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Lexicon :: Strong's G2258 - ēn

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Strong's

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ἦν

Transliteration

ēn (Key)

Pronunciation

ane

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

Imperfect of εἰμί (G1510)

Greek Inflections of ἦν [?]

mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s) TR
441x in 9 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)

ἦσαν — 89x

Ἦσαν — 7x

ἦσθα — 2x

ἦτε — 11x

ᾖσαν — 1x

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

ἦν ēn, ane; imperfect of G1510; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):—+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 457x

The KJV translates Strong's G2258 in the following manner: was (267x), were (115x), had been (12x), had (11x), taught (with G1321) (4x), stood (with G2476) (4x), miscellaneous (42x), variations of 'was' (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 457x

The KJV translates Strong's G2258 in the following manner: was (267x), were (115x), had been (12x), had (11x), taught (with G1321) (4x), stood (with G2476) (4x), miscellaneous (42x), variations of 'was' (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

I was, etc.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

ἦν ēn, ane; imperfect of G1510; I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were):—+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G2258:

† For 2258 see Strong's entry G1510.

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Concordance Results Shown Using the ESV

Strong's Number G2258 matches the Greek ἦν (ēn),
which occurs 110 times in 99 verses in 'Jhn' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:1

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Jhn 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:2

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Jhn 1:2 - He was in the beginning with God.

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Jhn 1:4 - In him was life,[fn] and the life was the light of men.

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Jhn 1:8 - He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:9

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Jhn 1:9 - The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

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Jhn 1:10 - He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

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Jhn 1:15 - (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:24

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Jhn 1:24 - (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:28

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Jhn 1:28 - These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:30

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Jhn 1:30 - This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:39

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Jhn 1:39 - He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:40

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Jhn 1:40 - One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[fn] was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:44

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Jhn 1:44 - Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

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Jhn 2:1 - On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:6

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Jhn 2:6 - Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.[fn]

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Jhn 2:13 - The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:23

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Jhn 2:23 - Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.

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Jhn 2:25 - and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:1

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Jhn 3:1 - Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

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Jhn 3:19 - And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:23

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Jhn 3:23 - John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:24

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Jhn 3:24 - (for John had not yet been put in prison).

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:26

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Jhn 3:26 - And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:6

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Jhn 4:6 - Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:46

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Jhn 4:46 - So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:1

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Jhn 5:1 - After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:5

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Jhn 5:5 - One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:9

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Jhn 5:9 - And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:35

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Jhn 5:35 - He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:4

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Jhn 6:4 - Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:10

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Jhn 6:10 - Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:22

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Jhn 6:22 - On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:62

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Jhn 6:62 - Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:2

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Jhn 7:2 - Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:12

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Jhn 7:12 - And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:39

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Jhn 7:39 - Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:42

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Jhn 7:42 - Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:39

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Jhn 8:39 - They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:42

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Jhn 8:42 - Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:44

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Jhn 8:44 - You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:8

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Jhn 9:8 - The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:14

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Jhn 9:14 - Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:16

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Jhn 9:16 - Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them.

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Jhn 9:18 - The Jews[fn] did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:24

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Jhn 9:24 - So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:33

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Jhn 9:33 - If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.”

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:41

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Jhn 9:41 - Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt;[fn] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:6

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Jhn 10:6 - This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:22

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Jhn 10:22 - At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:40

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Jhn 10:40 - He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained.

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