Gloss
like, as; about (an approximation)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ὡσεί
Greek transliteration
hōsei
Simplified transliteration
hosei
Numbers
Strong's number
5616
GK Number
6059
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
21
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
particle
Definition
, Mt. 3:16; 9:36; with terms of number or quantity,
Greek-English Concordance for ὡσεί
| Matthew 3:16 | And when Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up from the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) a dove and lighting on him. |
| Matthew 9:36 | And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were distressed and dejected, like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) sheep without a shepherd. |
| Matthew 14:21 | Not counting women and children, there were about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) five thousand men who had eaten. |
| Mark 9:26 | After crying out and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out; and the boy was like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) a corpse, so that many were saying, “He is dead.” |
| Luke 3:23 | So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) thirty years of age, being the son (as it was thought) of Joseph, the son of Helix, |
| Luke 9:14 | For there were about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) fifty each.” |
| Luke 9:28 | About (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) eight days after these sayings, it happened that he went up on the mountain to pray, taking along Peter and John and James. |
| Luke 22:41 | Then he withdrew from them about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) a stone’s throw, knelt down and began to pray, |
| Luke 22:44 | And being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) great drops of blood falling down to the ground. |
| Luke 22:59 | Then after about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” |
| Luke 23:44 | It was already only about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) the sixth hour but darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour, |
| Luke 24:11 | but these words seemed like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) nonsense to them, and they did not believe them. |
| Acts 1:15 | And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (a crowd of people, about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) a hundred and twenty, had gathered together), and said, |
| Acts 2:3 | And there appeared to them tongues spreading out like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) fire, and one came to rest on each one of them. |
| Acts 2:41 | So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added on that day about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) three thousand souls. |
| Acts 6:15 | And everyone who was sitting in the council, looking intently at him, saw his face like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) the face of an angel. |
| Acts 10:3 | He saw in a vision clearly, about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.” |
| Acts 19:7 | And the men were in all about (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) twelve. |
| Romans 6:13 | Do not continue to present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. |
| Hebrews 1:12 | like (hōsei | ὡσεί | particle) a robe you will fold them up, like a garment they will also be changed. But you are the same, and your years will never end.” |
