2001 Translation

ŌSEIS, ōseis

Sounds Like: OH-say

Translations: as, as if, as it were, about, approximately, like

From the root: ΩΣΕΙ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: The word 'ΩΣΕἸΣ' appears to be a misspelling or a rare, non-standard inflection of the Koine Greek adverb 'ΩΣΕΙ' (hosei). The standard form 'ΩΣΕΙ' means 'as', 'as if', 'about', or 'approximately'. It is used to indicate similarity, comparison, or an estimation of quantity or time. For example, it can be used in phrases like 'as if he were king' or 'about three hours'. The ending -ΕΙΣ is not a standard inflection for this adverb in Koine Greek.

Inflection: Likely a misspelling of the uninflected adverb 'ΩΣΕΙ'.

Strong’s number: G5616 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Unknown: Yes

Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 28:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΩΣΕΙ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ὨΣΕΙΣ — as if, as though, about, approximately, like, as
• ΩΣΕΙ — as if, as, like, about, approximately, some, nearly
• ΩΣΕΙΗΣ — as if, as, like, about, approximately, when
• ΩΣΕΙΣ — as, like, about, approximately, as if, as though, as it were

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