What does ὡσεί · ἡμέρα · ὀκτώ mean in the Bible?
ὡσεί · ἡμέρα · ὀκτώ is a Greek phrase meaning "about eight days".
Greek · G5616, G2250, G3638
ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ
As if · day · "eight"
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ὡσεί G5616 as if
Pronunciation hōseí
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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ὀκτώ G3638 "eight"
Pronunciation oktṓ
Numeric value marking significant periods or completions in biblical narrative, often eighth-day covenant observances.
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What does ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ (hōsei hēmerai oktō) mean in the Bible?
ὡσεί · ἡμέρα · ὀκτώ is a Greek phrase meaning "about eight days".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5616, G2250, G3638?
G5616, G2250, G3638 is connected to 20 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. about eight days
Source Gloss
about eight days
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 20
Matt 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 11×
Matt 3:16 · Matt 9:36 · Mark 9:26 · Luke 22:44 · Luke 24:11 · Acts 2:3 · Acts 6:15 · Rom 6:13 · Heb 1:12 9×
Word Origins
ὡσεὶ ἡμέραι ὀκτὼ is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain