hōsei · like, about

What it means

hōsei (ὡσεί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “like, about”.

As, like; with numbers, "about".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Compares one thing with another that resembles it.
2. Roughly, with numbers.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• about ×11
• like ×7
• as ×2

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×9
• Acts×5
• Romans×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 3:16

  And after being immersed, Jesus at once went up from the water; and look, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him.

• Matthew 9:36

  Seeing the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and cast down, like sheep that do not have a shepherd.

• Matthew 14:21

  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

• Mark 9:26

  And crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and he became like a corpse, so that most were saying that he had died.

• Luke 3:23

  And Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, son of Heli,

• Luke 9:14

  For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them recline in groups of about fifty each.”

• Luke 9:28

  Now it happened, about eight days after these words, that taking along Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.

• Luke 22:41

  And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and kneeling down he was praying,

• Luke 22:44

  And being in anguish, he was praying more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.

• Luke 22:59

  And after about one hour had passed, a certain other man kept insisting, saying, “In truth this man also was with him, for he is also a Galilean.”

• Luke 23:44

  And it was already about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour,

• Luke 24:11

  And these words seemed to them like nonsense, and they would not believe them.

• Acts 2:3

  And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, being distributed, and one rested on each of them.

• Acts 2:41

  So those who received his word were immersed, and on that day about three thousand persons were added.

• Acts 6:15

  And looking intently at him, all who were sitting in the council saw his face like the face of an angel.

• Acts 10:3

  He saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”

• Acts 19:7

  And there were in all about twelve men.

• Romans 6:13

  and do not present your members as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God.

• Hebrews 1:12

  and like a cloak you will roll them up, like a garment, and they will be changed; but you are the same, and your years will not come to an end.

And 1 more times.