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Koine Greek wordlink #126902

SR GNT Gal 4:3 ἦμεν (aʸmen) ‘also we when we were infants under the’ Strongs=15100 Lemma=eimi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=58 AD Refers to Word #125554 Person=Paul Refers to Word #125580 Refers to Word #126771 Refers to Word #126183 Refers to Word #126187 Person=Barnabas Refers to Word #126206 Refers to Word #126826

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Other uses (8) of identical word form ἦμεν (V-IIA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἦμεν’ (V-IIA1··P) has 2 different glosses: ‘we were’, ‘were’.

Acts 11:11 ‘house in which we were having_been sent_out from Kaisareia’ SR GNT Acts 11:11 word 13

OET-LV: 11 And see, immediately three men stood _by at the house in which we _were, having _been _sent _out from Kaisareia to me. (ACT_11:11)

OET-RV: 11 Next minute there were three men at the house where I was staying saying that they had been sent from Caesarea to fetch me, (ACT 11:11)

Acts 16:12 ‘of Makedonia city a colony we were and in this’ SR GNT Acts 16:12 word 17

OET-LV: 12 and _from _there to Filippou, which is the_leading city of _the district of _Makedonia, a_colony. And we _were staying in this the city some days. (ACT_16:12)

OET-RV: 12 From there we continued on to Philippi which is a Roman colony and the capital city of the Macedonia district where we stayed for several days. (ACT 16:12)

Acts 20:8 ‘the upper_room where we were having_been gathered_together’ SR GNT Acts 20:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 And there _were many lamps in the upper _room, where we _were having _been _gathered _together. (ACT_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 and there were many lamps in the upper room where we had all gathered. (ACT 20:8)

Rom 7:5 ‘when for we were in the flesh’ SR GNT Rom 7:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 For/Because when we _were in the flesh, the passions of_ the _sins which through the law was _working in the members of _us in _order that to _bear _fruit to_ the _death. (ROM_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 When we were still focused on the physical, the passions aroused by sinning against the law were working in our body parts so that the fruit would be death, (ROM 7:5)

Gal 4:3 ‘principles of the world we were having_been enslaved’ SR GNT Gal 4:3 word 12

OET-LV: 3 Thus we also, when we _were infants, we _were having _been _enslaved under the principles of _the world. (GAL_4:3)

OET-RV: 3 That’s how it is with us—when we were infants we were enslaved by this world’s principles, (GAL 4:3)

1 Th 3:4 ‘when with you_all we were we were previously_saying to you_all that’ SR GNT 1 Th 3:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 For/Because also when with you _all we _were, we _were _previously _saying to _you _all that we _are _going to _be _being _oppressed, as also it _became and you _all _have _known. (TH1_3:4)

OET-RV: 4 Also, when we were with you all previously, we told you that we were going to be oppressed, and then it happened as you know. (TH1 3:4)

2 Th 3:10 ‘even for when we were with you_all this’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:10 word 4

OET-LV: 10 For/Because even when we _were with you _all, this we _were _commanding to _you _all, that if anyone not is _willing to _be _working, not him _let _be _eating. (TH2_3:10)

OET-RV: 10 Even when we were there with you, brothers and sisters, we instructed you that anyone who’s not willing to work doesn’t deserve to eat. (TH2 3:10)

Tit 3:3 ‘were for once also’ SR GNT Tit 3:3 word 1

OET-LV: 3 For/Because once we also were foolish, unpersuadable, being _strayed, serving in _lusts and various gratifications, going _by in malice and envy, hateful, hating one _another. (TIT_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 We were also foolish and stubborn at one time, straying from the good and giving in to various lusts and pleasures, being mean and envious, even full of hate and hating one another. (TIT 3:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eimi’ have 75 different glosses: ‘were were’, ‘I am’, ‘I may_be’, ‘I was’, ‘I will_be’, ‘he is’, ‘he may_be’, ‘he might_be’, ‘he was’, ‘he will_be’, ‘him let_be’, ‘it is’, ‘it let_be’, ‘it may_be’, ‘it might_be’, ‘it was’, ‘it will_be’, ‘it will_be done’, ‘it will_be that’, ‘of being’, ‘she is’, ‘she may_be’, ‘she was’, ‘she will_be’, ‘them let_be’, ‘there are’, ‘there is’, ‘there may_be’, ‘there to_be’, ‘there was’, ‘there were’, ‘there will_be’, ‘they are’, ‘they may_be’, ‘they were’, ‘they will_be’, ‘those were’, ‘we are’, ‘we may_be’, ‘we were’, ‘we will_be’, ‘you may_be may_be’, ‘you are’, ‘you were’, ‘you will_be’, ‘you_all are’, ‘you_all may_be’, ‘you_all were’, ‘you_all will_be’, ‘am’, ‘am he’, ‘am here’, ‘are’, ‘are the_ones’, ‘are those’, ‘be’, ‘being’, ‘being here’, ‘going_to be’, ‘going_to_be’, ‘is’, ‘is also’, ‘is he’, ‘is it’, ‘is this’, ‘is true’, ‘let_be’, ‘may_be’, ‘might_be’, ‘to_be’, ‘was’, ‘was there’, ‘were’, ‘will_be’, ‘will_be done’.

Key: V=verb