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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 - I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit 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, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - Every day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:15 - and for your sake I am glad 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 - I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[fn] that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 - Cornelius answered: “Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me

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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. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - So if God gave them the same gift he gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And when the blood of your martyr[fn] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:11 - When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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