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SR GNT Rev 18:23 ἦσαν (aʸsan) ‘the merchants of you were the magnates of the’ Strongs=15100 Lemma=eimi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (91) of identical word form ἦσαν (V-IIA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἦσαν’ (V-IIA3··P) has 4 different glosses: ‘there were’, ‘they were’, ‘those were’, ‘were’.

Yhn (Jhn) 1:24 ‘and having_been sent_out they were from the Farisaios_party’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:24 word 4

OET-LV: 24 And having _been _sent _out they _were from the Farisaios_party. (JHN_1:24)

OET-RV: 24 Some of the ones sent out were members of the Pharisee party. (JHN 1:24)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:6 ‘were and there stone’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 And six stone waterpots were lying there according _to the purification of _the Youdaiōns, having _room _for two or three measures each. (JHN_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 Now there were six empty stone water jars there that are used for Jewish purification ceremonies. (Each one could hold over 70 litres.) (JHN 2:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 12:20 ‘were and Hellaʸns some’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 12:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 And Hellaʸns were some of the ones going _up, in _order _that they _may _prostrate at the feast, (JHN_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 And some Greek people were also going to Yerushalem to worship God at the celebrations (JHN 12:20)

Yhn (Jhn) 17:6 ‘the world yours they were for and_me them you gave’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 17:6 word 18

OET-LV: 6 I _revealed the name of _you to _the men whom you _gave to _me out _of the world. they _were Yours, for _and _me you _gave them, and they _have _kept the message of _you. (JHN_17:6)

OET-RV: 6 “I revealed your power to the ones that you gave me from this world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your teaching. (JHN 17:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:19 ‘doors having_been shut where were the apprentices/followers because_of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:19 word 17

OET-LV: 19 Therefore being evening the on_ that _day the first of_the_week, and the doors having _been _shut where the apprentices/followers were because _of the fear of _the Youdaiōns, the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) came and stood in the midst, and is _saying to _them: Peace to _you _all. (JHN_20:19)

OET-RV: 19 On Sunday evening Yeshua’s apprentices had met together and had the doors locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, but Yeshua arrived and stood in the middle of the room and said, “Peace to you all.” (JHN 20:19)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:26 ‘days eight again were inside the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26 And after eight days the apprentices/followers of _him were again inside, and Thōmas with them. the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) Is _coming, the doors having _been _shut, and stood in the midst, and said: Peace to _you _all. (JHN_20:26)

OET-RV: 26 Eight days later, Yeshua’s apprentices were again together inside, and this time Thomas was with them. (JHN 20:26)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:2 ‘were together Simōn Petros’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:2 word 1

OET-LV: 2 Simōn Petros, and Thōmas which being _called Didumos/[twin], and Nathanaaʸl the one from Kana of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), and the sons the of _Zebedaios, and two others of the apprentices/followers of _him. were together. (JHN_21:2)

OET-RV: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas nicknamed ‘Twin’, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other apprentices had gathered together (JHN 21:2)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:8 ‘came not for they were far from the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 And the other apprentices/followers in _the little _boat came, because/for they _were not far from the land, but from about two _hundred cubits dragging the net with _the fishes. (JHN_21:8)

OET-RV: 8 The other apprentices followed in the little boat dragging the net behind them because they were only about 100m out from the shore. (JHN 21:8)

Mark 1:16 ‘in the sea they were for fishermen’ SR GNT Mark 1:16 word 29

OET-LV: 16 And passing _by by the sea of_ the _Galilaia, he _saw Simōn and Andreas the brother of _Simōn throwing a _net in the sea for they _were fishermen. (MRK_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 As he went around the lake of Galilee, Yeshua saw two fishermen, Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the lake. (MRK 1:16)

Mark 2:6 ‘were but some of the’ SR GNT Mark 2:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 But some of _the scribes were there, sitting and reasoning in the hearts of _them, (MRK_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 But some of the religious teachers were sitting there, thinking to themselves, (MRK 2:6)

Mark 2:15 ‘the apprentices/followers of him they were for many and’ SR GNT Mark 2:15 word 28

OET-LV: 15 And is _becoming him to _be _reclining in the house of _him, and many tax _collectors and sinners were _reclining the with_Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) and the apprentices/followers of _him, because/for they _were many and they _were _following after _him. (MRK_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 Yeshua ended up having a meal at Levi’s place, and many other tax collectors and undesirables were sitting there also, along with Yeshua’s followers, because by then, many people were following him around. (MRK 2:15)

Mark 2:18 ‘and were the apprentices/followers of Yōannaʸs’ SR GNT Mark 2:18 word 2

OET-LV: 18 And the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the Farisaios_party were fasting. And they _are _coming and they _are _saying to _him: For/Because_ why _reason the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the apprentices/followers of _the Farisaios_party are _fasting, but the your apprentices/followers are_ not _fasting? (MRK_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 Now the followers of Yohan-the-immerser and members of the Pharisees regularly fasted. So a small group came to Yeshua and asked, “How come Yohan’s followers and the Pharisee party fast regularly, yet your followers don’t?” (MRK 2:18)

Mark 4:1 ‘on the land were’ SR GNT Mark 4:1 word 55

OET-LV: 4 And again he _began to _be _teaching beside the sea. And a_ very _great _crowd is _being _gathered _together to him, so _that him having _boarded into the boat, to _be _sitting in the sea, and all the crowd were on the land to the sea. (MRK_4:1)

OET-RV: 4 Again Yeshua started teaching by the edge of the lake. A huge crowd gathered around him, but he had boarded a boat that was floating in the water, and all the people were there on the land. (MRK 4:1)

Mark 6:31 ‘and rest a little were for the ones coming’ SR GNT Mark 6:31 word 22

OET-LV: 31 And he _is _saying to _them: Come you _all yourselves by yourselves to a_desolate place and rest a_little. For/Because the ones coming and the ones going were many, and they _were_ not _even _having _opportunity to _eat. (MRK_6:31)

OET-RV: 31 Then he told them, “Let’s just all of us head for a quiet place and take a break.” This was because there were so many people always coming and going, and sometimes they didn’t even have a chance to eat. (MRK 6:31)

Mark 6:34 ‘to them because they were as sheep not’ SR GNT Mark 6:34 word 21

OET-LV: 34 And having _come _out, he _saw a_great crowd and he _was _feeling _compassion to them because they _were as sheep not having a_shepherd, and he _began to _be _teaching them many things. (MRK_6:34)

OET-RV: 34 So when Yeshua got out of the boat, he saw a big crowd and felt sorry for them because they seemed like sheep without a shepherd, so he started teaching them many things. (MRK 6:34)

Mark 6:44 ‘and were the ones having eaten the’ SR GNT Mark 6:44 word 2

OET-LV: 44 And the ones having _eaten the loaves were five _thousand men. (MRK_6:44)

OET-RV: 44 And the headcount of men who ate that evening was five thousand. (MRK 6:44)

Mark 8:9 ‘they were and they having eaten’ SR GNT Mark 8:9 word 1

OET-LV: 9 And they _were they having _eaten about four _thousand. And he _sent_ them _away. (MRK_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 There were some four thousand people there that day, and Yeshua sent them home after they’d eaten. (MRK 8:9)

Mark 9:4 ‘with Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and they were conversing_with with Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa)’ SR GNT Mark 9:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 And Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) with Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) was _seen to _them, and they _were conversing _with the with_Yaʸsous. (MRK_9:4)

OET-RV: 4 And Eliyah and Mosheh appeared beside Yeshua and started talking with him. (MRK 9:4)

Mark 10:32 ‘they were and on the’ SR GNT Mark 10:32 word 1

OET-LV: 32 And they _were on the way going _up to Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), and the Yaʸsous was going _before them, and they _were _being _amazed, and they following were _fearing. And having _taken the twelve back, he _began to _be _telling to _them the things going to _be _happening to _him. (MRK_10:32)

OET-RV: 32 They were heading south on their way to Yerushalem with Yeshua in front, and his followers were a bit surprised and a bit scared. Yeshua took the twelve aside and started telling them what was going to happen to him, (MRK 10:32)

Mark 14:4 ‘were but some resenting’ SR GNT Mark 14:4 word 2

OET-LV: 4 But some were resenting to themselves: For/Because why the this destruction of _the ointment has _become? (MRK_14:4)

OET-RV: 4 Immediately some started quietly grumbling about the extravagant waste, (MRK 14:4)

Mark 14:40 ‘he found them sleeping were for of them the’ SR GNT Mark 14:40 word 9

OET-LV: 40 And having _come again, he _found them sleeping, because/for the eyes of _them were being _weighed _down, and they _had_ not _known what they _may _be _answer to _him. (MRK_14:40)

OET-RV: 40 but when he returned again, he found them all asleep because they were tired, but they couldn’t really find any excuse to give. (MRK 14:40)

Mark 14:56 ‘the testimonies not were’ SR GNT Mark 14:56 word 12

OET-LV: 56 For/Because many were _giving _false _testimony against him, but the testimonies were not same. (MRK_14:56)

OET-RV: 56 Several people were making up charges against him, but none of the accusers’ stories agreed with each other. (MRK 14:56)

Mark 15:40 ‘were and also women’ SR GNT Mark 15:40 word 1

OET-LV: 40 And were also women observing from afar, among whom both Maria/(Miryām) the from _Magdala, and Maria the mother of_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the little and of_Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf? ), and Salōmaʸ, (MRK_15:40)

OET-RV: 40 Further back, there was also a group of women observing everything. These included Maria from Magdala, Maria the mother of young Yacob and Yoses, and Salome, (MRK 15:40)

Mat 4:18 ‘into the sea they were for fishermen’ SR GNT Mat 4:18 word 29

OET-LV: 18 And walking beside the sea of_ the _Galilaia he _saw two, brothers, Simōn which being _called Petros and Andreas the brother of _him, throwing a_throwing _net into the sea, because/for they _were fishermen. (MAT_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 As he walked beside Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (later nicknamed Peter) and Andrew, throwing their net into the sea because they were fishermen. (MAT 4:18)

Mat 9:36 ‘for them because they were having_been troubled and having_been helpless’ SR GNT Mat 9:36 word 11

OET-LV: 36 And having _seen the crowds, he _was _feeling _compassion for them, because they _were having _been _troubled and having _been _helpless, as _if sheep not having a_shepherd. (MAT_9:36)

OET-RV: 36 When he saw the crowds, he felt for them because they were tired and stressed like sheep with no shepherd. (MAT 9:36)

Mat 14:21 ‘the ones and eating were men about five_thousand’ SR GNT Mat 14:21 word 4

OET-LV: 21 And the ones eating were about five _thousand men, apart _from women and little _children. (MAT_14:21)

OET-RV: 21 There were about five thousand families there. (MAT 14:21)

Mat 15:38 ‘the ones and eating were four_thousand men apart_from’ SR GNT Mat 15:38 word 4

OET-LV: 38 And the ones eating were four _thousand men, apart _from women and little _children. (MAT_15:38)

OET-RV: 38 There were about four thousand families there. (MAT 15:38)

Mat 22:8 ‘on_the_other_hand having_been invited not were worthy’ SR GNT Mat 22:8 word 15

OET-LV: 8 Then he _is _saying to _the slaves of _him: On _one _hand the wedding is ready, on _the _other _hand the ones having _been _invited were not worthy. (MAT_22:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then he told his slaves, ‘Well, the wedding reception is ready but those that were invited aren’t worthy to come. (MAT 22:8)

Mat 22:25 ‘they were and among us’ SR GNT Mat 22:25 word 1

OET-LV: 25 And they _were seven brothers among us, and the first having _married died, and not having seed, left the wife of _him to _the brother of _him. (MAT_22:25)

OET-RV: 25 Well, there were seven brothers amongst up, and the first one got married and then died childless. So his brother married the widow. (MAT 22:25)

Mat 24:38 ‘as for they were in the days’ SR GNT Mat 24:38 word 4

OET-LV: 38 For/Because as they _were in the days which before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and betrothing, until that day Nōe came _in into the box. (MAT_24:38)

OET-RV: 38 In the days leading up to the flood, people were eating and drinking, and marrying and getting engaged—right until the very day that Noah entered the barge. (MAT 24:38)

Mat 25:2 ‘and of them were foolish and five were’ SR GNT Mat 25:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 And five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. (MAT_25:2)

OET-RV: 2 Five of them were harebrained and five were sensible. (MAT 25:2)

Mat 26:43 ‘he found them sleeping were for of them the’ SR GNT Mat 26:43 word 9

OET-LV: 43 And having _come back, he _found them sleeping, because/for the eyes of _them were having _been _weighed _down. (MAT_26:43)

OET-RV: 43 Returning again, he found the apprentices sleeping because they were very tired. (MAT 26:43)

Mat 27:55 ‘were and there women’ SR GNT Mat 27:55 word 1

OET-LV: 55 And there were many women observing from afar, who followed the after_Yaʸsous from the Galilaia/(Gālīl) serving unto _him, (MAT_27:55)

OET-RV: 55 There were many women watching all this from a distance—they were those who from Galilee who had followed Yeshua and looked after him, (MAT 27:55)

Luke 1:6 ‘they were and righteous both’ SR GNT Luke 1:6 word 1

OET-LV: 6 And they _were both righteous before the god, blameless in pursuing all the commands and just _acts of _the master. (LUK_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 God considered them both good and blameless as they followed his instructions and obeyed his rules. (LUK 1:6)

Luke 1:7 ‘the days of them were’ SR GNT Luke 1:7 word 20

OET-LV: 7 And was to _them no child, as _much _as the Elisabet was barren, and both were having _advanced in the days of _them. (LUK_1:7)

OET-RV: 7 Elizabeth had never been able to have a child, so there was just the two of them as they were now getting older. (LUK 1:7)

Luke 2:8 ‘and shepherds were in the region’ SR GNT Luke 2:8 word 4

OET-LV: 8 And shepherds were in the the same region, lodging _in _the _fields and keeping watch the by _night over the flock of _them. (LUK_2:8)

OET-RV: 8 In that same area, there were some shepherds staying out in the fields where they kept watch over their flocks at night. (LUK 2:8)

Luke 4:20 ‘in the synagogue were looking_intently at him’ SR GNT Luke 4:20 word 19

OET-LV: 20 And having _rolled _up the scroll having _given _back it to _the attendant, he _sat _down and the eyes of _all in the synagogue were looking _intently at _him. (LUK_4:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then after rolling up the scroll and giving it back to the attendant, he sat down to give his commentary and every person in the room was studying him (LUK 4:20)

Luke 4:25 ‘to you_all many widows were in the days’ SR GNT Luke 4:25 word 9

OET-LV: 25 But in truth I _am _saying to _you _all, were many widows in the days of _Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), when the sky was _shut for three years and six months when a_ great _famine became on all the land, (LUK_4:25)

OET-RV: 25 There were certainly many widows in Yisrael in the days of Eliyah when God stopped the rain for three and a half years and caused a terrible famine. (LUK 4:25)

Luke 4:27 ‘and many lepers were in Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) during’ SR GNT Luke 4:27 word 4

OET-LV: 27 And many lepers were in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl), during Elissaios/(ʼElīshāˊ) the prophet, and no _one of _them was _cleansed, except not/lest Neʼeman/(Naˊₐmān) the from _Suria. (LUK_4:27)

OET-RV: 27 Also there were many people in Yisrael with leprosy in the days of the prophet Elisha and none of them were healed, but only Naaman from Syria.” (LUK 4:27)

Luke 5:10 ‘sons of Zebedaios who were partners with Simōn and’ SR GNT Luke 5:10 word 17

OET-LV: 10 and also Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and Yōannaʸs, sons of _Zebedaios, who likewise were partners the with _Simōn. And the Yaʸsous said to the Simōn: Be_ not _fearing, from the time now you _will _be catching people. (LUK_5:10)

OET-RV: 10 including Yacob and Yohan (Zebedee’s sons) who were his fishing partners. Then Yeshua told Simon, “Don’t be afraid—from now on you’ll be catching people.” (LUK 5:10)

Luke 5:17 ‘was teaching and were sitting Farisaios_party and’ SR GNT Luke 5:17 word 14

OET-LV: 17 And it _became on one of _the days, and he was teaching, and Farisaios_party and law _teachers were sitting, who they _were having _come out _of every village of_ the _Galilaia/(Gālīl), and of _Youdaia, and of _Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim). And the_power of_the_master was there in _order that him to _be _healing. (LUK_5:17)

OET-RV: 17 Yeshua was teaching one day, and some from the Pharisee party and some religious teachers were sitting there listening. They had come from villages all around Galilee and Yudea, and also from Yerushalem, and the power of Yahweh was there enabling Yeshua to heal people. (LUK 5:17)

Luke 5:17 ‘and law_teachers who they were having come out_of every’ SR GNT Luke 5:17 word 26

Luke 5:29 ‘and others who were with them reclining’ SR GNT Luke 5:29 word 26

OET-LV: 29 And Leui/(Lēvī) made a_ great _banquet for _him in the house of _him, and there _was a_ great _crowd of _tax _collectors and others, who were reclining with them. (LUK_5:29)

OET-RV: 29 Then Levi prepared a large meal in his home for Yeshua, plus there were also a lot of tax-collectors and others who were sitting with them. (LUK 5:29)

Luke 8:2 ‘women some who were having_been healed from spirits’ SR GNT Luke 8:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 and some women who were having _been _healed from evil spirits and sicknesses: Maria/(Miryām) who being _called from _Magdala, from whom seven demons had _come _out, (LUK_8:2)

OET-RV: 2 along with some women who’d been healed from evil spirits and sicknesses: Maria from Magdala (that seven demons had come out of), (LUK 8:2)

Luke 8:40 ‘him the crowd were for all waiting’ SR GNT Luke 8:40 word 17

OET-LV: 40 And at the time the Yaʸsous to _be _returning, the crowd welcomed him, because/for were all waiting for _him. (LUK_8:40)

OET-RV: 40 When Yeshua got back to the other side of the lake, the crowd there had been waiting for him and welcomed him. (LUK 8:40)

Luke 9:14 ‘they were for about men’ SR GNT Luke 9:14 word 1

OET-LV: 14 (For/Because they _were about five _thousand men. ) And he _said to the apprentices/followers of _him: Recline them in _groups about fifty each. (LUK_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 There were about 5,000 men (not counting women and children).
¶ Then he told his apprentices, “Sit them down in rows of about fifty each.” (LUK 9:14)

Luke 9:30 ‘were conversing_with with him who were Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh)’ SR GNT Luke 9:30 word 10

OET-LV: 30 And see, two men were _conversing _with with _him, who were Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) and Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh), (LUK_9:30)

OET-RV: 30 Then, look, there were two men talking with him—Mosheh and Eliyah! (LUK 9:30)

Luke 9:32 ‘the ones with him were having_been weighed_down with sleep having fully_awoken’ SR GNT Luke 9:32 word 8

OET-LV: 32 And the Petros and the ones with him were having _been _weighed _down with _sleep, but having _fully _awoken they _saw the glory of _him, and the two men which having _stood _with with _him. (LUK_9:32)

OET-RV: 32 Peter and the others had been exhausted and fallen asleep, but when they woke up they saw the radiance of Yeshua and the other two standing there with him, (LUK 9:32)

Luke 14:1 ‘bread and they were watching_closely him’ SR GNT Luke 14:1 word 22

OET-LV: 14 And it _became at the time him to _come into a_house of _one of _the rulers Farisaios_party, on_a_day _of _rest to _eat bread, and they were watching_ him _closely. (LUK_14:1)

OET-RV: 14 One day, Yeshua went to the house of one of the Pharisee party leaders for a meal on a Rest Day, and they were watching him closely. (LUK 14:1)

Luke 15:1 ‘were and to him nearing’ SR GNT Luke 15:1 word 1

OET-LV: 15 And all the tax _collectors and the sinners were nearing to _him to _be _hearing from _him. (LUK_15:1)

OET-RV: 15 Many tax-collectors and others regarded as sinners had come closer so they could hear what Yeshua was teaching, (LUK 15:1)

Luke 20:29 ‘seven therefore brothers there were and the first’ SR GNT Luke 20:29 word 4

OET-LV: 29 Therefore there _were seven brothers, and the first, having _taken a_wife, died _off childless, (LUK_20:29)

OET-RV: 29 Once there were seven brothers, and the first one had a wife, but died without having children. (LUK 20:29)

Luke 23:55 ‘the women who were having come_together from Galilaia/(Gālīl)’ SR GNT Luke 23:55 word 9

OET-LV: 55 And the women having _followed, who were having _come _together from the Galilaia with _him, saw the tomb and how the body of _him was _laid. (LUK_23:55)

OET-RV: 55 The women who’d come from Galilee followed Yosef and his men and saw the tomb and how the body was placed inside, (LUK 23:55)

Luke 24:10 ‘they were and the from_Magdala’ SR GNT Luke 24:10 word 1

OET-LV: 10 And they _were the from _Magdala Maria/(Miryām), and Yōanna, and Maria the mother of_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and the rest with them, who _were _telling these things to the ambassadors. (LUK_24:10)

OET-RV: 10 (The women who told this to the missionaries were Maria from Magdala, Yoanna, Maria the mother of Yacob, and the other women who were with them.) (LUK 24:10)

Luke 24:13 ‘same the day were going to a village’ SR GNT Luke 24:13 word 17

OET-LV: 13 And see, two of them at same the day were going to a_village being_ sixty stadiums _away from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), to _whose name is Emmaous. (LUK_24:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then, wow, two of Yeshua’s followers were walking to the village of Emmaus about eleven kilometres away from Yerushalem, (LUK 24:13)

Luke 24:53 ‘and they were through everything in’ SR GNT Luke 24:53 word 2

OET-LV: 53 And they _were in the temple blessing the god through everything. (LUK_24:53)

OET-RV: 53 where they went into the temple and praised God about everything. (LUK 24:53)

Acts 1:10 ‘and as looking_intently they were into the sky’ SR GNT Acts 1:10 word 4

OET-LV: 10 And as they _were looking _intently into the sky, him going, also see two men in white clothing, had _stood _by to _them, (ACT_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 As they stood there staring into the sky after he’d gone, suddenly two men in white clothes were standing beside them (ACT 1:10)

Acts 1:13 ‘upper_room they went_uphill where they were staying Petros and’ SR GNT Acts 1:13 word 12

OET-LV: 13 And when they _came _in, into the upper _room, they _went _up where they _were staying, which and/both Petros and Yōannaʸs and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and Andreas, Filippos and Thōmas, Bartholomaios and Matthaios, Yakōbos of _Alfaios, and Simōn the Farisaios _zaʸlōtaʸs_group _member, and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) of _Yakōbos. (ACT_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 They went into the upstairs room where they were staying—Peter and Yohan, Yacob and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, Yacob (son of Alfeus), Simon (the Zealot member), and Yudas (son of Yacob). (ACT 1:13)

Acts 1:14 ‘these all were persevering with_one_accord in prayer’ SR GNT Acts 1:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 These all were persevering the in _prayer with _one _accord, with the_women and Maria/(Miryām) the mother of_ the _Yaʸsous, and the brothers of _him. (ACT_1:14)

OET-RV: 14 They were united in their ongoing prayers, along with Maria the mother of Yeshua, and his brothers. (ACT 1:14)

Acts 2:1 ‘the day of pentecost they were all together in’ SR GNT Acts 2:1 word 15

OET-LV: 2 And at the time the day the of _pentecost to _be _being _fulfilled, they _were all together in the same place. (ACT_2:1)

OET-RV: 2 When the Day of Pentecost actually arrived, the believers met together in the same room. (ACT 2:1)

Acts 2:2 ‘the house where they were sitting’ SR GNT Acts 2:2 word 21

OET-LV: 2 And suddenly a_sound became out _of the heaven, as being _carried of_a_ forceful _wind, and it _filled all the house where they _were sitting. (ACT_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 Suddenly there was a noise in the sky that sounded like a strong wind, then it filled the entire house where they were sitting. (ACT 2:2)

Acts 2:5 ‘were and in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim)’ SR GNT Acts 2:5 word 1

OET-LV: 5 And Youdaiōns were dwelling in Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim), devout men from every nation of _the nations under the heaven. (ACT_2:5)

OET-RV: 5 At the time, there were godly Jews staying in Yerushalem that had come from other countries all around the world. (ACT 2:5)

Acts 2:42 ‘they were and persevering in the’ SR GNT Acts 2:42 word 2

OET-LV: 42 And they _were persevering in _the teaching of _the ambassadors, and the in _fellowship, the breaking of _the bread, and the in _prayers. (ACT_2:42)

OET-RV: 42 They continued listening to the teaching of the missionaries, and building their relationships with each other, and breaking bread and praying together. (ACT 2:42)

Acts 2:44 ‘and the ones having believed were with the same purpose’ SR GNT Acts 2:44 word 8

OET-LV: 44 And all the ones having _believed were with the same purpose, and they _were _having all common things, (ACT_2:44)

OET-RV: 44 All those who did believe were united in purpose and had shared use of many things. (ACT 2:44)

Acts 4:6 ‘Alexandros and as_many_as were of descent chief_priestly’ SR GNT Acts 4:6 word 20

OET-LV: 6 and Annas the chief _priest, and Kaiafas, and Yōannaʸs, and Alexandros, and as _many _as were of chief _priestly descent. (ACT_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 along with those descended from high priests, including Annas the current high priest and Caiafas and Yohan and Alexander. (ACT 4:6)

Acts 4:13 ‘that with Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) they were’ SR GNT Acts 4:13 word 26

OET-LV: 13 And observing the boldness of_ the _Petros and of _Yōannaʸs, and having _grasped that they _are illiterate and ordinary men, they _were _marvelling, and they _were _recognizing them that they _were with the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa). (ACT_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 The assembled leaders were amazed when they saw the boldness of Peter and Yohan who they knew to be illiterate, working-class men Then they recognised that they’d been with Yeshua, (ACT 4:13)

Acts 4:31 ‘place in which they were having_been gathered_together and were filled’ SR GNT Acts 4:31 word 9

OET-LV: 31 And having _been _besought of _them, the place in which they _were having _been _gathered _together was _shaken, and all were _filled the holy spirit, and they _were _speaking the message of_ the _god with boldness. (ACT_4:31)

OET-RV: 31 As they finished their requests, the place where they had met was shaken and all of them were filled with the holy spirit, and they went out and boldly proclaimed God’s message. (ACT 4:31)

Acts 5:12 ‘the people and were with_one_accord all in’ SR GNT Acts 5:12 word 20

OET-LV: 12 And by the hands of _the ambassadors, many signs and wonders was _becoming, among the people, and all were with _one _accord in the Veranda of _Solomōn/(Shəlmoh). (ACT_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 The missionaries went on to do many miracles and amazing things, and all the people who gathered in Solomon’s Porch had a united vision, (ACT 5:12)

Acts 11:20 ‘were but some of’ SR GNT Acts 11:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 But were some of them men, Cyprians and ones_from _Kuraʸnaʸ, who having _come into Antioⱪeia, were _speaking also to the Hellaʸnistaʸs, good _message _preaching the master Yaʸsous. (ACT_11:20)

OET-RV: 20 However, some of the believers were from Cyprus and Cyrene, and when they got to Antioch they proclaimed the good news from the master Yeshua to the Greeks. (ACT 11:20)

Acts 12:3 ‘to capture also Petros those were and the days of non-fermented bread’ SR GNT Acts 12:3 word 19

OET-LV: 3 And having _seen that is pleasing it _the Youdaiōns, he _proceeded to_ also _capture Petros (and those _were the_days of_ the _non-fermented bread), (ACT_12:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then when he saw that it pleased the Jewish religious leaders, he went on to seize Peter during the Flat Bread Celebration. (ACT 12:3)

Acts 12:12 ‘being called Markos where were many having_been convened_together and’ SR GNT Acts 12:12 word 19

OET-LV: 12 And having _seen, he _came to the house of_ the _Maria/(Miryām), the mother of _Yōannaʸs, who is being _called Markos, where many were having _been _convened _together and praying. (ACT_12:12)

OET-RV: 12 Now that he realised this, he went to Maria’s house (the mother of Yohan Mark) where many believers had met to pray. (ACT 12:12)

Acts 13:1 ‘there were and in Antioⱪeia’ SR GNT Acts 13:1 word 1

OET-LV: 13 And there _were prophets and teachers in Antioⱪeia, in the assembly being: the both Barnabas, and Sumeōn/(Shimˊōn) who being _called Niger, and Loukios the from _Kuraʸnaʸ, And Manaaʸn raised _with of _Haʸrōdaʸs of _the quarter _ruler, and Saulos. (ACT_13:1)

OET-RV: 13 In the assembly at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (called Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen (who grew up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. (ACT 13:1)

Acts 13:48 ‘and believed as_many_as were having_been appointed to life’ SR GNT Acts 13:48 word 19

OET-LV: 48 And hearing it the pagans, they _were _rejoicing and were _glorifying the message of _the master, and as _many _as were having _been _appointed to eternal life believed. (ACT_13:48)

OET-RV: 48 When the non-Jews heard that, they were very happy and were praising the master’s message, and as many as were appointed to receive eternal life believed it. (ACT 13:48)

Acts 14:4 ‘and they on_one_hand were with the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Acts 14:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 On _the _other _hand the multitude of _the city was _divided, and on _one _hand they were with the Youdaiōns, on _the _other _hand they with the ambassadors. (ACT_14:4)

OET-RV: 4 Nevertheless, the people of the city were divided—some agreeing with the strict Jews, and others supporting the missionaries. (ACT 14:4)

Acts 14:7 ‘and_there good_message_preaching they were’ SR GNT Acts 14:7 word 4

OET-LV: 7 and _there they _were good _message _preaching. (ACT_14:7)

OET-RV: 7 and preached the good message there. (ACT 14:7)

Acts 14:26 ‘to Antioⱪeia whence they were having_been given_over to the grace’ SR GNT Acts 14:26 word 6

OET-LV: 26 and _from _there they _sailed _away to Antioⱪeia, whence they _were having _been _given _over to _the grace of_ the _god, because/for the work that they _fulfilled. (ACT_14:26)

OET-RV: 26 From there, they sailed back to Syrian Antioch where the congregation had prayed for God’s grace to be with them for the work they had just fulfilled. (ACT 14:26)

Acts 17:11 ‘these and were more_noble than the ones in’ SR GNT Acts 17:11 word 3

OET-LV: 11 And these were more _noble than the ones in Thessalonikaʸ, who received the message with all readiness, in _every day examining the scriptures, if these things might _be _having thus. (ACT_17:11)

OET-RV: 11 and this group were more upper-class than the congregation in Thessalonica. They eagerly accepted the message and examined the scriptures every day to check if what was being taught matched what was written there. (ACT 17:11)

Acts 18:3 ‘them and they were working they were for tent_makers by craft’ SR GNT Acts 18:3 word 14

OET-LV: 3 and because _of to _be the same _trade, he _was _remaining with them and they _were _working, because/for they _were tent _makers the by _craft. (ACT_18:3)

OET-RV: 3 and since they worked in the same trade, he ended up staying with them and they worked together in their craft of tent-making. (ACT 18:3)

Acts 19:7 ‘were and the all’ SR GNT Acts 19:7 word 1

OET-LV: 7 And the all were men about twelve. (ACT_19:7)

OET-RV: 7 There were about twelve men in the group. (ACT 19:7)

Acts 20:8 ‘there were and lamps many’ SR GNT Acts 20:8 word 1

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)

Acts 21:9 ‘with this man and were daughters four virgins’ SR GNT Acts 21:9 word 3

OET-LV: 9 And with _this man were four daughters, virgins prophesying. (ACT_21:9)

OET-RV: 9 Philip had four unmarried daughters still at home, and they shared messages from God. (ACT 21:9)

Acts 21:29 ‘they were for having previously_seen Trofimos’ SR GNT Acts 21:29 word 1

OET-LV: 29 For/Because they _were having _previously _seen Trofimos the from _Efesos in the city with him, whom they _were _thinking that the Paulos brought _in into the temple. (ACT_21:29)

OET-RV: 29 (They said this because they had previously seen Trofimus from Ephesus in the city with Paul and had assumed that he had brought him into the temple.) (ACT 21:29)

Acts 23:13 ‘were and more than forty’ SR GNT Acts 23:13 word 1

OET-LV: 13 And were more than forty the ones in _this having _made the conspiracy, (ACT_23:13)

OET-RV: 13 There were more than forty of them in this conspiracy, (ACT 23:13)

1 Cor 10:1 ‘under the cloud were and all through’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:1 word 16

OET-LV: 10 Not I _am _wanting for you _all to _be _not _knowing, brothers, that the fathers of _us all under the cloud were, and all through the sea passed _through, (CO1_10:1)

OET-RV: 10 Now brothers and sisters, I don’t want you all to be ignorant about how our Jewish ancestors sheltered under the cloud and then they all passed through the sea, (CO1 10:1)

Gal 1:23 ‘only but hearing they were the one persecuting us’ SR GNT Gal 1:23 word 4

OET-LV: 23 but they _were only hearing, that The one persecuting us once, is_ now _good _message _preaching the faith, which once he _was _persecuting. (GAL_1:23)

OET-RV: 23 but had only heard about me—that the person who’d once been persecuting them was now preaching the good message about the faith himself, (GAL 1:23)

Gal 2:6 ‘something what_kind once they were nothing to me is carrying_value’ SR GNT Gal 2:6 word 9

OET-LV: 6 But of the ones supposing to _be something (what _kind they _were once, nothing is _carrying _value to _me, the god is_ not _receiving the_appearance of_a_person), because/for to _me the ones supposing they _contributed nothing. (GAL_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 And those people who were supposed leaders (although what they were didn’t mean much to me, because God doesn’t go by appearances) didn’t really contribute anything useful, as far as I could tell. (GAL 2:6)

Heb 2:15 ‘the time to_be living liable were to slavery’ SR GNT Heb 2:15 word 13

OET-LV: 15 and may _release these, as _many _as by _fear of _death, through all the time to _be _living, liable were to _slavery. (HEB_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 and set free all those who in a lifetime ‘slavery’ controlled by the fear of death. (HEB 2:15)

2 Pet 3:5 ‘willing that the heavens were anciently and the earth’ SR GNT 2 Pet 3:5 word 8

OET-LV: 5 For/Because this is _escaping _notice them willing, that the_heavens were anciently, and the_earth having _consisted out _of water and through water by _the message of_ the _god, (PE2_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 But because of their desires, the truth is hidden from them that the universe came into being long ago by God’s spoken command and the earth was formed out of water and through water (PE2 3:5)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:19 ‘they came_out but not they were of us if’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:19 word 6

OET-LV: 19 They _came _out from us, but they _were not of us, because/for if they _were of us, they_ would _had _remained with us, but in _order _that they _may _be _revealed that they _are all not of us. (JN1_2:19)

OET-RV: 19 They came from our group, but they were never truly part of us because if they were, they would have stayed with us. But they left us so it would be revealed that they’re not part of us. (JN1 2:19)

1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:19 ‘for of us they were they had remained would with’ SR GNT 1 Yhn (1 Yohan or 1 Jhn) 2:19 word 14

Rev 4:11 ‘the will of you they were and they were created’ SR GNT Rev 4:11 word 32

OET-LV: 11 Worthy you _are, the master and the god of _us, to _receive the glory and the honour and the power, because you created the things all, and for the will of _you they _were, and they _were _created. (REV_4:11)

OET-RV: 11 “You, our God and master, are worthy to receive praise and honour and power,
⇔ because you created everything.
⇔ Everything exists just as you determined to create it.” (REV 4:11)

Rev 9:8 ‘of them like of lions were’ SR GNT Rev 9:8 word 13

OET-LV: 8 and they _were _having hairs like the_hairs of _women, and the teeth of _them like of _lions were, (REV_9:8)

OET-RV: 8 Their hair was like women’s hair and their teeth were like lions’ teeth. (REV 9:8)

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