ὡσεί (hōsei) means “like/as/about” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ho-si' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
ὡσεί · hōsei · like/as/about
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)
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as if, as it were, like; with numbers: about.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| about | 10 |
| like | 7 |
| as those who have been | 1 |
| at about | 1 |
| of about | 1 |
| was like | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| about | 18 |
| as | 7 |
| like | 5 |
| as it had been | 2 |
| as it were | 1 |
| like as | 1 |
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As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
Read word by wordWhen He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Read word by wordAbout five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.
Read word by wordAfter shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”
Read word by wordJesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Read word by word(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”
Read word by wordAbout eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
Read word by wordAnd He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
Read word by wordAnd in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Read word by wordAbout an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
Read word by wordIt was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
Read word by wordBut their words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
Read word by wordThey saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.
Read word by wordThose who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
Read word by wordAll who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
Read word by wordOne day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
Read word by wordThere were about twelve men in all.
Read word by wordDo not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Read word by wordYou will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end.”
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