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Koine Greek wordlink #1313

SR GNT Mat 3:16 ὡσεί (hōsei) ‘spirit of god coming_downhill as_if a dove and coming’ Strongs=56160 Lemma=hōsei
Word role=conjunction
Year=26 AD TimeSeries=John_Baptizes_Jesus

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Other uses (10) of identical word form ὡσεί (C-···) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὡσεί’ (C-···) is always and only glossed as ‘as_if’.

Mark 9:26 ‘it came_out and he became as_if dead so_that many’ SR GNT Mark 9:26 word 15

OET-LV: 26 And having _cried _out and having _convulsed much, it _came _out, and he _became as _if dead, so _that the many to _be _saying that he _died _off. (MRK_9:26)

OET-RV: 26 There was yelling and strong convulsions, and then the demon left him and the boy lay still as if dead, and many people thought he was. (MRK 9:26)

Mat 9:36 ‘having_been troubled and having_been helpless as_if sheep not having’ SR GNT Mat 9:36 word 17

OET-LV: 36 And having _seen the crowds, he _was _feeling _compassion for them, because they _were having _been _troubled and having _been _helpless, as _if sheep not having a_shepherd. (MAT_9:36)

OET-RV: 36 When he saw the crowds, he felt for them because they were tired and stressed like sheep with no shepherd. (MAT 9:36)

Luke 22:44 ‘the sweat of him as_if drops of blood coming_downhill’ SR GNT Luke 22:44 word 14

OET-LV: 44  (LUK_22:44)

OET-RV: 44 ◘ (LUK 22:44)

Luke 24:11 ‘were seen before them as_if nonsense messages these’ SR GNT Luke 24:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And the these messages were _seen before them as _if nonsense, and they _were _disbelieving to _them. (LUK_24:11)

OET-RV: 11 However those who heard it, thought it was all just nonsense and didn’t believe them. (LUK 24:11)

Acts 2:3 ‘to them dividing tongues as_if of fire and sat_down’ SR GNT Acts 2:3 word 6

OET-LV: 3 And dividing tongues as _if of _fire were _seen to _them, and sat _down on each one of _them. (ACT_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 They saw what looked like tongues of fire that kept dividing and then settling down on each one of them. (ACT 2:3)

Acts 6:15 ‘the face of him as_if the face of an messenger’ SR GNT Acts 6:15 word 21

OET-LV: 15 And having _looked _intently at him, all the ones sitting in the council saw the face of _him, as _if the_face of_an_messenger. (ACT_6:15)

OET-RV: 15 So then the council members looked across at Stephen and saw that his face was shining like that of one of God’s messengers. (ACT 6:15)

Acts 10:3 ‘in a vision clearly as_if about hour the ninth’ SR GNT Acts 10:3 word 6

OET-LV: 3 About the_ninth hour of _the day he _saw in a_vision clearly, as _if, an_messenger of_ the _god having _come _in to him, and having _said to _him: Kornaʸlios. (ACT_10:3)

OET-RV: 3 One afternoon around 3pm he had a vision where he clearly saw one of God’s messengers come into the house and call, “Cornelius.” (ACT 10:3)

Rom 6:13 ‘present yourselves to god as_if from the dead living’ SR GNT Rom 6:13 word 16

OET-LV: 13 Not be _presenting the members of _you _all, as _weapons of _unrighteousness to_ the _sin, but present yourselves to_ the _god, as _if from the_dead living, and the members of _you _all, as _weapons of _righteousness to_ the _god. (ROM_6:13)

OET-RV: 13 Don’t be using any parts of your bodies to sin as if they’re weapons of disobedience, but instead present yourselves to God as if you came back to life from the dead, and use all your body parts for God as if they’re weapons of righteousness (ROM 6:13)

Heb 1:12 ‘and as_if a covering you will_be rolling_up them’ SR GNT Heb 1:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 and as _if a_covering you _will _be _rolling _up them, like a_garment also they _will _be _being _changed, but you the same are, and the years of _you not will _be _failing. (HEB_1:12)

OET-RV: 12 You will roll them up like a discarded dressing gown;
⇔ they’ll be changed like we change our clothes.
⇔ But you remain the same,
⇔ and you won’t get old and fragile.’ (HEB 1:12)

Rev 16:13 ‘spirits three unclean as_if frogs’ SR GNT Rev 16:13 word 27

OET-LV: 13 And I _saw out _of the mouth of _the dragon, and out _of the mouth of _the wild _animal, and out _of of _the mouth of _the false _prophet, three spirits unclean as _if frogs, (REV_16:13)

OET-RV: 13 I saw three evil spirits like frogs come out from the dinosaur’s mouth and out from the sea creature’s mouth and out from the false prophet’s mouth, (REV 16:13)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘hōsei’ have 2 different glosses: ‘about’, ‘as_if’.

Key: C=conjunction