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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 22:28 You are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) the ones who have stayed with me in my trials.
Luke 22:33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
Luke 22:38 So they said, “Lord, look! Here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) enough.”
Luke 22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about (esomenon | ἐσόμενον | fut mid ptcp acc sg neut) to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
Luke 22:53 Day after day, when I was (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands against me. But this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) your hour, and the hour for the power of darkness.
Luke 22:56 Seeing him sitting at the fire, a certain servant girl looked at him intently and said, “This man also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him.”
Luke 22:58 After a little while someone else noticed him and said, “You also are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not!”
Luke 22:59 Then after about an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him, for he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) too is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Galilean.”
Luke 22:64 and blindfolding him they kept asking, “Tell us, who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) it that struck you?”
Luke 22:67 and said, “If you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,
Luke 22:69 But from now on the Son of Man shall be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
Luke 22:70 They all said, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg)
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus, saying, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the king of the Jews?” In response Jesus said “You say so.”
Luke 23:6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Galilean.
Luke 23:7 Learning that he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) also in Jerusalem during those days.
Luke 23:8 Upon seeing Jesus, Herod was very glad, since for a long time he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) wanting to see him, because of what he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by him.
Luke 23:12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) had (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) been (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) hostile toward one other.
Luke 23:15 For that matter, neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) done by him.
Luke 23:19 who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:37 and saying, “If you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
Luke 23:38 In fact, there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) an inscription above him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
Luke 23:40 But the other responded with a rebuke, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) under the same sentence?
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “In solemn truth I tell you: today you (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) will (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) be (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:44 It was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) already only about the sixth hour but darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour,
Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying, “Truly this man was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) righteous!”
Luke 23:51 (He had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not agreed with their decision or their action.) He was from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.
Luke 23:53 then taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had yet been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) laid.
Luke 23:54 It (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the day of preparation and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Luke 23:55 The women who had (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it
Luke 24:6 He (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not here, but he has been raised. Remember how he spoke to you, while (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) was (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) still in Galilee,
Luke 24:10 It was (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them. They kept telling these things to the apostles,
Luke 24:13 Now on that same day two of them were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) on their way to a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, Emmaus by name.
Luke 24:21 But we had hoped that he was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) toward evening and the day is already far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?”
Luke 24:38 And he said to them, “Why are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) so troubled and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
Luke 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet, that it (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) is (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
Luke 24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) I (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) was (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.”
Luke 24:53 and they were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) continually in the temple blessing God.
John 1:1 In the beginning was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the Word, and the Word was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with God, and the Word was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) God.
John 1:2 He was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the beginning with God.
John 1:4 In him was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) life, and that life was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the light of men.
John 1:8 He was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not the light, but came to bear testimony about the light.
John 1:9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) coming into the world.
John 1:10 He (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not know him.
John 1:15 John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This is (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I, because he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) existed (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) before me.’”
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, himself God, the one who is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

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