ὡσεί — like/as/about · Greek word G5616

ὡσείhōsei

like/as/about

Greek · G5616 · 190 occurrences · 163 references

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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.†
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ὡσεί or ὡς εἰ, Adv.

A 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 Ge. 24.55, al., Ev.Matt. 14.21, al.

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