- Original: ὡσεί - Transliteration: Hosei - Phonetic: ho-si' - Definition: 1. as it were, (had been), as though, as, like as, like 2. about, nearly a. before numerals b. before a measure of time - Origin: from G5613 and G1487 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adverb - Strong's: From G5613 and G1487 ; as if: - about as (it had been it were) like (as). Total KJV Occurrences: 34 • about, 18 Mat 14:21; Mar 6:44; Luke 1:56; Luke 3:23; Luke 9:14; Luke 9:28; Luke 22:41; Luke 22:59; Luke 23:44; Joh 4:6; Joh 6:10; Joh 19:14; Joh 19:39; Act 2:41; Act 4:4; Act 5:36; Act 10:3; Act 19:7 • as, 8 Mat 9:36; Mat 28:3; Mat 28:4; Mar 9:26; Luke 24:11; Act 2:3; Hebrews 1:12; Hebrews 11:12 • been, 2 Act 6:15; Act 9:18 • like, 5 Mat 3:16; Mar 1:10; Luke 3:22; Joh 1:32; Revelation 1:14 • were, 1 Luke 22:44