Adverb hōsei (like, about) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)

Matthew

3: 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like (hōsei) a dove and alighting on him.
9: 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like (hōsei) sheep without a shepherd.
14: 21And those who ate were about (hōsei) five thousand men, besides women and children.

Mark

9: 26After crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like (hōsei) a corpse, so that most of them said, "He is dead."

Luke

3: 23Jesus was about (hōsei) thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son (as was thought) of Joseph son of Heli,
9: 14For there were about (hōsei) five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about (hōsei) fifty each."
9: 28Now about (hōsei) eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
22: 41Then he withdrew from them about (hōsei) a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed,
22: 44In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like (hōsei) great drops of blood falling down on the ground.]]
22: 59Then about (hōsei) an hour later still another kept insisting, "Surely this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean."
23: 44It was now about (hōsei) noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,
24: 11But these words seemed to them like (hōsei) an idle tale, and they did not believe them.

Acts

1: 15In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about (hōsei) one hundred twenty persons) and said,
2: 3Divided tongues, like (hōsei) of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.
2: 41So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about (hōsei) three thousand persons were added.
6: 15And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like (hōsei) the face of an angel.
10: 3One afternoon at about (hōsei) three o'clock he had a vision in which he clearly saw an angel of God coming in and saying to him, "Cornelius."
19: 7altogether there were about (hōsei) twelve of them.