Quick Definition
I was
Strong's Definition
I was
Derivation: a prolonged form of G2258 (ἦν);
KJV Usage: be, was
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἤ μήν ῾ρεφ᾿, see ἤ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G1488, G1498, G1510, G1511, G1526, G2070, G2071, G2252, G2258, G2277, G2468, G5600, G5607
εἰμί eimi 2,462x
to be, to exist, Joh_1:1 ; Joh_17:5 ; Mat_6:30 ; Luk_4:25 , freq.; ἐστί [ν ], it is possible, proper, Heb_9:5 ; a simple linki ng verb ( copula ) to the subject and predicate, and therefore in itself affecting the force of the sentence only by its tense, mood, etc., Joh_1:1 ; Joh_15:1 , freq.; it also forms a frequent circumlocution with the participles of the present and perfect of other verbs, Mat_19:22 ; Mar_2:6 be.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἦ μήν , see ἦ G2229 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἦ μήν [page 276]
This spelling which is found in the TR of Heb_6:14 , and is common in the LXX, occurs in iii/B.C. papyri, e.g. P Petr III. 56( a ) .6 ( c. B.C. 260) ἦ μὴν ἀποδώσω ὑμῖ [ν , P Rev L lvi. 8 (B.C. 259) ὁρκίσαι ἐν ἱερῶι ἦ μὴν μηθενὸς ἄλλου ἕνεκεν τὴν ζήτησιν ποιεῖσθαι , to swear that the search is made for absolutely no other purpose. See further s.v. εἶ μήν , and cf. Thackeray Gr. i. p. 83 f.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
- I was, existed, lived