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SR GNT Rev 17:8 ἦν (aʸn) ‘wild_animal that you saw was and not is’ Strongs=15100 Lemma=eimi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Showing the first 50 out of 312 uses of identical word form ἦν (V-IIA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἦν’ (V-IIA3··S) has 6 different glosses: ‘he was’, ‘it was’, ‘she was’, ‘there was’, ‘was’, ‘was there’.

Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 ‘in the beginning was the message and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 word 3

OET-LV: 1 In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message. (JHN_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 In the beginning was the message, and the message was with God, and the message was and is God. (JHN 1:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 ‘and the message was with god and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 word 9

OET-LV: 1 In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message. (JHN_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 In the beginning was the message, and the message was with God, and the message was and is God. (JHN 1:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 ‘god and god was the message’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:1 word 16

OET-LV: 1 In the_beginning was the message, and the message was with the god, and god was the message. (JHN_1:1)

OET-RV: 1 In the beginning was the message, and the message was with God, and the message was and is God. (JHN 1:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:2 ‘this one was in the beginning with’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 This one was in the_beginning with the god. (JHN_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 He, the message, was with God even at the creation of the universe. (JHN 1:2)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:4 ‘in him life was and the life’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of_ the _mankind. (JHN_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 He holds life, and that life is the light of humankind. (JHN 1:4)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:4 ‘and the life was the light of mankind’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of_ the _mankind. (JHN_1:4)

OET-RV: 4 He holds life, and that life is the light of humankind. (JHN 1:4)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:8 ‘not was that one the light’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 That one was not the light, but in _order _that he _may _testify concerning the light. (JHN_1:8)

OET-RV: 8 Yohan himself wasn’t the light—he was merely the announcer of the light. (JHN 1:8)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:15 ‘he has cried_out saying this one was whom I said the one’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:15 word 9

OET-LV: 15 Yōannaʸs is _testifying concerning him, and he _has _cried _out saying: This one was whom I _said: The one coming after me, has _become before of _me, because he _was before me. (JHN_1:15)

OET-RV: 15 Yohan explained about him and loudly told everyone, “He’s the one I meant when I said, ‘There’s someone coming after me, yet who came before me, because he existed before I did!’ ” (JHN 1:15)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:15 ‘because before me he was’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:15 word 26

Yhn (Jhn) 1:28 ‘the Yordanaʸs/(Yardēn) where was Yōannaʸs immersing’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:28 word 12

OET-LV: 28 These things became in Baʸthania, beyond the Yordanaʸs/(Yardēn), where the Yōannaʸs was immersing. (JHN_1:28)

OET-RV: 28 All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the Yordan River where Yohan was immersing people. (JHN 1:28)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:30 ‘because before me he was’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:30 word 21

OET-LV: 30 It _is this one concerning whom I said: After me is _coming a_man, who has _become before me, because he _was before me. (JHN_1:30)

OET-RV: 30 This is the man I was talking about when I said, ‘There’s someone coming after me, yet who came before me, because he existed before I did.’ (JHN 1:30)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:39 ‘day that the hour was about the tenth’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:39 word 22

OET-LV: 39 He _is _saying to _them: Be _coming and you _all _will _be _seeing. Therefore they _came and saw where he _is _remaining, and they _remained with him the that day, the_hour was about the_tenth. (JHN_1:39)

OET-RV: 39 “Come and see,” Yeshua replied. So they went with him and saw where he lived, and then they stayed there that night, because it was already late afternoon. (JHN 1:39)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:40 ‘was Andreas the brother’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:40 word 1

OET-LV: 40 Andreas the brother of _Simōn Petros was, one of the two which having _heard from Yōannaʸs, and having _followed after _him. (JHN_1:40)

OET-RV: 40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter was one of those two who heard Yohan and then followed Yeshua. (JHN 1:40)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:44 ‘was and Filippos from’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:44 word 1

OET-LV: 44 And the Filippos was from Baʸthsaida, of the city of _Andreas and Petros. (JHN_1:44)

OET-RV: 44 Philip was from the town of Bethsaida where Andrew and Peter lived. (JHN 1:44)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:1 ‘Kana of Galilaia/(Gālīl) and was the mother of Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:1 word 16

OET-LV: 2 And on _the the third day a_wedding became in Kana of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), and the mother of_ the _Yaʸsous was there. (JHN_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 On the Tuesday, there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and Yeshua’s mother was there (JHN 2:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:13 ‘and near was the passover_feast of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:13 word 4

OET-LV: 13 And the passover_feast of _the Youdaiōns was near, and the Yaʸsous went _up to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). (JHN_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 By then it was getting close to the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover, and Yeshua went down to Yerushalem. (JHN 2:13)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:23 ‘when and he was in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) at’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 And when he _was in the Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) at the passover_feast at the feast, many believed on the name of _him, observing of _him the signs which he _was _doing. (JHN_2:23)

OET-RV: 23 When Yeshua was at the Passover Feast in Yerushalem, many believed in his authority because they saw the miracles that he was able to do. (JHN 2:23)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:25 ‘for was knowing what was in the person’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:25 word 20

OET-LV: 25 And that he _was _having no need that anyone may _testify concerning the mankind, because/for he was _knowing what was in the person. (JHN_2:25)

OET-RV: 25 (He didn’t need anyone to tell him what people are like because he could see what any person was like on the inside.) (JHN 2:25)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:1 ‘was and a man of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:1 word 1

OET-LV: 3 And was a_man of the Farisaios_party, Nikodaʸmos the_name to _him, a_ruler of _the Youdaiōns, (JHN_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 After dark one evening, a Jewish leader named Nicodemus who was a member of the Pharisee party (JHN 3:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:19 ‘than the light was for of them evil’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:19 word 26

OET-LV: 19 And this is the judgement, that the light has _come into the world, and the people loved the darkness rather than the light, because/for the works of _them was evil. (JHN_3:19)

OET-RV: 19 And this is the verdict: that light has come into the world, but some people love the darkness more than the light because they do evil things, (JHN 3:19)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:23 ‘was and also Yōannaʸs’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:23 word 1

OET-LV: 23 And the Yōannaʸs was also immersing in Ainōn near the Saleim, because much water was there, and they _were _arriving and were _being _immersed. (JHN_3:23)

OET-RV: 23 Yohan was also immersing people at Aenon near Salim because there was plenty of water there and people would come to him to get immersed. (JHN 3:23)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:23 ‘because water much was there and they were arriving’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:23 word 16

OET-LV: 23 And the Yōannaʸs was also immersing in Ainōn near the Saleim, because much water was there, and they _were _arriving and were _being _immersed. (JHN_3:23)

OET-RV: 23 Yohan was also immersing people at Aenon near Salim because there was plenty of water there and people would come to him to get immersed. (JHN 3:23)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:24 ‘not_yet for was having_been throw into the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:24 word 3

OET-LV: 24 For/Because the Yōannaʸs was not _yet having _been _throw into the prison. (JHN_3:24)

OET-RV: 24 (At this point in time, Yohan had not yet been put in prison.) (JHN 3:24)

Yhn (Jhn) 3:26 ‘to him My_great_one who was with you beyond’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:26 word 12

OET-LV: 26 And they _came to the Yōannaʸs and they _said to _him: My _great_one, who was with you beyond the Yordanaʸs/(Yardēn), to _whom you have _testified, see, this one is _immersing and all are _coming to him. (JHN_3:26)

OET-RV: 26 So some people went to Yohan and said, “Teacher, that man that came to you across the river and that you testified about, now he’s immersing people and so they’re all going to him.” (JHN 3:26)

Yhn (Jhn) 4:6 ‘was and there well’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 and well of_ the _Yakōb was there. Therefore the Yaʸsous having _wearied from the journey, was _sitting thus at the well. The_hour was about the_sixth. (JHN_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 and ‘Yacob’s well’ was there. Yeshua was tired from all the walking and was sitting by the well around midday. (JHN 4:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 4:6 ‘the well the hour was about the sixth’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:6 word 23

OET-LV: 6 and well of_ the _Yakōb was there. Therefore the Yaʸsous having _wearied from the journey, was _sitting thus at the well. The_hour was about the_sixth. (JHN_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 and ‘Yacob’s well’ was there. Yeshua was tired from all the walking and was sitting by the well around midday. (JHN 4:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 4:46 ‘water wine and was a certain royal official of whose’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:46 word 23

OET-LV: 46 Therefore he _came back to the Kana of_ the _Galilaia, where he _made the water wine. And was a_certain royal official, of _whose the son was _ailing in Kafarnaʼoum. (JHN_4:46)

OET-RV: 46 So he went again to Cana there in Galilee where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a royal official there, whose son in Capernaum was ill. (JHN 4:46)

Yhn (Jhn) 5:1 ‘after these things there was a feast of the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 5:1 word 3

OET-LV: 5 After these things there _was a_feast of _the Youdaiōns, and Yaʸsous went _up to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). (JHN_5:1)

OET-RV: 5 After all this, there was another Jewish feast, so Yeshua went down to Yerushalem. (JHN 5:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 5:5 ‘was and a certain man’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 5:5 word 1

OET-LV: 5 And was a_certain man there, being thirty eight years in the sicknesses of _him. (JHN_5:5)

OET-RV: 5 One man had been there for thirty-eight years, (JHN 5:5)

Yhn (Jhn) 5:9 ‘of him and was walking it was and the day_of_rest on’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 5:9 word 20

OET-LV: 9 And immediately the man became healthy, and took _up the pallet of _him, and was _walking. And it _was the_day _of _rest on that the day. (JHN_5:9)

OET-RV: 9 The man immediately stood up, picked up his gear, and started to walk.
¶ However, this was the weekly rest day. (JHN 5:9)

Yhn (Jhn) 5:35 ‘that one was the lamp being burned’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 5:35 word 2

OET-LV: 35 That one was the lamp which being _burned and shining, and you _all willed to _be _exulted for a_hour in the light of _him. (JHN_5:35)

OET-RV: 35 Yohan was a bright and shining light and you appreciated it for a short time. (JHN 5:35)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:4 ‘was and near the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:4 word 1

OET-LV: 4 And the passover_feast was near, the feast of _the Youdaiōns. (JHN_6:4)

OET-RV: 4 At that time, it was getting close to the Jewish Festival of Passover. (JHN 6:4)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:10 ‘the people to sit_down there was and grass much’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:10 word 10

OET-LV: 10 the Yaʸsous Said: Make the people to _sit _down. And there _was grass much in the place. Therefore the men sat _down, the number about five _thousand. (JHN_6:10)

OET-RV: 10 But Yeshua told them to get all the people to sit down as there was a large grassy area. So they all sat down—some five thousand men were counted. (JHN 6:10)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:22 ‘little_boat other no was there except one’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:22 word 17

OET-LV: 22 On _the_ of _next _day the crowd which having _stood across of _the sea, saw that no other little _boat was there except not/lest one, and that the Yaʸsous not entered _with with _the apprentices/followers of _him into the boat, but only the apprentices/followers of _him went _away, (JHN_6:22)

OET-RV: 22 The next day, the crowd looked across the lake and saw that only one small boat had crossed, and they knew that only Yeshua’s apprentices had boarded that boat and left, and not Yeshua himself. (JHN 6:22)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:62 ‘of Man going_uphill where he was earlier’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:62 word 14

OET-LV: 62 Therefore if you _all _may _be _observing the son of_ the _Man, going _up where he _was the earlier? (JHN_6:62)

OET-RV: 62 What if you were to see humanity’s child ascending to where he came from? (JHN 6:62)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:2 ‘it was and near the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 And it _was near the feast of _the Youdaiōns the tents. (JHN_7:2)

OET-RV: 2 As it was now getting close to the Jewish Feast With Tents, (JHN 7:2)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 ‘grumbling concerning him there was much among the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 And there _was much grumbling concerning him among the crowds. The ones on _one _hand were _saying, that He _is good, on _the _other _hand others were _saying: No, but he _is _deceiving the crowd. (JHN_7:12)

OET-RV: 12 Even among the crowds there was a lot of quiet banter with some saying that Yeshua is a good man and others complaining that he was misleading the people. (JHN 7:12)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:39 ‘him not_yet for was the spirit because Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:39 word 21

OET-LV: 39 But he _said this concerning the spirit, of _whom they _were _going to _be _receiving, the ones having _believed on him, because/for the_spirit was not _yet, because Yaʸsous was _glorified not _yet. (JHN_7:39)

OET-RV: 39 He was talking about God’s spirit that the ones who trust him would receive in the future—not yet because Yeshua hadn’t been lifted up to heaven yet. (JHN 7:39)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:42 ‘the village where was Dawid/(Dāvid) is coming the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:42 word 18

OET-LV: 42 Not the scripture said that the chosen _one /messiah is _coming out _of the seed of _Dawid/(Dāvid), and from Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem), the village where Dawid was? (JHN_7:42)

OET-RV: 42 Don’t the scriptures say that he’ll be a descendant of King David and that he’ll come from David’s town of Bethlehem?” (JHN 7:42)

Yhn (Jhn) 8:42 ‘god the father of you_all was you_all were loving would me’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:42 word 14

OET-LV: 42 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to _them: If the god was the_father of _you _all, you _all_ would _were _loving me, because/for I came _out from the god and am _coming, because/for and _not I _have _come of myself, but that one sent_ me _out. (JHN_8:42)

OET-RV: 42 “If God was your father you all would be loving me,” Yeshua responded, “because I came from God and for God. I didn’t just come by myself, but God sent me here. (JHN 8:42)

Yhn (Jhn) 8:44 ‘to_be doing that one a murderer was from the beginning and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:44 word 18

OET-LV: 44 You _all are of the father the devil, and you _all _are _wanting to _be _doing the desires of _the father of _you _all. That one was a_murderer from the_beginning, and has_ not _stood in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he _may _be _speaking the falsehood, he _is _speaking from his own, because he _is a_liar, and the father of _it. (JHN_8:44)

OET-RV: 44 is because you come from your father, the devil, and you want to do what your father wants. But he was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stick to the truth because there’s no truth in him. Whenever he tells lies, he’s speaking from his own nature, because he’s a liar and the source of lying. (JHN 8:44)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:8 ‘earlier that a beggar he was were saying not this’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:8 word 14

OET-LV: 8 Therefore the neighbours and the ones observing him the earlier, that he _was a_beggar, were _saying: Is this not the one sitting and begging? (JHN_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then the neighbours of the man and others who had seen him earlier, knowing that he was a beggar asked, “Isn’t he the one who always sat and begged here?” (JHN 9:8)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:14 ‘it was and the day_of_rest in’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:14 word 1

OET-LV: 14 And it _was the_day _of _rest in that day the Yaʸsous made the clay, and opened _up the eyes of _him. (JHN_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 Now, it had been the Rest Day when Yeshua had made the slurry and enabled him to see, (JHN 9:14)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 ‘to_be doing and a division was among them’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 word 36

OET-LV: 16 Therefore some of the Farisaios_party were _saying, this one the man is not from god, because he _is_ not _keeping the day _of _rest. Others were _saying: How is_ sinful a_man _able to _be _doing such signs? And was a_division among them. (JHN_9:16)

OET-RV: 16 “Well clearly that man is not from God,” some of them said, “because he doesn’t respect the Rest Day.”
¶ However others said, “But if he’s just a sinner, how could he do miracles like that?” (JHN 9:16)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:18 ‘concerning him that he was blind and received_sight’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:18 word 10

OET-LV: 18 Therefore the Youdaiōns not believed him concerning that he _was blind and received _sight, until they _called the parents of _him of _which which having _received _sight. (JHN_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 But some of the Jews weren’t even sure that he really had been blind before and could now see, so they called for his parents (JHN 9:18)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:24 ‘out_of a second time who was blind and they said’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:24 word 11

OET-LV: 24 Therefore they _called the man who was blind out _of a_second time, and they _said to _him: Give glory to_ the _god, we have _known that this the man is a_sinner. (JHN_9:24)

OET-RV: 24 So the leaders summoned the man born blind a second time and commanded him, “Only praise God himself for this, because we know that that man is a sinner.” (JHN 9:24)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:33 ‘except was this man from god’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:33 word 3

OET-LV: 33 Except not/lest this man was from god, he _was_ not _able to _be _doing nothing. (JHN_9:33)

OET-RV: 33 If this man isn’t from God, surely he wouldn’t be able to do that!” (JHN 9:33)

Yhn (Jhn) 10:6 ‘not knew what_all it was which he was speaking to them’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:6 word 16

OET-LV: 6 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) spoke this the allegory to _them, but those not knew what _all it _was, which he _was _speaking to _them. (JHN_10:6)

OET-RV: 6 Yeshua told them this illustration, but none of those who heard it knew what it meant. (JHN 10:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 10:40 ‘the place where was Yōannaʸs before immersing’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:40 word 13

OET-LV: 40 And he _went _away again beyond the Yordanaʸs/(Yardēn), to the place where was Yōannaʸs which before immersing, and he _remained there. (JHN_10:40)

OET-RV: 40 Then Yeshua crossed the Yordan river to the place where Yohan had immersed the people, and he stayed there. (JHN 10:40)

Yhn (Jhn) 10:41 ‘concerning this man true was’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:41 word 26

OET-LV: 41 And many came to him, and they _were _saying, that Yōannaʸs on _one _hand did not _one sign, on _the _other _hand all things as _much _as Yōannaʸs said concerning this man was true. (JHN_10:41)

OET-RV: 41 Many people visited him there, and they were saying that even though Yohan had never done even one miracle, on the other hand everything that he had said about Yeshua was true, (JHN 10:41)

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’.

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