Luke 23:44:4Luke.23.44.W4TAB

ὡσεὶ

hōsei

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Transliteration
hō-sei
Extended
hoh-sei
IPA
/hɔːˈsei/

Meaning by language

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Result
ὡ + σεὶ
hō + sei
hōsei

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron
Sigmas — as in sit
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hō-sei

  2. sentence

    KAI ÊN Ê-dê hō-sei HÔ-ra HEK-tê KAI SKO-tos e-GE-ne-to eph HO-lên tên gên HE-ōs HÔ-ras e-NA-tês

Exegesis

The opening sequence ede hosei hora hekte {ἤδη ὡσεὶ ὥρα ἕκτη | ḗdē hōseí hṓra héktē} places the action at an approximate time, with hosei {ὡσεὶ | hōseí} softening the precision of the hour statement.

Root and etymology

hoshos

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In contextLuke 23:44

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

About this coordinate

Luke 23:44:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 23:44, so the Greek word ὡσεὶ (hōsei) 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 Luke.23.44.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.44.W4.S1) and character.