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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 food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - ‘I was 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 take 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 - “I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must 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, that you may believe. Nevertheless 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 told you, that when the[fn] time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at 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 in the world,[fn] I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept;[fn] and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 - So Cornelius said, “Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour[fn] I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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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, an object descending like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - “If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could withstand God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “So I said, ‘Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - ‘And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death,[fn] 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 spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ.
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