Strong's G1498

εἴην(eíēn)

Language:: Greek (New Testament)

Definition

might (could, would, or should) be

Derivation

optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of G1510 (εἰμί) (including the other person);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, εἴην is translated as: mean, + perish, should be, was, were.

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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.