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SR GNT Yhn 11:15 ἤμην (aʸmaʸn) ‘you_all may believe that not I was there but we may_be going’ Strongs=15100 Lemma=eimi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=middle person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD Refers to Word #72850 Person=Jesus

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Other uses (14) of identical word form ἤμην (V-IIM1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἤμην’ (V-IIM1··S) has 2 different glosses: ‘I was’, ‘was’.

Yhn (Jhn) 16:4 ‘because with you_all I was’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 16:4 word 30

OET-LV: 4 But I _have _spoken these things to _you _all, in _order _that whenever the hour of _them may _come, you _all _may _be _remembering that I told to _you _all about _them. But these things I_ not _said to _you _all from the_beginning, because I _was with you _all. (JHN_16:4)

OET-RV: 4 I’ve told you these things so that when they happen in the future, you’ll remember that I’ve already told you about them.
¶ “I didn’t tell you all of this right at the beginning because I was with you all, (JHN 16:4)

Yhn (Jhn) 17:12 ‘when I was with them I’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 17:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 When I _was with them, I was _keeping them to _me in the name of _you, to _which you _have _given, and I _guarded them, and no _one of them perished, except not/lest the son of_ the _destruction, in _order _that the scripture may _be _fulfilled. (JHN_17:12)

OET-RV: 12 When I was with them, I protected them with the authority that you gave, and I guarded them so that not one of them perished, except the one who chose destruction so that it will indeed happen as the scriptures foretold. (JHN 17:12)

Mark 14:49 ‘in_every day I was with you_all in’ SR GNT Mark 14:49 word 3

OET-LV: 49 In _every day I _was with you _all teaching in the temple, and you _all_ not _apprehended me, but it _is in _order _that the scriptures may _be _fulfilled. (MRK_14:49)

OET-RV: 49 I was standing there teaching in the temple every day and you could have arrested me, but it’s happened this way to ensure that the what’s written in scriptures will be fulfilled.” (MRK 14:49)

Mat 25:35 ‘you_all gave_to_drink me a stranger I was and you_all brought_in me’ SR GNT Mat 25:35 word 14

OET-LV: 35 For/Because I _hungered and you _all _gave to _me to _eat, I _thirsted and you _all _gave_ me _to _drink, I _was a_stranger and you _all _brought_ me _in, (MAT_25:35)

OET-RV: 35 because 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 accommodated me, (MAT 25:35)

Mat 25:36 ‘me in prison I was and you came to’ SR GNT Mat 25:36 word 11

OET-LV: 36 naked and you _all _clothed me, I _ailed and you _all _visited me, I _was in prison and you _came to me. (MAT_25:36)

OET-RV: 36 I was naked and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to see me.’ (MAT 25:36)

Mat 25:43 ‘a stranger I was and not you_all brought_in’ SR GNT Mat 25:43 word 2

OET-LV: 43 I _was a_stranger and you _all_ not _brought _in me, naked and you _all_ not _clothed me, sick and in prison and you _all_ not _visited me. (MAT_25:43)

OET-RV: 43 I was a stranger and you didn’t offer me shelter, I was naked and you didn’t give me any clothes, and I was sick and in prison and you never visited me.’ (MAT 25:43)

Acts 10:30 ‘until this hour I was the ninth hour praying’ SR GNT Acts 10:30 word 17

OET-LV: 30 And the Kornaʸlios was _saying: From fourth day until this the hour, I _was praying in the house of _me the ninth hour, and see, a_man stood before me in shining clothing, (ACT_10:30)

OET-RV: 30 So Cornelius answered, “I was praying in my house three days ago in the middle of the afternoon when I suddenly saw a man in shining clothes standing in front of me (ACT 10:30)

Acts 11:5 ‘I was in the city of Yoppaʸ’ SR GNT Acts 11:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 I was in the_city of _Yoppaʸ praying, and in a_trance I _saw a_vision, an_ certain _object coming _down like a_ by_its_four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down out _of the heaven, and it _came until me, (ACT_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 “I was staying in Yoppa, and as I was praying I saw a vision of an object like a sheet coming down, as if it was being let down out of the sky by its four corners. As it came down to me (ACT 11:5)

Acts 11:17 ‘chosen_one/messiah I who was powerful to forbid god’ SR GNT Acts 11:17 word 23

OET-LV: 17 Therefore if the god gave the same gift to _them, as also to _us having _believed on the master Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen _one /messiah, who was I powerful to _forbid the god? (ACT_11:17)

OET-RV: 17 Therefore if God gave the same gift to them that he’d given to us when we’d believed in the master Yeshua the messiah, what authority did I have to contradict God?’ ” (ACT 11:17)

Acts 22:19 ‘are knowing that I was imprisoning and beating’ SR GNT Acts 22:19 word 8

OET-LV: 19 And _I said: master, they are _knowing that I was imprisoning and beating in the synagogues, the ones believing in you. (ACT_22:19)

OET-RV: 19 ‘Master,’ I replied, ‘they know that previously I was the one imprisoning and beating the people who believed in you, (ACT 22:19)

Acts 22:20 ‘of you also myself I was having stood_by and consenting’ SR GNT Acts 22:20 word 12

OET-LV: 20 And when the blood of _Stefanos the witness of _you, was _being _poured _out I_ myself _was also having _stood _by, and consenting, and keeping the clothes of _the ones killing him. (ACT_22:20)

OET-RV: 20 and when Stephen was killed after teaching about you, it was me standing there and cheering on the ones executing him as I held their coats for them.’ (ACT 22:20)

1 Cor 13:11 ‘when I was an infant I was speaking like’ SR GNT 1 Cor 13:11 word 2

OET-LV: 11 When I _was an_infant, I _was _speaking like an_infant, I _was _thinking like an_infant, I _was _counting like an_infant, when I _have _become a_man, I _have _nullified the things of _the infant. (CO1_13:11)

OET-RV: 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child, but then when I became an adult, I set childish things aside. (CO1 13:11)

Gal 1:10 ‘of chosen_one/messiah a slave not I was’ SR GNT Gal 1:10 word 22

OET-LV: 10 For/Because now I _am _persuading people or the god? Or I _am _seeking to _be _bringing _pleasure to _people? If I _was_ still _bringing _pleasure to _people, I _was not wishfully a_slave of_chosen _one /messiah. (GAL_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 Am I trying to please and persuade people or God? If I was still trying to please people, I wouldn’t be worthy to be one of the messiah’s slaves. (GAL 1:10)

Gal 1:22 ‘I was and being not_known by face’ SR GNT Gal 1:22 word 1

OET-LV: 22 And I _was being _not _known the by _face to _the assemblies of_ the _Youdaia, which in chosen _one /messiah, (GAL_1:22)

OET-RV: 22 The assemblies back in Yudea that believe in the messiah didn’t know me by sight, (GAL 1:22)

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