ἐν

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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;

(c) with art. inf.,

(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

  1. Acts 5:25 ἐνἐν

    Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”

  2. Acts 5:27 ἐν

    They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

  3. Acts 5:34 ἐν

    But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.

  4. Acts 5:37 ἐν

    After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and drew away people after him. He too perished, and all his followers were scattered.

  5. Acts 5:42 ἐν

    Every day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

  6. Acts 6:1 Ἐνἐν

    In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

  7. Acts 6:7 ἐν

    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

  8. Acts 6:8 ἐν

    Now Stephen, who was full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.

  9. Acts 6:15 ἐν

    All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

  10. Acts 7:2 ἐνἐν

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

  11. Acts 7:4 ἐν

    So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.

  12. Acts 7:5 ἐν

    He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

  13. Acts 7:6 ἐν

    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

  14. Acts 7:7 ἐν

    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

  15. Acts 7:13 ἐν

    On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

  16. Acts 7:14 ἐν

    Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

  17. Acts 7:16 ἐνἐν

    Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.

  18. Acts 7:17 ἐν

    As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

  19. Acts 7:20 Ἐνἐν

    At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

  20. Acts 7:22 ἐνἐν

    So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

  21. Acts 7:29 ἐνἐν

    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

  22. Acts 7:30 ἐνἐν

    After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

  23. Acts 7:34 ἐν

    I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’

  24. Acts 7:35 ἐν

    This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

  25. Acts 7:36 ἐνἐνἐν

    He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.

  26. Acts 7:38 ἐνἐνἐν

    He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

  27. Acts 7:39 ἐν

    But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

  28. Acts 7:41 ἐνἐν

    At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

  29. Acts 7:42 ἐνἐν

    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

  30. Acts 7:44 ἐν

    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

  31. Acts 7:45 ἐν

    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

  32. Acts 7:48 ἐν

    However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

  33. Acts 8:1 ἐνἐν

    And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

  34. Acts 8:6 ἐν

    The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.

  35. Acts 8:8 ἐν

    So there was great joy in that city.

  36. Acts 8:9 ἐν

    Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

  37. Acts 8:14 ἐν

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

  38. Acts 8:21 ἐν

    You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

  39. Acts 8:33 Ἐν

    In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

  40. Acts 9:3 Ἐν

    As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

  41. Acts 9:10 ἐνἐν

    In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.

  42. Acts 9:11 ἐν

    “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

  43. Acts 9:12 ἐν

    In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.”

  44. Acts 9:13 ἐν

    But Ananias answered, “Lord, many people have told me about this man and all the harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem.

  45. Acts 9:17 ἐν

    So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

  46. Acts 9:19 ἐν

    and after taking some food, he regained his strength. And he spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

  47. Acts 9:20 ἐν

    Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

  48. Acts 9:22 ἐν

    But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ.

  49. Acts 9:25 ἐν

    One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

  50. Acts 9:27 ἐνἐνἐν

    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

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