What is the translation of " ESSET " in English?

• was
• were
• is
• be
• of god

Examples of using Esset in Latin and their translations into English

Cum senior esset, miles erat.
His partner is Miles.

Ioannem quia vere propheta esset.
John was a true prophet of God.

Et cum esset singularis.
They were sort of singular.

Quare non indicasti quod uxor tua esset?
Do you want to tell me where your were?

Item tam falsa esset haec propositio.
One of these false concepts is this.

Ego aliquot minutes steti et quid mihiagendum esset cogitavi.
Wait for a couple of minutes and your coffee will be ready.

Ivan sciret ubi esset. Non autem est nobis notitia.
But he is not giving us the information.

Quodsi ordo ille praevaricaretur, aut homo non esset, aut incommode esset.
Like you told that homeless guy, you weren't even there.

Cum esset amaro animo oravit Dominum flens largiter.
She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, and wept bitterly.

Eius parentes mortuus est cum esset adhuc teenager.
His parents die when he is a teenager.

Nam quo modo ibi esset vera felicitas, ubi vera non erat pietas?
For how could true felicity be there, where there was not true piety?

Ille qui te vidit ut faceret, antequam esset quem fecit, certe maior est patre tuo.
My father and the one who came before you, who is most likely your father.

Et cum esset Petrus in atrio deorsum venit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis.
As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came.

Quomodo enim quid esset, si non potuisset esse?
How much further along could I be if I wasn't like this?

Et cum esset Petrus in atrio deorsum venit una ex ancillis summi sacerdotis.
And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest.

Quem cum interrogasset, unde esset; respondit ille: Domine, de paupere domo.
I then asked where they were, and he replied in the cattle kraal.

Et cum esset singularis interrogaverunt eum hii qui cum eo erant cum duodecim parabolas.
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

Et timuit Saul David eo quod esset Dominus cum eo et a se recessisset.
And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

Et si ita esset, haberet formam et non esset una secundum numerum, sed secundum formam.
If she is, then she would not become a type one upon transformation, but a type two.

Animadvertit quoque faciem Laban quod non esset erga se sicut heri et nudius tertius.
Jacob saw the expression on Laban's face, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Si ergo esset super terram nec esset sacerdos cum essent qui offerrent secundum legem munera.
For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law.

Quae ait ad dominam suam:“Utinam esset dominus meus ad prophetam, qui est in Samaria!
She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria!

Si ergo esset super terram nec esset sacerdos cum essent qui offerrent secundum legem munera.
For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

Et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud ut esset pactum meum cum Levi dicit Dominus exercituum.
You will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant may be with Levi," says Yahweh of Armies.

Cum autem mortuus esset Esrom ingressus est Chaleb ad Ephrata habuit quoque Esrom uxorem Abia quae peperit ei Assur patrem Thecue.
After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

Et scietis quia misi ad vos mandatum istud ut esset pactum meum cum Levi dicit Dominus exercituum.
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.

Et dicendum est, quod licet Samuel non esset sacerdos, tamen aliquid sacerdotale egit; quia et sacrificium obtulit, et reges unxit, scilicet Saul et David.
I answer that although Samuel was not a priest, he performed some priestly functions, because he offered sacrifices and anointed kings, namely, Saul and David.

Et ut cognovit quod de Herodis potestate esset remisit eum ad Herodem qui et ipse Hierosolymis erat illis diebus.
When he found out that he was in Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

Cum ergo vidisset turba quia Iesus non esset ibi neque discipuli eius ascenderunt naviculas et venerunt Capharnaum quaerentes Iesum.
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.