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ἐν

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greekNew TestamentPreposition2,754 occurrences27 books2,112 verses

Definition

ἐν,

prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.).

I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luke 7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Matthew 7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Matthew 12:40; τ. ὄρει, 2 Peter 1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Revelation 3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Romans 8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν Abbott-Smith has ὑμῖν., Luke 1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Galatians 3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Matthew 12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103), Luke 2:49; trop., of the region of thought or feeling, ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ (-αις), Matthew 5:28, 2 Corinthians 4:6, al.; τ. συνειδήσεσιν, 2 Corinthians 5:11; after verbs of motion, instead of εἰς (constructio praegnans, a usage extended in late Gk. beyond the limits observed in cl.; cf. Bl., §41, 1; M, Th., 12), ἀποστέλλω . . . ἐν, Matthew 10:16. δέδωκεν ἐν τ. χειρί (cf. τιθέναι ἐν χερσί, Hom., Il., i, 441, al.), John 3:35; id. after verbs of coming and going (not in cl.), εἰσῆλθε, Luke 9:46; ἐξῆλθεν, Luke 7:17.

II. Of state, condition, form, occupation, etc.: ἐν ζωῇ, Romans 5:10; ἐν τ. θανάτῳ, 1 John 3:14; ἐν πειρασμοῖς, 1 Peter 1:6; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Mark 5:25; ἐν δόξῃ, Philippians 4:19; ἐν πραΰτητι, James 3:13; ἐν μυστηρίῳ, 1 Corinthians 2:7; ἐν τ. διδαχῇ, Mark 4:2; of a part as contained in a whole, ἐν τ. ἀμπέλῳ, John 15:4; ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι, Romans 12:4; of accompanying objects or persons (simple dative in cl.), with, ἐν αἵματι, Hebrews 9:25; ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν, Luke 14:31 (cf. Jude 14, Acts 7:14); similarly (cl.), of clothing, armour, arms, ἐν στολαῖς, Mark 12:38; ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ, James 2:2; ἐν μαξαίρῃ, Luke 22:49; ἐν ῥάβδῳ, 1 Corinthians 4:21 (cf. ἐν τόξοις, Xen., Mem., 3, 9, 2); of manner (cl.), ἐν τάχει (= ταχέως), Luke 18:8 (cf. Bl., §41, 1); of spiritual influence, ἐν πνεύματι, Romans 8:9; ἐν π. ἀκαθάρτῳ, Mark 1:23; of the mystical relation of the Christian life and the believer himself, to God and Christ (cf. ICC, Ro., 160f.; Mayor on Jude 1; M, Pr., 103): ἐν Χριστῷ, Romans 3:24; 6:11, 1 Corinthians 3:1; 4:10, 2 Corinthians 12:2, Galatians 2:17, Ephesians 6:21, Colossians 4:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, al.

III. Of the agent, instrument or means (an extension of cl. ἐν of instr.—see LS, see word Ill—corresponding to similar use of Heb. בְּ), by, with: ἐν ὑμῖν κρίνεται ὁ κόσμος (= cl. παρά, C. dative), 1 Corinthians 6:2; ἐν τ. ἄρχοντι τ. δαιμονίων, Matthew 9:34; ἐν αἵματι, Hebrews 9:22; ἐν ὕδατι, Matthew 3:11, al.; ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποκτενεῖ (cf. the absol. ἐν μ., ἐν ῥάβδῳ, supr., II, which some would classify here), Revelation 13:10 (Revelation 6:8). Allied to this usage and distinctly Semitic are the following: ἠγόρασας . . . ἐν τ. αἵματι σου (cf. BDB, see word בְּ, III, 3), Revelation 5:9; ὁμολογεῖν ἐν (= Aram. אודי בּ; cf. McNeile on Mt, I.with; M, Pr., 104), Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8; ὀμνύναι ἐν (= cl. accusative, so James 5:12), Matthew 5:34, al.; also at the rate of, amounting to, Mark 4:8 (WH; vv. ll., εἰς, ἒν), Acts 7:14 (LXX).

IV. Of time,

(a) in or during a period: ἐν τ. ἡμέρᾳ (νυκτί), John 11:9, al.; ἐν σαββάτῳ, Matthew 12:2, al.; ἐν τῷ μεταξύ, meanwhile, John 4:31;

(b) at the time of an event: ἐν τ. παρουσίᾳ, 1 Corinthians 15:23; ἐν τ. ἀναστάσει, Matthew 22:28;

(with) with art. inf.,

(α) present (so sometimes in cl., but not as in NT = ἕως; V. M, Pr., 215), while: Matthew 13:4, Mark 6:48, Galatians 4:18, al.;

(β) aor., when, after: Luke 9:36, al.;

(d) within (cl.): Matthew 27:40,

V. In composition: (1) meaning: (a) with adjectives, it signifies usually the possession of a quality, as ἐνάλιος, ἐν́δοξος; (b) with verbs, continuance in (before ἐν) or motion into (before εἰς), as ἐμμένω, ἐμβαίνω. (ii) Assimilation: ἐν becomes ἐμ- before β, μ, π, φ, ψ; ἐγ- before γ, κ, ξ, χ; ἐλ- before λ. But in the older MSS of NT, followed by modern editions, assimilation is sometimes neglected, as in ἐνγράφω, ἐγκαινίζω, etc.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐν:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,754 total
  1. John 1:33ἐν · with
    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
  2. John 1:45ἐν · in
    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  3. John 1:47ἐν · in
    When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  4. John 2:1ἐν · at
    On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
  5. John 2:11ἐν · at
    Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.
  6. John 2:14ἐν · In
    In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
  7. John 2:19ἐν · in
    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  8. John 2:20ἐν · in
    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
  9. John 2:23ἐν · in; ἐν · at; ἐν
    While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
  10. John 2:25ἐν · in
    He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
  11. John 3:14ἐν · in
    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  12. John 3:15ἐν · in
    …that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
  13. John 3:21ἐν · in
    But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
  14. John 3:23ἐν · at
    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
  15. John 3:35ἐν · in
    The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  16. John 4:14ἐν · in
    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  17. John 4:20ἐν · on; ἐν · in
    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
  18. John 4:21ἐν · on; ἐν · in
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  19. John 4:23ἐν · in
    But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
  20. John 4:24ἐν · in
    God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
  21. John 4:31Ἐν · Meanwhile
    Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
  22. John 4:37ἐν · in
    For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
  23. John 4:44ἐν · in
    Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
  24. John 4:45ἐν · in; ἐν · at
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  25. John 4:46ἐν · at
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
  26. John 4:52ἐν
    So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
  27. John 4:53ἐν · this was the very; ἐν · in
    Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
  28. John 5:2ἐν · in
    Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
  29. John 5:3ἐν · On
    On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
  30. John 5:5ἐν
    One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
  31. John 5:7ἐν · While
    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
  32. John 5:9ἐν · on
    Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
  33. John 5:13ἐν
    But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
  34. John 5:14ἐν · at
    Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
  35. John 5:16ἐν · on
    Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
  36. John 5:26ἐν · in; ἐν · in
    For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
  37. John 5:28ἐν · when; ἐν · in
    Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  38. John 5:35ἐν · in
    John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
  39. John 5:38ἐν · in
    …nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
  40. John 5:39ἐν · by
    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  41. John 5:42ἐν · within
    …but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
  42. John 5:43ἐν · in
    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.