STRONGS G5616:
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);
Luke 3:23;
9:14,
28;
22:41,
59;
23:44;
John 6:10 (
R G L (others
ὡς));
Acts 2:41;
Acts 4:4 (
R G);
Acts 10:3 (in
L T Tr WH it is strengthened here by the addition of
περί);
Acts 19:7; also,
Rec. in
Mark 6:44;
R G in
John 4:6;
John 19:14 (
G?), 39;
Acts 5:36; Lachmann in
John 6:19 (
Judges 3:29;
Nehemiah 7:66;
Xenophon, Hell. 1, 2, 9; 2, 4, 25).
β. before a measure of space:
ὡσεί λίθου βολήν,
Luke 22:41.
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