ἦν

ēnVerbG2258

was

From: imperfect of G1510 (εἰμί);

Short Definition

I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.

As substantive verb.

1.Of persons and things, to be, exist

2.Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place

3.to be present, be in a place, have come

4.Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.

athere is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.

bwith inf., = *ἔξεστιν *(which see), it is possible

As copula uniting subject and predicate.

1.Expressing simply identity or equivalence

2.Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.

3.C. genitive

4.C. dative (BL, §37, 3)

5.C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb

awith ptcp. pf.

bwith ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.)

withwith ptcp. aor. (cl)

6.Seq. εἰς, a vernac. usage

7.C. adv.

8.Ellipses

aof the copula

bof the predicate

Part of Speech Verb

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