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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

John 1:19 And this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you?”
John 1:20 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not the Christ.”
John 1:21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) Elijah?” And he said, “I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not.” “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the Prophet?” And he replied, “No.”
John 1:22 Then they said to him, “Who are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
John 1:24 Now those who had (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) been (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) sent out included some Pharisees.
John 1:25 So they asked him, saying, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 1:27 the one coming after me; I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals.”
John 1:28 This took place in Bethany on the far side of the Jordan where John was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) baptizing.
John 1:30 This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I, because he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) existed (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) before me.’
John 1:33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
John 1:34 I myself saw it, and I bear witness that this man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Chosen One of God.”
John 1:39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day, for it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) about the tenth hour.
John 1:40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Jesus.
John 1:41 The first thing he did was to find his own brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) translated “Christ”).
John 1:42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said, “You are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) Simon, the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”).
John 1:44 Now Philip was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.
John 1:46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, one in whom there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no deceit!”
John 1:48 Nathanael asked him, “How did you get to know me?” Jesus answered him, saying, “Before Philip called you, while you were (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) still under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:49 Nathanael declared “Rabbi, you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the Son of God! You are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the king of Israel!”
John 2:1 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) there.
John 2:6 Now standing nearby were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) six stone water jars, according to the purification requirements of the Jews, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
John 2:9 and when the master of the feast tasted the water that had become wine, not knowing where it came (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom
John 2:13 Now the Jewish Passover was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) at hand, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 2:17 His disciples remembered that it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) stands (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
John 2:23 Now while Jesus was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing.
John 2:25 and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for he himself knew what was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in man.
John 3:1 Now there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
John 3:2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) with him.”
John 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) old? He cannot enter into his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”
John 3:6 What is born of the flesh is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) spirit.
John 3:8 The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. So it is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) with everyone born of the Spirit.”
John 3:10 Jesus answered, saying to him, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things?”
John 3:19 And the basis for judging is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) evil.
John 3:21 But the one who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) have (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) been (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) done in God.”
John 3:23 Now John also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) many springs there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
John 3:24 (John had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not yet been thrown into prison.)
John 3:26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
John 3:27 John responded, saying, “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) given to him from heaven.
John 3:28 You yourselves bear me witness that I said, ‘I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) the one sent ahead of him.’
John 3:29 It (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the bridegroom who has the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
John 3:31 He who comes from above is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) superior to all. He who is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) of the earth belongs (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) superior to all.
John 3:33 The one who has accepted his testimony has thereby acknowledged that God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) truthful.
John 4:6 Jacob’s well was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) there. So Jesus, weary from his journey, sat down by the well. It (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) about the sixth hour.
John 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
John 4:10 Jesus answered her, saying, “If you had known the gift of God and who it was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) that said to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) deep. How then are you going to draw the living water?
John 4:12 Surely you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) not greater than our father Jacob, are you, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his flocks?”
John 4:18 for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not your husband. You have spoken the truth.”
John 4:19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) a prophet.

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