2001 Translation

ŌSEIĒS, ōseiēs

Sounds Like: oh-SEE-ees

Translations: as if, as, like, about, approximately, when

From the root: ΩΣΕΙ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is an adverb indicating comparison, approximation, or a hypothetical situation. It is often used to introduce a clause that describes something similar to what has just been mentioned, or to give an estimated quantity or time. It can also function to introduce a temporal clause, meaning 'when'.

Inflection: Does not inflect (adverbial form of ΩΣΕΙ)

Strong’s number: G5616 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

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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
• ΩΣΕἸΣ — as, as if, as it were, about, approximately, like
• ΩΣΕΙΣ — as, like, about, approximately, as if, as though, as it were

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