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Lexicon :: Strong's G2258 - ēn

Strong's

Red Letter

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)

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

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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Strong's Number G2258 matches the Greek ἦν (ēn),
which occurs 441 times in 404 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:18

Mat 1:18 - Τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡ γέννησις οὕτως ἠν·^G2258 μνηστευθείσης γὰρ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας τῷ Ἰωσήφ, πρὶν ἢ συνελθεῖν αὐτούς, εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:9

Mat 2:9 - οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἰδού, ὁ ἀστὴρ ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ προῆγεν αὐτοὺς ἕως ἐλθὼν ἔστη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν^G2258 τὸ παιδίον

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:15

Mat 2:15 - καὶ ἦν^G2258 ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρῴδου· ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος Ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:4

Mat 3:4 - Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶχεν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τριχῶν καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ ἡ δὲ τροφὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν^G2258 ἀκρίδες καὶ μέλι ἄγριον

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:18

Mat 4:18 - Περιπατῶν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν δύο ἀδελφούς, Σίμωνα τὸν λεγόμενον Πέτρον καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν· ἦσαν^G2258 γὰρ ἁλιεῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:27

Mat 7:27 - καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ προσέκοψαν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ἔπεσεν καὶ ἦν^G2258 ἡ πτῶσις αὐτῆς μεγάλη

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:29

Mat 7:29 - ἦν^G2258 γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:30

Mat 8:30 - ἦν^G2258 δὲ μακρὰν ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἀγέλη χοίρων πολλῶν βοσκομένη

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:36

Mat 9:36 - Ἰδὼν δὲ τοὺς ὄχλους ἐσπλαγχνίσθη περὶ αὐτῶν ὅτι ἦσαν^G2258 ἐκλελυμένοι καὶ ἐρριμμένοι ὡσεὶ πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:4

Mat 12:4 - πῶς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως ἔφαγεν ὃυς οὐκ ἐξὸν ἦν^G2258 αὐτῷ φαγεῖν οὐδὲ τοῖς μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν μόνοις

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Mat 12:10 - καὶ ἰδού, ἄνθρωπος ἦν^G2258 τὴν χεῖρα ἔχων ξηράν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες Εἰ ἔξεστιν τοῖς σάββασιν θεραπεύειν ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:40

Mat 12:40 - ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦν^G2258 Ἰωνᾶς ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας οὕτως ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:21

Mat 14:21 - οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν^G2258 ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:23

Mat 14:23 - καὶ ἀπολύσας τοὺς ὄχλους ἀνέβη εἰς τὸ ὄρος κατ᾽ ἰδίαν προσεύξασθαι ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης μόνος ἦν^G2258 ἐκεῖ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:24

Mat 14:24 - τὸ δὲ πλοῖον ἤδη μέσον τῆς θαλάσσης ἦν^G2258 βασανιζόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων ἦν^G2258 γὰρ ἐναντίος ὁ ἄνεμος

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:38

Mat 15:38 - οἱ δὲ ἐσθίοντες ἦσαν^G2258 τετρακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:22

Mat 19:22 - ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ νεανίσκος τὸν λόγον ἀπῆλθεν λυπούμενος· ἦν^G2258 γὰρ ἔχων κτήματα πολλά

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:25

Mat 21:25 - τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου πόθεν ἦν^G2258 ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἢ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων οἱ δὲ διελογίζοντο παῤ ἑαυτοῖς λέγοντες Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν Ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐρεῖ ἡμῖν Δια τί οὖν οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:33

Mat 21:33 - Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἀκούσατε Ἄνθρωπος τις ἦν^G2258 οἰκοδεσπότης ὅστις ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα καὶ φραγμὸν αὐτῷ περιέθηκεν καὶ ὤρυξεν ἐν αὐτῷ ληνὸν καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν πύργον καὶ ἐξέδοτο αὐτὸν γεωργοῖς καὶ ἀπεδήμησεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Mat 22:8 - τότε λέγει τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ Ὁ μὲν γάμος ἕτοιμός ἐστιν οἱ δὲ κεκλημένοι οὐκ ἦσαν^G2258 ἄξιοι·

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:25

Mat 22:25 - ἦσαν^G2258 δὲ παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος γάμησας ἐτελεύτησεν καὶ μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ·

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:38

Mat 24:38 - ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦσαν^G2258 ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες γαμοῦντες καὶ ἐκγαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:2

Mat 25:2 - πέντε δὲ ἦσαν^G2258 ἐξ αὐτῶν φρόνιμοι καὶ αἱ πέντε μωραὶ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:21

Mat 25:21 - ἔφη δέ αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ Εὖ δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς^G2258 πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:23

Mat 25:23 - ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ Εὖ δοῦλε ἀγαθὲ καὶ πιστέ ἐπὶ ὀλίγα ἦς^G2258 πιστός, ἐπὶ πολλῶν σε καταστήσω· εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν χαρὰν τοῦ κυρίου σου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Mat 26:24 - ὁ μὲν υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑπάγει καθὼς γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ οὐαὶ δὲ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐκείνῳ δι᾽ οὗ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται· καλὸν ἦν^G2258 αὐτῷ εἰ οὐκ ἐγεννήθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:43

Mat 26:43 - καὶ ἐλθὼν εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς πάλιν καθεύδοντας ἦσαν^G2258 γὰρ αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:69

Mat 26:69 - Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἔξω ἐκάθητο ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ· καὶ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ μία παιδίσκη λέγουσα Καὶ σὺ ἦσθα^G2258 μετὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Γαλιλαίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:71

Mat 26:71 - ἐξελθόντα δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν πυλῶνα εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἄλλη καὶ λέγει τοῖς ἐκεῖ καὶ Οὗτος ἦν^G2258 μετὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:54

Mat 27:54 - Ὁ δὲ ἑκατόνταρχος καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ τηροῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἰδόντες τὸν σεισμὸν καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα λέγοντες Ἀληθῶς θεοῦ υἱὸς ἦν^G2258 οὗτος

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:55

Mat 27:55 - Ἦσαν^G2258 δὲ ἐκεῖ γυναῖκες πολλαὶ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν θεωροῦσαι αἵτινες ἠκολούθησαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας διακονοῦσαι αὐτῷ·

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:56

Mat 27:56 - ἐν αἷς ἦν^G2258 Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου καὶ Ἰωσὴ μήτηρ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:61

Mat 27:61 - ἦν^G2258 δὲ ἐκεῖ Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνὴ καὶ ἡ ἄλλη Μαριά καθήμεναι ἀπέναντι τοῦ τάφου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:3

Mat 28:3 - ἦν^G2258 δὲ ἡ ἰδέα αὐτοῦ ὡς ἀστραπὴ καὶ τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ λευκὸν ὡσεὶ χιών

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:6

Mar 1:6 - ἦν^G2258 δὲ Ἰωάννης ἐνδεδυμένος τρίχας καμήλου καὶ ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐσθίων ἀκρίδας καὶ μέλι ἄγριον

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:13

Mar 1:13 - καὶ ἦν^G2258 ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἡμέρας τεσσαράκοντα πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ καὶ ἦν^G2258 μετὰ τῶν θηρίων καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι διηκόνουν αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:16

Mar 1:16 - Περιπατῶν δὲ παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶδεν Σίμωνα Καὶ Ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ βάλλοντας ἀμφίβληστρον ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· ἦσαν^G2258 γὰρ ἁλιεῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:22

Mar 1:22 - καὶ ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ· ἦν^G2258 γὰρ διδάσκων αὐτοὺς ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ γραμματεῖς

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:23

Mar 1:23 - καὶ ἦν^G2258 ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ αὐτῶν ἄνθρωπος ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ καὶ ἀνέκραξεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:33

Mar 1:33 - καὶ ἡ πόλις ὅλη ἐπισυνηγμένη ἦν^G2258 πρὸς τὴν θύραν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:39

Mar 1:39 - καὶ ἦν^G2258 κηρύσσων ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς αὐτῶν εἰς ὅλην τὴν Γαλιλαίαν καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλων

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:45

Mar 1:45 - ὁ δὲ ἐξελθὼν ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν πολλὰ καὶ διαφημίζειν τὸν λόγον ὥστε μηκέτι αὐτὸν δύνασθαι φανερῶς εἰς πόλιν εἰσελθεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἔξω ἐν ἐρήμοις τόποις ἦν·^G2258 καὶ ἤρχοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν πανταχόθεν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:4

Mar 2:4 - καὶ μὴ δυνάμενοι προσεγγίσαι αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἀπεστέγασαν τὴν στέγην ὅπου ἦν^G2258 καὶ ἐξορύξαντες χαλῶσιν τὸν κράββατον ἐφ᾽ ὧ ὁ παραλυτικὸς κατέκειτο

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:6

Mar 2:6 - ἦσαν^G2258 δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων ἐκεῖ καθήμενοι καὶ διαλογιζόμενοι ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:15

Mar 2:15 - Καὶ ἐγενέτο ἐν τῷ κατακεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ καὶ πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ συνανέκειντο τὦ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ· ἦσαν^G2258 γὰρ πολλοὶ καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:18

Mar 2:18 - Καὶ ἦσαν^G2258 οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων νηστεύοντες καὶ ἔρχονται καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ Δια τί οἱ μαθηταὶ Ἰωάννου καὶ οἱ τῶν Φαρισαίων νηστεύουσιν οἱ δὲ σοὶ μαθηταὶ οὐ νηστεύουσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:1

Mar 3:1 - Καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πάλιν εἰς τὴν συναγωγήν καὶ ἦν^G2258 ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος ἐξηραμμένην ἔχων τὴν χεῖρα

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:1

Mar 4:1 - Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ συνήχθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πολύς, ὥστε αὐτὸν ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦν^G2258

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:36

Mar 4:36 - καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν ὄχλον παραλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἦν^G2258 ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καὶ ἄλλα δὲ πλοιάρια ἦν^G2258 μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:38

Mar 4:38 - καὶ ἦν^G2258 αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τῇ πρύμνῃ ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον καθεύδων καὶ διεγείρουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ Διδάσκαλε οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα

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