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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

1 Corinthians 13:11 When I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
1 Corinthians 14:9 So it is with you; if you do not speak a clear message with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? You will be (esesthe | ἔσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) speaking into the air.
1 Corinthians 14:10 There (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) who-knows-how-many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11 But if I do not grasp the meaning of the language, I will be (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So it is with you. Since you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to excel for the edification of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) unproductive.
1 Corinthians 14:15 What then shall I do (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg)? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
1 Corinthians 14:25 and the secrets of his heart are laid bare. Thus he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring, “God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) really among you.”
1 Corinthians 14:26 What then is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the outcome, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) no one who can interpret, the speaker should remain silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they want to find out about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) improper for a woman to speak in church.
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone considers himself to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a command of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) what I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg), and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than any of them — yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no resurrection of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:13 But if there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised.
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) still in your sins.
1 Corinthians 15:19 If our (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) hope in Christ is (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) for this life only, we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) of all men most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:28 And when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) all in all.
1 Corinthians 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a natural body, there is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) also a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:58 So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:4 And if it (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) seems (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.
1 Corinthians 16:12 Now concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.
1 Corinthians 16:15 You know that the household of Stephanus were (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the first converts in the province of Achaia, and that they devoted themselves to the service of the saints. So I urge you, brothers,
1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be (ētō | ἤτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) accursed. Our Lord has come!
2 Corinthians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is (ousē | οὔσῃ | pres act ptcp dat sg fem) at Corinth, with all the saints who are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in all Achaia:
2 Corinthians 1:7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our encouragement.
2 Corinthians 1:9 Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we (ōmen | ὦμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) should (ōmen | ὦμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) no longer trust in ourselves, but in the God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our confidence is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:14 just as also you have understood us partially, that we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) your source of pride, as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 1:17 Therefore when I was planning this, I was not capricious, was I? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that with me it would be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
2 Corinthians 1:18 But as surely as God is trustworthy, our word to you has (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not been (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) “Yes” and “No.”
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we are ruling over your faith, but we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) workers with you for your joy; for by faith you have stood firm.
2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this very thing so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy would (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 2:9 For this reason also I wrote you: to discover whether you could stand the test — if in everything you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) obedient.
2 Corinthians 2:15 For we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) an aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved. Among those who are perishing
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) not like so many, peddling the word of God. To the contrary, in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity, as men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:2 You (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) yourselves are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by all people;
2 Corinthians 3:3 making known that you are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from us, but our adequacy comes from God,
2 Corinthians 3:8 how much more glorious will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) the ministry of the Spirit?
2 Corinthians 3:17 Now the Lord is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 4:3 But even if our gospel is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) veiled, it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) veiled only to those who are perishing,
2 Corinthians 4:4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay pots, so that the surpassing power belongs (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) to God and does not come from us.
2 Corinthians 5:4 For while (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) we remain (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) in this tent, we groan and are burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
2 Corinthians 5:9 So then we make it our goal, whether at home or away, to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) please him.
2 Corinthians 5:19 that is, God was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them. And he has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation.

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