G1498 – eien – εἴην – may/might be
- Strong’s ID:
- G1498
- Greek Word:
- εἴην
- Transliteration:
- eien
- Pronunciation:
- i’-ane
- Part of Speech:
- verb
- Etymology:
- optative/subjunctive present form of G1510
- Equivalents:
- Greek forms: G1510, G1488, G1511, G2258, G2071, G2070, G2075, G2076, G2468, G5600, G5607
- Usage Count:
- 12
- Search:
- Find “eien” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
may/might be
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of G1510 (including the other person); might (could, would, or should) be:—mean, + perish, should be, was, were.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) to be, to exist, to happen, to be present
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.