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True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

ἦν

G2258 · ēn · ane · Greek

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Strong’s definition

I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)

KJV usage

:--+ agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.

416mapped occurrences
378verses
30KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

was 247were 103had 13been 11There was 5he 4wast 4was it 2thou hast been 2be 2he was 2there was 2ye were 2they 1it had been 1used 1were it 1agreed 1did 1agree 1which had 1Did 1they were 1it were 1thou wast 1Was 1held 1is 1should 1sawest 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Matthew 1:18Mapped KJV word: was

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 2:9Mapped KJV word: was

When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

Matthew 2:15Mapped KJV word: was

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Matthew 3:4Mapped KJV word: was

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 4:18Mapped KJV word: were

And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Matthew 7:27Mapped KJV word: was

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Matthew 7:29Mapped KJV word: he

For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Matthew 8:30Mapped KJV word: was

And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

Matthew 9:36Mapped KJV word: they

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 9:36Mapped KJV word: were

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 12:4Mapped KJV word: was

How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?

Matthew 12:10Mapped KJV word: was

And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.

Matthew 12:40Mapped KJV word: was

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 14:21Mapped KJV word: were

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Matthew 14:23Mapped KJV word: was

And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

Matthew 14:24Mapped KJV word: was

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Matthew 14:24Mapped KJV word: was

But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

Matthew 15:38Mapped KJV word: were

And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

Matthew 21:25Mapped KJV word: was it

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

Matthew 21:33Mapped KJV word: There was

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

Matthew 22:8Mapped KJV word: were

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

Matthew 22:25Mapped KJV word: were

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Matthew 24:38Mapped KJV word: were

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Matthew 25:2Mapped KJV word: were

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

Matthew 25:21Mapped KJV word: thou hast been

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:23Mapped KJV word: thou hast been

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 26:24Mapped KJV word: it had been

The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Matthew 26:43Mapped KJV word: were

And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

Matthew 26:69Mapped KJV word: wast

Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

Matthew 26:71Mapped KJV word: was

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

Matthew 27:54Mapped KJV word: was

Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Matthew 27:55Mapped KJV word: were

And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

Matthew 27:56Mapped KJV word: was

Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.

Matthew 27:61Mapped KJV word: was

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Matthew 28:3Mapped KJV word: was

His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

Mark 1:6Mapped KJV word: was

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

Mark 1:13Mapped KJV word: was

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Mark 1:13Mapped KJV word: was

And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Mark 1:16Mapped KJV word: were

Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

Mark 1:22Mapped KJV word: he

And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

Mark 1:23Mapped KJV word: was

And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

Mark 1:33Mapped KJV word: was

And all the city was gathered together at the door.

Mark 1:39Mapped KJV word: he

And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

Mark 1:45Mapped KJV word: was

But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

Mark 2:4Mapped KJV word: was

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

Mark 2:6Mapped KJV word: were

But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

Mark 2:15Mapped KJV word: were

And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.

Mark 2:18Mapped KJV word: used

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

Mark 3:1Mapped KJV word: was

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

Mark 4:1Mapped KJV word: was

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.