Definition

"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.

Etymology

a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between G1519 (εἰς) and G1537 (ἐκ));

Where the KJV renders it

• about
• after
• against
• + almost
• X altogether
• among
• X as
• at
• before
• between
• (here-)by (+ all means)
• for (… sake of)
• + give self wholly to
• (here-)in(-to
• -wardly)
• X mightily
• (because) of
• (up-)on
• (open-)ly
• X outwardly
• one
• X quickly
• X shortly
• (speedi-)ly
• X that
• X there(-in
• -on)
• through(-out)
• (un-)to(-ward)
• under
• when
• where(-with)
• while
• with(-in)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.