Strong’s G1498 · Greek
εἴην
eíēn · i'-ane
Origin optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of εἰμί (G1510) (including the other person);
Meaning might (could, would, or should) be
In the King James Version mean, + perish, should be, was, were.
In 11 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 1:29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
- Luke 3:15And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
- Luke 8:9And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
- Luke 9:46Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.
- Luke 15:26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
- Luke 18:36And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
- Luke 22:23And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.
- John 13:24Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
- Acts 10:17Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
- Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
- Revelation 3:15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.