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, Łk 7,37 τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mt 7,3 τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mt 12,40 τ. ὄρει, 2 P 1,18 τ. θρόνῳ, Ap 3,21 τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Rz 8,34 ἐν ἡμῖν Abbott-Smith has ὑμῖν. , Łk 1,1 of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Ga 3,10 τ. νόμῳ, Mt 12,5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103), Łk 2,49 trop., of the region of thought or feeling, ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ (-αις), Mt 5,28, 2 Kor 4,6, al.; τ. συνειδήσεσιν, 2 Kor 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, Mt 10,16 δέδωκεν ἐν τ. χειρί (cf. τιθέναι ἐν χερσί, Hom., Il., i, 441, al.), J 3,35 id. after verbs of coming and going (not in cl.), εἰσῆλθε, Łk 9,46 ἐξῆλθεν, Łk 7,17 II. Of state, condition, form, occupation, etc.: ἐν ζωῇ, Rz 5,10 ἐν τ. θανάτῳ, 1 J 3,14 ἐν πειρασμοῖς, 1 P 1,6 ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Mk 5,25 ἐν δόξῃ, Flp 4,19 ἐν πραΰτητι, Jk 3,13 ἐν μυστηρίῳ, 1 Kor 2,7 ἐν τ. διδαχῇ, Mk 4,2 of a part as contained in a whole, ἐν τ. ἀμπέλῳ, J 15,4 ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι, Rz 12,4 of accompanying objects or persons (simple dative in cl.), with, ἐν αἵματι, Hbr 9,25 ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν, Łk 14,31 (cf. Ju 14, Dz 7,14); similarly (cl.), of clothing, armour, arms, ἐν στολαῖς, Mk 12,38 ἐν ἐσθῆτι λαμπρᾷ, Jk 2,2 ἐν μαξαίρῃ, Łk 22,49 ἐν ῥάβδῳ, 1 Kor 4,21 (cf. ἐν τόξοις, Xen., Mem., 3, 9, 2); of manner (cl.), ἐν τάχει (= ταχέως), Łk 18,8 (cf. Bl., §41, 1); of spiritual influence, ἐν πνεύματι, Rz 8,9 ἐν π. ἀκαθάρτῳ, Mk 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, Rz 3,24; 6,11, 1 Kor 3,1; 4,10, 2 Kor 12,2, Ga 2,17, Ef 6,21, Kol 4,7, 1 Tes 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), 1 Kor 6,2 ἐν τ. ἄρχοντι τ. δαιμονίων, Mt 9,34 ἐν αἵματι, Hbr 9,22 ἐν ὕδατι, Mt 3,11, al.; ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποκτενεῖ (cf. the absol. ἐν μ., ἐν ῥάβδῳ, supr., II, which some would classify here), Ap 13,10 (Ap 6,8). Allied to this usage and distinctly Semitic are the following: ἠγόρασας . . . ἐν τ. αἵματι σου (cf. BDB, see word בְּ, III, 3), Ap 5,9 ὁμολογεῖν ἐν (= Aram. אודי בּ; cf. McNeile on Mt, I.with; M, Pr., 104), Mt 10,32, Łk 12,8; ὀμνύναι ἐν (= cl. accusative, so Jk 5,12), Mt 5,34, al.; also at the rate of, amounting to, Mk 4,8 (WH; vv. ll., εἰς, ἒν), Dz 7,14 (LXX). IV. Of time, (a) in or during a period: ἐν τ. ἡμέρᾳ (νυκτί), J 11,9, al.; ἐν σαββάτῳ, Mt 12,2, al.; ἐν τῷ μεταξύ, meanwhile, J 4,31 (b) at the time of an event: ἐν τ. παρουσίᾳ, 1 Kor 15,23 ἐν τ. ἀναστάσει, Mt 22,28 (with) with art. inf., (α) present (so sometimes in cl., but not as in NT = ἕως; V. M, Pr., 215), while: Mt 13,4, Mk 6,48, Ga 4,18, al.; (β) aor., when, after: Łk 9,36, al.; (d) within (cl.): Mt 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. (AS)