ἐν

en

Greek G1722 Preposition 2,754 occurrences in 2,112 verses

ἐν in/on/among

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, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mat.7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mat.12:40; τ. ὄρει, 2Pe.1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Rev.3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν Abbott-Smith has ὑμῖν., Luk.1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Gal.3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mat.12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103), Luk.2:49; trop., of the region of thought or feeling, ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ (-αις), Mat.5:28, 2Co.4:6, al.; τ. συνειδήσεσιν, 2Co.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, Mat.10:16. δέδωκεν ἐν τ. χειρί (cf. τιθέναι ἐν χερσί, Hom., Il., i, 441, al.), Jhn.3:35; id. after verbs of coming and going (not in cl.), εἰσῆλθε, Luk.9:46; ἐξῆλθεν, Luk.7:17.

II. Of state, condition, form, occupation, etc.: ἐν ζωῇ, Rom.5:10; ἐν τ. θανάτῳ, 1Jn.3:14; ἐν πειρασμοῖς, 1Pe.1:6; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Mrk.5:25; ἐν δόξῃ, Php.4:19; ἐν πραΰτητι, Jas.3:13; ἐν μυστηρίῳ, 1Co.2:7; ἐν τ. διδαχῇ, Mrk.4:2; of a part as contained in a whole, ἐν τ. ἀμπέλῳ, Jhn.15:4; ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι, Rom.12:4; of accompanying objects or persons (simple dative in cl.), with, ἐν αἵματι, Heb.9:25; ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν, Luk.14:31 (cf. Ju 14, Act.7:14); similarly (cl.), of clothing, armour, arms, ἐν στολαῖς, Mrk.12:38; ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ, Jas.2:2; ἐν μαξαίρῃ, Luk.22:49; ἐν ῥάβδῳ, 1Co.4:21 (cf. ἐν τόξοις, Xen., Mem., 3, 9, 2); of manner (cl.), ἐν τάχει (= ταχέως), Luk.18:8 (cf. Bl., §41, 1); of spiritual influence, ἐν πνεύματι, Rom.8:9; ἐν π. ἀκαθάρτῳ, Mrk.1:23; of the mystical relation of the Christian life and the believer himself, to God and Christ (cf. ICC, Ro., 160f.; Mayor on Ju 1; M, Pr., 103): ἐν Χριστῷ, Rom.3:24, 6:11, 1Co.3:1, 4:10, 2Co.12:2, Gal.2:17, Eph.6:21, Col.4:7, 1Th.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), 1Co.6:2; ἐν τ. ἄρχοντι τ. δαιμονίων, Mat.9:34; ἐν αἵματι, Heb.9:22; ἐν ὕδατι, Mat.3:11, al.; ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποκτενεῖ (cf. the absol. ἐν μ., ἐν ῥάβδῳ, supr., II, which some would classify here), Rev.13:10 (cf. 6:8). Allied to this usage and distinctly Semitic are the following: ἠγόρασας . . . ἐν τ. αἵματι σου (cf. BDB, see word בְּ, III, 3), Rev.5:9; ὁμολογεῖν ἐν (= Aram. אודי בּ; cf. McNeile on Mt, I.with; M, Pr., 104), Mat.10:32, Luk.12:8; ὀμνύναι ἐν (= cl. accusative, so Jas.5:12), Mat.5:34, al.; also at the rate of, amounting to, Mrk.4:8 (WH; vv. ll., εἰς, ἒν), Act.7:14 (LXX).

IV. Of time,

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

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

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

(β) aor., when, after: Luk.9:36, al.;

(d) within (cl.): Mat.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.

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Concordance 2,112 verses

Luke 22:24 ἐν

A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
Luke 22:26 ἐν

But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.
Luke 22:27 ἐν

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
Luke 22:28 ἐν

You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
Luke 22:30 ἐν

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 22:37 ἐν

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
Luke 22:44 ἐν

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Luke 22:49 ἐν

Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”
Luke 22:53 ἐν

Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
Luke 22:55 ἐν

When those present had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
Luke 23:4 ἐν

Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:7 ἐνἐν

And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
Luke 23:9 ἐν

Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
Luke 23:12 ἐνἐν

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
Luke 23:14 ἐν

and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined Him here in your presence and found Him not guilty of your charges against Him.
Luke 23:19 ἐνἐν

(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
Luke 23:22 ἐν

A third time he said to them, “What evil has this man done? I have found in Him no offense worthy of death. So after I punish Him, I will release Him.”
Luke 23:29 ἐν

Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
Luke 23:31 ἐνἐν

For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
Luke 23:40 ἐν

But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
Luke 23:43 ἐν

And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
Luke 23:53 ἐν

Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
Luke 24:4 ἐνἐν

While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.
Luke 24:6 ἐν

He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
Luke 24:13 ἐν

That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:15 ἐν

And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them.
Luke 24:18 ἐνἐν

One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
Luke 24:19 ἐν

“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
Luke 24:27 ἐν

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Luke 24:30 ἐν

While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
Luke 24:32 ἐνἐν

They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Luke 24:35 ἐνἐν

Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.
Luke 24:36 ἐν

While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Luke 24:38 ἐν

“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
Luke 24:44 ἐν

Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Luke 24:49 ἐν

And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
Luke 24:51 ἐν

While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
Luke 24:53 ἐν

praising God continually in the temple.
John 1:1 Ἐν

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 ἐν

He was with God in the beginning.
John 1:4 ἐν

In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
John 1:5 ἐν

The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:10 ἐν

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
John 1:14 ἐν

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:23 ἐν

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
John 1:26 ἐν

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
John 1:28 ἐν

All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 1:31 ἐν

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
John 1:33 ἐνἐν

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.’
John 1:45 ἐν

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.”