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εἰμί

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
εἰμί
Greek transliteration: 
eimi
Simplified transliteration: 
eimi
Principal Parts: 
(ἤμην), ἔσομαι, -, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
1488
GK Number: 
1639
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2462
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-6b
Gloss: 
to be, exist, be present
Definition: 
to be, to exist, Jn. 1:1; 17:5; Mt. 6:30; Lk. 4:25, freq.; ἐστι(ν), it is possible, proper, Heb. 9:5; a simple linking verb (copula) to the subject and predicate, and therefore in itself affecting the force of the sentence only by its tense, mood, etc., Jn. 1:1; 15:1, freq.; it also forms a frequent circumlocution with the participles of the present and perfect of other verbs, Mt. 19:22; Mk. 2:6

Greek-English Concordance for εἰμί

Matthew 8:30 Some distance from them there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a large herd of pigs feeding.
Matthew 9:5 For which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) easier; to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’?
Matthew 9:13 Go and learn what this means (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.”
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them, “Certainly the wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the bridegroom is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away and then they will fast!
Matthew 9:36 And when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 10:2 These are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, then Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew 10:11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) worthy and stay there until you leave.
Matthew 10:13 If the household is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) worthy, let your greeting of peace come upon it; but if it (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew 10:15 I tell you the truth, it (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that town.
Matthew 10:20 For it (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) will (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) not be (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Matthew 10:22 And you will be (esesthe | ἔσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) hated by all on account of my name. But the one who endures to the end, this one will be saved.
Matthew 10:24 “A disciple is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Matthew 10:26 “Therefore do not be afraid of them; for there (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing covered that will not be uncovered, and hidden that will not be made known.
Matthew 10:30 But even the hairs of your head have (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) all been (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) counted.
Matthew 10:37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not worthy of me.
Matthew 10:38 And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not worthy of me.
Matthew 11:3 asking “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the one who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”
Matthew 11:6 And blessed is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who does not stumble because of me.”
Matthew 11:8 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) in the courts of kings.
Matthew 11:10 This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one about whom it stands written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
Matthew 11:11 “I tell you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) greater than he.
Matthew 11:14 and if you are willing to accept it, he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 11:16 “To what shall I compare this generation? It (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) like children sitting in the marketplaces who cry to their friends,
Matthew 11:22 Nevertheless I tell you, it (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
Matthew 11:24 Nevertheless I tell you that it (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) light.”
Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but for the priests alone?
Matthew 12:5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not guilty?
Matthew 12:6 But I say to you that something greater than the temple is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) here.
Matthew 12:7 And if you had known what this means (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
Matthew 12:8 For the Son of Man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) lord of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:11 But he said to them, “What man is (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:23 And all the crowds were astonished and were saying, “Could this be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of David?”
Matthew 12:27 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) your judges.
Matthew 12:30 The one (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) not with me is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) against me, and the one who does not gather with me scatters.
Matthew 12:34 You offspring of snakes! How can you, being (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 12:40 For just as Jonah was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) the Son of Man be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
Matthew 12:45 Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there; and the last state of that person turns out to be worse than the first. So will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) it be for this evil generation as well.”
Matthew 12:48 But he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my mother? And who are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) my brothers?”
Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which was sown in his heart. This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) what was sown along the path.
Matthew 13:20 As for the one who was sown on rocky places, this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who hears the message and immediately receives it with joy;
Matthew 13:21 yet he has no root in himself but lasts (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) only a short time, and when suffering or persecution arises on account of the message, immediately he falls away.
Matthew 13:22 As for the one who was sown among thorns, this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who hears the message, but worldly anxiety and the deception of wealth choke the message and it becomes unfruitful.
Matthew 13:23 As for the one who was sown on good soil, this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who hears the message and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”
Matthew 13:31 He gave them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:32 It is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the smallest of all the seeds; but when it is grown, it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
Matthew 13:33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
Matthew 13:37 And he answered, saying, “The one who sows the good seed is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of Man;

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