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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 NIV

Strong's Number G2258 matches the Greek ἦν (ēn),
which occurs 101 times in 88 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Luk 1:6 - Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.

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Luk 1:7 - But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

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Luk 1:10 - And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

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Luk 1:21 - Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.

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Luk 1:22 - When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.

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Luk 1:66 - Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

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Luk 1:80 - And the child grew and became strong in spirit[fn]; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

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Luk 2:7 - and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

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Luk 2:8 - And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

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Luk 2:25 - Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

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Luk 2:26 - It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

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Luk 2:33 - The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him.

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Luk 2:36 - There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

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Luk 2:40 - And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

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Luk 2:51 - Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart.

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Luk 3:23 - Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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Luk 4:16 - He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read,

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Luk 4:17 - and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:

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Luk 4:20 - Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him.

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Luk 4:25 - I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.

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Luk 4:27 - And there were many in Israel with leprosy[fn] in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

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Luk 4:31 - Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people.

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Luk 4:32 - They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.

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Luk 4:33 - In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice,

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Luk 4:38 - Jesus left the synagogue and went to the home of Simon. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her.

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Luk 4:44 - And he kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea.

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Luk 5:1 - One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[fn] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.

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Luk 5:3 - He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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Luk 5:10 - and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”

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Luk 5:16 - But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.

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Luk 5:17 - One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.

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Luk 5:18 - Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat and tried to take him into the house to lay him before Jesus.

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Luk 5:29 - Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

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Luk 6:6 - On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.

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Luk 6:12 - One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.

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Luk 7:2 - There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die.

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Luk 7:12 - As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.

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Luk 7:37 - A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume.

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Luk 7:39 - When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”

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Luk 7:41 - “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii,[fn] and the other fifty.

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Luk 8:2 - and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;

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Luk 8:32 - A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission.

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Luk 8:40 - Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

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Luk 8:42 - because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.

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Luk 9:14 - (About five thousand men were there.) But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

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Luk 9:30 - Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.

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Luk 9:32 - Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

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Luk 9:45 - But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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Luk 9:53 - but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem.

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Luk 10:39 - She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

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