like/as/about
Morphhology:
Greek, Conjunction
Definition:
ὡσεί adv., (a) as if.as it were, like as, like: Mat.3:16 9:36, Act.2:3 6:15, Rom.6:13, Heb.1:12; γίνεσθαι (φαίνεσθαι) ὡσεί, Mrk.9:26, Luk.22:44 ([WH] R, mg, om.), Luk.24:11; (b) in calculation, and with numbers, about: Mat.14:21, Luk.3:23 9:14, 28 22:41, 59 23:44, Act.2:41 10:3 19:7; ὡσεὶ λίθου βολήν, Luk.22:41. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Conjunction
Definition:
ὡσεί or
ὡς εἰ, adverb as if, as though; with various moods:
I) with
optative, ἴσαν, ὡς εἴ τε πυρὶ χθὼν πᾶσα νέμοιτο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2) ὡσεί τε with
subjunctive, ἐρίλησ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε πατὴρ ὃν παῖδα φιλήσῃ [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.3) ὡς εἰ or ὡς εἴ τε, with
indicative, ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε μετὰ κτίλον ἕσπετο μῆλα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II) in comparisons,
like, just as, [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc: with
participle, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; with verb supplied, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡσεί περ with
participle, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὡς εἴ πέρ τε with a noun, [
Refs]
II.2) ὡς εἴτε
as it were, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) with Numerals, or measures of time and space,
about, ὡσεὶ τριήκοντα σταδίων μάλιστά κῃ [
NT+5th c.BC+]
Definition:
as if; about, as (it had been, it were), like (as); from
g5613 (ὡς) and
g1487 (εἰ);