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Lexicon :: Strong's G2252 - ēmēn

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ἤμην
Transliteration
ēmēn (Key)
Pronunciation
ay'-mane
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of ἦν (G2258)
mGNT
0x in 0 unique form(s) TR
15x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

ἤμην ḗmēn, ay'-mane; a prolonged form of G2258; I was:—be, was. (Sometimes unexpressed).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2252 in the following manner: was (13x), I imprisoned (with G1473) (with G5439) (1x), I was (with G1473) (1x), should be (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2252 in the following manner: was (13x), I imprisoned (with G1473) (with G5439) (1x), I was (with G1473) (1x), should be (1x).

  1. truly, assuredly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἤμην ḗmēn, ay'-mane; a prolonged form of G2258; I was:—be, was. (Sometimes unexpressed).
STRONGS G2252:
ἦ μήν, assuredly, most certainly, full surely, (a particle used in asserverations, promises, oaths [cf. Winer's Grammar § 53, 7b.; Paley, Greek Particles, p. 38f]): Hebrews 6:14 R G; see εἰ, III. 9. (Sept.; very often in classical Greek from Homer down.)

Related entry:
ἦ μήν, see ἦ.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hebrews
6:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2252 matches the Greek ἤμην (ēmēn),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - ‘For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - “Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place in order that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:15 - and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:4 - “But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you [fn]may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the [fn]son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 -

And Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the [fn]ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, [fn]an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from heaven, and it came right down to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - “Therefore if God gave to them the same gift as He gave to us also after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could prevent God’s way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - ‘And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and guarding the garments of those who were slaying him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:11 - When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child. When I [fn]became a man, I did away with childish things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 -

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - And I was still unknown by [fn]sight to the churches of Judea which are in Christ;
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