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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 NLT

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 - Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful to obey all of the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

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Luk 1:7 - They had no children because Elizabeth was unable to conceive, and they were both very old.

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Luk 1:10 - While the incense was being burned, a great crowd stood outside, praying.

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Luk 1:21 - Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah to come out of the sanctuary, wondering why he was taking so long.

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Luk 1:22 - When he finally did come out, he couldn’t speak to them. Then they realized from his gestures and his silence that he must have seen a vision in the sanctuary.

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Luk 1:66 - Everyone who heard about it reflected on these events and asked, “What will this child turn out to be?” For the hand of the Lord was surely upon him in a special way.

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Luk 1:80 - John grew up and became strong in spirit. And he lived in the wilderness until he began his public ministry to Israel.

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Luk 2:7 - She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging available for them.

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Luk 2:8 - That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.

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Luk 2:25 - At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him

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Luk 2:26 - and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

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Luk 2:33 - Jesus’ parents were amazed at what was being said about him.

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Luk 2:36 - Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher, and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years.

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Luk 2:40 - There the child grew up healthy and strong. He was filled with wisdom, and God’s favor was on him.

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Luk 2:51 - Then he returned to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. And his mother stored all these things in her heart.

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Luk 3:23 - Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his public ministry.
Jesus was known as the son of Joseph.
Joseph was the son of Heli.

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Luk 4:16 - When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.

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Luk 4:17 - The scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written:

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Luk 4:20 - He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down. All eyes in the synagogue looked at him intently.

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Luk 4:25 - “Certainly there were many needy widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the heavens were closed for three and a half years, and a severe famine devastated the land.

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Luk 4:27 - And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, but the only one healed was Naaman, a Syrian.”

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Luk 4:31 - Then Jesus went to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and taught there in the synagogue every Sabbath day.

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Luk 4:32 - There, too, the people were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

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Luk 4:33 - Once when he was in the synagogue, a man possessed by a demon—an evil[fn] spirit—began shouting at Jesus,

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Luk 4:38 - After leaving the synagogue that day, Jesus went to Simon’s home, where he found Simon’s mother-in-law very sick with a high fever. “Please heal her,” everyone begged.

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Luk 4:44 - So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.[fn]

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Luk 5:1 - One day as Jesus was preaching on the shore of the Sea of Galilee,[fn] great crowds pressed in on him to listen to the word of God.

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Luk 5:3 - Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon,[fn] its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there.

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Luk 5:10 - His partners, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were also amazed.
Jesus replied to Simon, “Don’t be afraid! From now on you’ll be fishing for people!”

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Luk 5:16 - But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.

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Luk 5:17 - One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.

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Luk 5:18 - Some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a sleeping mat. They tried to take him inside to Jesus,

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Luk 5:29 - Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.

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Luk 6:6 - On another Sabbath day, a man with a deformed right hand was in the synagogue while Jesus was teaching.

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Luk 6:12 - One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.

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Luk 7:2 - At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer[fn] was sick and near death.

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Luk 7:12 - A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her.

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Luk 7:37 - When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive 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 what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”

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Luk 7:41 - Then Jesus told him this story: “A man loaned money to two people—500 pieces of silver[fn] to one and 50 pieces to the other.

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Luk 8:2 - along with some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases. Among them were Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons;

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Luk 8:32 - There happened to be a large herd of pigs feeding on the hillside nearby, and the demons begged him to let them enter into the pigs.
So Jesus gave them permission.

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Luk 8:40 - On the other side of the lake the crowds welcomed Jesus, because they had been waiting for him.

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Luk 8:42 - His only daughter,[fn] who was about twelve years old, was dying.
As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds.

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Luk 9:14 - For there were about 5,000 men there.
Jesus replied, “Tell them to sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

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Luk 9:30 - Suddenly, two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared and began talking with Jesus.

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Luk 9:32 - Peter and the others had fallen asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with him.

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Luk 9:45 - But they didn’t know what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they couldn’t understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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Luk 9:53 - But the people of the village did not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem.

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Luk 10:39 - Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught.

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