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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 fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:49 - Why didn’t you arrest me in the Temple? I was there among you teaching every day. But these things are happening to fulfill what the Scriptures say about me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:15 - And for your sakes, I’m glad I wasn’t there, for now you will really believe. Come, let’s go see him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:4 - Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:12 - During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.[fn] I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 - Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying in my house about this same time, three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man in dazzling clothes was standing in front of me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:5 - “I was in the town of Joppa,” he said, “and while I was praying, I went into a trance and saw a vision. Something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners from the sky. And it came right down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:17 - And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And I was in complete agreement when your witness Stephen was killed. I stood by and kept the coats they took off when they stoned him.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:11 - When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:10 - Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:22 - And still the Christians in the churches in Judea didn’t know me personally.
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