homer down, properly, as if, i. e.
a. as it were (had been), as though, as, like as, like: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 9:36 (Treg. ὡς); Luke 3:22 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Acts 2:3; Acts 6:15; Acts 9:18 (L T Tr WH ὡς); Romans 6:13 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 1:12; also Rec. in Mark 1:10; John 1:32; γίνεσθαι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:4 R G; Mark 9:26; Luke 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passive); εἶναι ὡσεί, Matthew 28:3 (L T Tr WH ὡς), and Rec. in Hebrews 11:12 and Revelation 1:14; φαίνεσθαι ὡσεί τί, to appear like a thing, Luke 24:11.
b. about, nearly: α. before numerals: Matthew 14:21; Luke 1:56 (R G);
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ὡσεί ,
adv.,
(a) as if, .as it were, like as, like: Matthew 3:16; Matthew 9:36, Acts 2:3; Acts 6:15, Romans 6:13, Hebrews 1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι ) ὡσεί , Mark 9:26, Luke 22:44 ([WH] R, mg., om.), Luke 24:11;
(b) in calculation, and with numbers, about: Matthew 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; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν , Luke 22:41.†
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