'Seem' in the Bible

“It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the Lord your God will bless you in whatever you do.

“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

‘Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison?

You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;

for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.