What does ὡσεί (hōseí) mean in the Bible?
ὡσεί (hōseí) is a Greek word meaning "as if".
Greek · G5616
ὡσεί
As if
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ὡσεί G5616
Pronunciation hōseí
What does ὡσεί (hōseí) mean in the Bible?
ὡσεί (hōseí) is a Greek word meaning "as if".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5616?
The BSB source-word alignment has 21 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include About (10), like (7), [was] like (1), as [those who have been] (1), at about (1).
Where does ὡσεί (hōseí) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 3:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (9), Acts (6), Matthew (3), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It About 10× Matthew 14:21, Luke 3:23, Luke 9:14, Luke 9:28
like 7× Matthew 3:16, Matthew 9:36, Mark 9:26, Luke 22:44
[was] like 1× Acts 6:15
as [those who have been] 1× Romans 6:13
at about 1× Acts 10:3
of about 1× Luke 9:14
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 3:16 ὡσεὶ to like Adverb Matthew 9:36 ὡσεὶ to like Adverb Matthew 14:21 ὡσεὶ to About Adverb Mark 9:26 ὡσεὶ to like Adverb Luke 3:23 ὡσεὶ to about Adverb Luke 9:14 ὡσεὶ to about Adverb Luke 9:14 ὡσεὶ to of about Adverb Luke 9:28 ὡσεὶ to About Adverb Luke 22:41 ὡσεὶ to about Adverb Luke 22:44 ὡσεὶ to like Adverb
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 3:16
Aligned rows 21
Books represented 6
Matthew 3 Mark 1 Luke 9 Acts 6 Romans 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
ὡσεὶ 21x hōsei Matthew 3:16, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 14:21, Mark 9:26
Parsing patterns
Adverb 21x Matthew 3:16, Matthew 9:36, Matthew 14:21, Mark 9:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. as if
Strong's G5616
Lexical occurrences 20 verses Greek text appearances 34 times 16 shown below Word forms 2 forms 20 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
as if
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 34 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 3:16 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Matthew 9:36 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Matthew 14:21 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Matthew 28:3 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Matthew 28:4 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Mark 1:10 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Mark 6:44 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Mark 9:26 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 1:56 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 3:22 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 3:23 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 9:14 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 9:28 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 22:41 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 22:44 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verse Luke 22:59 Adverb
ὡσεὶ wsei
as if, as it were, like, about
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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
ὡσεί is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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