Acts 19:7:6Acts.19.7.W6TAB
ὡσεὶ
hōseei
“about”
- Transliteration
- hō-se-EI
- Extended
- hoh-seh-EI
- IPA
- /hɔː.seˈiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hō-se-EI
- sentence
Ê-san DE hoi PAN-tes AN-dres hō-se-EI DŌ-de-ka
Exegesis
The adverbial particle hosei {ὡσεὶ | hō-seì} precedes and modifies the numeral dodeka {δώδεκα | dṓ-de-ka}, signaling that the number is approximate, “about twelve,” rather than an exact tally. In English, the information is restructured either as “And all the men were about twelve” (subject before verb) or “There were about twelve men in all” (existential construction), both of which maintain the emphasis on totality (pantes) and approximation (hosei) while sounding natural in contemporary usage.
In context — Acts 19:7
And all the men were about twelve .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 19:7, so the Greek word ὡσεὶ (hōseei) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.19.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.7.W6.S1) and character.