- Original: εἴην - Transliteration: Eien - Phonetic: i'-ane - Definition: 1. to be, to exist, to happen, to be present - Origin: optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of G1510 (including the other person) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Optative (that is English subjunctive) present of G1510 (including the other person); might (could would or should) be: - mean + perish should be was were. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • be, 4 Luke 1:29; Luke 8:9; Luke 9:46; Joh 13:24 • meant, 1 Luke 18:36 • not, 1 Luke 3:15 • perish, 1 Act 8:20 • was, 2 Luke 22:23; Act 21:33