ὡσπερεί G5619
Senses
1. sense 1 1×
AR["كَأنَّما"]·ben["যেন"]·DE["gleichsam"]·EN["as-if"]·FR["comme-si"]·heb["כְּמוֹ"]·HI["जैसे-कि"]·ID["seperti"]·IT["come"]·jav["kados"]·KO["마치"]·PT["como"]·RU["словно"]·ES["como-si"]·SW["kama"]·TR["gibi-"]·urd["گویا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὡσπερεί or ὥσπερ εἰ, adverb just as if, with indicative, ὥσπερ εἰ παρεστάτεις Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ὡσπερεὶ φάναι to say 'as it were', Refs 3rd c.AD+; ὅμοια ὥ. εἰ.. Refs 5th c.BC+: with Nouns or parts., as it were, ὡ. ψῆτταν Refs 5th c.BC+ __II ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ or ὡσπερανεί (properly elliptical for ὥσπερ ἂν ἦν, εἰ.., or the like), Refs 5th c.BC+; Doric dialect ὥσπερ αἰκ ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος κεχάναντι they gape as it were 'by numbers' Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν εἰ with imperfect, Refs 5th c.BC+