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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

Luke 9:18 Now it happened that as he was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) praying by himself, the disciples were near him. He asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf )
Luke 9:20 Then he said to them, “Now you, who do you say that I am?” (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) And Peter replied, “The Christ of God.”
Luke 9:27 But I tell you most certainly: There are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) some of those standing here who will certainly not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:30 and two men were talking with him; Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9:32 Peter and those who were with him were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) weighed down with sleep, but they kept awake and saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.
Luke 9:33 As the men were about to leave him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) good for us to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” — not knowing what he was saying.
Luke 9:35 Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my Son, the Chosen One; listen to him!”
Luke 9:38 Suddenly a man from the crowd cried out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look with pity on my son, because he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my only child;
Luke 9:41 In answer Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long am (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) I to be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
Luke 9:45 But they did not understand this saying. It was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) concealed from them, so that they might not understand it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
Luke 9:46 An argument arose among them as to which of them might be (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg) the greatest.
Luke 9:48 and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. So the one who is least among you all, this is the one who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) great.”
Luke 9:50 Jesus said to him, “Do not try to stop him, for the one who is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not against you is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) for you.”
Luke 9:53 But they did not receive him, because his face was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) set toward Jerusalem.
Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 10:6 And if there (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) a son of peace there, your peace will rest upon him; but if not, it will return to you.
Luke 10:12 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 Sodom on that day than for that town.
Luke 10:14 But 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 tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!
Luke 10:22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) except the Father, or who the Father is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
Luke 10:29 But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) my neighbor?”
Luke 10:39 She had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a sister called Mary, who, after she had seated herself at the feet of the Lord, was listening to his teaching.
Luke 10:42 but only one thing is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) necessary. Mary has chosen the most important thing, which will not be taken away from her.”
Luke 11:1 Jesus was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) praying in a certain place, and when he finished one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Luke 11:7 and he from inside answers, ‘Do not cause me trouble; already the door has been locked and my children are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.’
Luke 11:8 I say to you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) his friend, yet because of the prospect of being put to shame he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
Luke 11:14 One day Jesus was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) casting out a demon that was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) mute. When the demon came out, the speechless man spoke and the people were amazed.
Luke 11:19 And if by Beelzebul I cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) your judges.
Luke 11:21 “When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) secured;
Luke 11:23 “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.
Luke 11:29 As the crowds were getting larger, Jesus began to say, “This generation is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) an evil generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
Luke 11:30 For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) a sign to this generation.
Luke 11:34 Your eye is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the lamp of the body. When your eye is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) sound, then your whole body is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) full of light, but when it (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) diseased, then your body is full of darkness.
Luke 11:35 Therefore consider whether the ‘light’ that is in you is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) not darkness.
Luke 11:36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part of it dark, it will be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) wholly bright, as when a lamp gives you light with its rays.”
Luke 11:41 Rather, in connection with what is inside, you should give alms, and then everything will (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) clean for you.
Luke 11:44 Woe to you! For you are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) like unmarked tombs; people walk over them without realizing it.”
Luke 11:48 So you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) witnesses: you approve of the deeds of your fathers, because while they killed them, you build the memorials.
Luke 12:1 In the meantime, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say (to his disciples first), “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) hypocrisy.
Luke 12:2 Nothing is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
Luke 12:6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) forgotten before God.
Luke 12:15 And he said to them, “Watch out and be on guard against all types of greed, because one’s life does (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not consist (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. And what you have prepared for yourself, whose will it be?’ (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg)
Luke 12:23 For life is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) more than food, and the body more than clothing.
Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: for they do not sow, neither do they reap; for them there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) neither storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
Luke 12:28 If God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
Luke 12:34 For where your treasure is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), there will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) your heart be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) as well.
Luke 12:35 “Let your waists be (estōsan | ἔστωσαν | pres act imperative 3 pl) girded and your lamps burning;
Luke 12:38 If he comes in the second or in the third watch and finds it so, those ones are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) fortunate.
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, “Who, then, is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the faithful and wise steward, whom the master will put in charge of his servants, to give the food ration at the proper time?
Luke 12:52 For from now on there will be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) five in one household divided, three against two and two against three;

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