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Lexicon :: Strong's G2258 - ēn

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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)
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).
  1. 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.
STRONGS G2258:
† For 2258 see Strong's entry G1510.

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2258 matches the Greek ἦν (ēn),
which occurs 79 times in 76 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Act 1:10–Act 13:46)

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:10 - They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:13 - When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:14 - They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:15 - In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:17 - He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:1 - When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:2 - Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:5 - Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:24 - But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:44 - All the believers were together and had everything in common.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:3 - They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:6 - Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:13 - When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:22 - For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:31 - After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 - All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:33 - With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:12 - The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:9 - “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:20 - “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[fn] For three months he was cared for by his family.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:22 - Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:44 - “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:1 - And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:13 - Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:16 - because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:27 - So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[fn] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:28 - and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:32 - This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:9 - For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:10 - In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:28 - So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:33 - There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:36 - In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:1 - At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:38 - how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:20 - Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:21 - The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:24 - He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:3 - When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:5 - So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:12 - When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:18 - In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:1 - Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:7 - who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:46 - Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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