2001 Translation

ŌSEI, ōsei

Sounds Like: OH-say

Translations: as if, as, like, about, approximately, some, nearly

From the root: ΩΣΕΙ

Part of Speech: Adverb, Conjunction

Explanation: ΩΣΕΙ is an adverb or conjunction used to indicate comparison, approximation, or similarity. It can mean "as if," "like," "about," or "approximately." It is often used to describe a quantity or duration that is not exact, or to introduce a hypothetical situation.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G5616 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 14:18, 17:1, 24:4, 32:4, 104:2, 106:2

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:13

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:6

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:62

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 24:6
• Deuteronomy — 29:27
• Judges — 6:16, 7:12, 8:10
• 1 Chronicles — 11:23
• 2 Esdras — 19:11
• 1 Maccabees — 7:32
• Psalms — 16:12, 21:15, 30:13, 34:5, 36:2, 36:20, 37:5, 37:14, 37:15, 38:6, 51:4, 51:10, 57:5, 57:9, 57:10, 62:6, 70:7, 71:6, 71:16, 72:20, 77:27, 79:2, 82:11, 82:15, 87:5, 87:6, 89:5, 89:9, 91:8, 96:5, 101:4, 101:5, 101:7, 101:8, 101:10, 101:12, 101:27, 102:15, 108:19, 108:23, 108:29, 117:12, 139:4, 140:7, 143:4, 147:5, 147:6
• Song of Solomon — 6:10
• Sirach — 50:3, 50:8
• Isaiah — 5:29, 10:17, 16:11, 18:3, 30:29, 48:18, 49:2
• Jeremiah — 3:2, 14:8, 26:8, 27:37, 28:14, 28:30
• Jonah — 3:3, 3:4
• Matthew — 3:16, 9:36
• Mark — 9:26
• Luke — 3:23, 9:14, 9:28, 22:41, 22:59, 23:44, 24:11
• Acts of the Apostles — 1:15, 6:15, 19:7
• Romans — 6:13
• Hebrews — 1:12
• Shepherd of Hermas — 9:5, 22:2, 22:6, 23:1, 67:2, 67:18, 68:3

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 6:129, 12:247, 12:260
• Book 7 — 5:99
• Book 8 — 15:401
• Book 12 — 6:275, 7:292, 9:366

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 19:39

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 40:1, 44:1, 61:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:2, 34:3, 34:5, 56:2, 98:4, 102:1, 103:1, 103:7, 103:8

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 2:2, 3:2, 4:2, 4:6, 6:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 19:28, 21:16, 24:55, 25:25, 34:31, 41:49, 49:16
• Exodus — 4:6, 15:5, 15:8, 15:10, 16:14, 19:4, 24:10, 24:17, 28:29, 32:13
• Leviticus — 26:19, 26:37
• Numbers — 11:7, 11:8, 11:12, 11:31, 12:10, 12:12, 13:34, 14:15, 24:6, 27:17
• Deuteronomy — 1:10, 9:21, 10:22, 11:10, 28:49, 28:62, 29:28, 32:2
• Joshua — 3:15, 7:4, 10:2, 14:11
• Judges — 3:29, 6:16, 7:12, 8:10, 14:6, 15:14
• 1 Samuel — 9:22, 17:7, 17:43, 19:7, 25:38
• 2 Samuel — 2:18
• 1 Kings — 21:27
• 2 Kings — 3:22, 5:27
• Ezra (Beta) — 2:64
• Nehemiah — 7:66, 9:11
• 2 Maccabees — 11:5
• Psalms — 16:12, 21:15, 21:16, 30:13, 34:5, 35:7, 36:2, 36:20, 37:5, 37:14, 37:15, 38:6, 51:4, 51:10, 54:7, 57:5, 57:9, 57:10, 62:6, 70:7, 71:6, 71:16, 72:20, 77:13, 77:27, 79:2, 82:15, 87:6, 89:5, 96:5, 101:4, 101:5, 101:7, 101:8, 101:10, 101:12, 101:27, 102:15, 103:2, 108:19, 108:23, 108:29, 117:12, 118:176, 126:4, 139:4, 140:7, 143:4, 147:5, 147:6
• Odes — 1:5, 1:8, 1:10, 2:2, 4:6
• Proverbs — 29:32
• Song of Solomon — 6:9
• Job — 28:5, 29:25
• Sirach — 50:3
• Isaiah — 10:17, 30:29, 48:18, 51:12
• Jeremiah — 3:2, 14:8, 26:8, 27:37, 28:14, 28:30
• Ezekiel — 1:22, 40:2, 40:3
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:35, 4:16, 7:4, 7:6, 7:8, 7:9, 9:21, 10:6
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:35, 3:50, 4:30, 5:1, 5:5, 7:4, 7:6, 7:9, 10:6, 12:3
• Jonah — 3:3, 3:4
• Enoch — 14:18, 17:1, 24:4, 32:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 3 — 1:1, 1:2
• Parable 6 — 2:5
• Parable 8 — 1:2, 1:18, 2:1, 2:3
• Parable 9 — 6:4, 11:5

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 1:5
• Vision 4 — 1:2, 1:6, 2:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 3:16, 9:36, 14:21
• Mark — 9:26
• Luke — 3:23, 9:14, 9:28, 22:41, 22:44, 22:59, 23:44, 24:11
• Acts — 1:15, 2:3, 2:41, 6:15, 10:3, 19:7
• Romans — 6:13
• Hebrews — 1:12

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

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