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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

Galatians 3:26 For you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28 Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female; for you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a minor, he differs not at all from a slave, even (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) though (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) fact (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he owns the entire estate.
Galatians 4:2 However, he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) remains (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) under the care of guardians and managers until the time determined by his father.
Galatians 4:3 And so it is with us. While we were (ēmen | ἦμεν | imperf act ind 1 pl) minors, we (ēmetha | ἤμεθα | imperf mid ind 1 pl) were (ēmetha | ἤμεθα | imperf mid ind 1 pl) enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:7 So you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, then you are an heir through God.
Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) by nature are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) not gods.
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who want to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) under the law, will you not listen to the law?
Galatians 4:24 This may be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) interpreted allegorically, for these women represent (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) Hagar.
Galatians 4:25 Now Hagar represents (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the free woman, and she is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) our mother.
Galatians 4:28 But you, my brothers, like Isaac, are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) children of promise.
Galatians 4:31 So then, brothers, we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) not children of a slave woman but of the free woman.
Galatians 5:3 And furthermore I declare to every man who agrees to circumcision that he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) obligated to obey the entire law.
Galatians 5:10 I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is trying to confuse you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg).
Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) not under the law.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,
Galatians 5:22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no law.
Galatians 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) something, 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) nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) anything, but a new creation.
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) holy and blameless before him. In love
Ephesians 1:12 so that we, who have already set our hope in Christ, might be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) for the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:14 which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the guarantee of our inheritance vouching for God’s redemption of his possession, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:18 I pray that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may comprehend the hope to which he has called you, what are the rich benefits of his glorious inheritance among the saints,
Ephesians 1:23 which is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
Ephesians 2:1 And you were (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) dead by reason of your trespasses and sins,
Ephesians 2:3 Among them we also once lived in the passions of our flesh, gratifying the desires and impulses of the flesh, and were (ēmetha | ἤμεθα | imperf mid ind 1 pl) by nature children of wrath, just like everyone else.
Ephesians 2:4 But God, being (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
Ephesians 2:5 even though we were (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) saved —
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Ephesians 2:10 For we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) his work, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance that we should do them.
Ephesians 2:12 remember that at that time you were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) apart from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who were (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) at that time far away have come near through the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:14 For he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down the dividing wall, having abolished in his flesh the hostility,
Ephesians 2:19 So then you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) no longer strangers and aliens, but you are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
Ephesians 2:20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the cornerstone being (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) Christ Jesus himself,
Ephesians 3:6 namely, that the Gentiles are (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) joint heirs, fellow members of the body and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Ephesians 3:13 I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings on your behalf, which are (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) your glory.
Ephesians 4:9 Now the expression “he ascended,” what does (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) it imply except that he also descended to the lower regions, to the earth?
Ephesians 4:10 He who descended is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) himself the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.
Ephesians 4:14 so that we (ōmen | ὦμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) may (ōmen | ὦμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) no longer be (ōmen | ὦμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in every way into him who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the head, Christ,
Ephesians 4:18 being (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) darkened in their understanding, separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is (ousan | οὖσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
Ephesians 4:21 assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as the truth is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) in Jesus.
Ephesians 4:25 Therefore put off falsehood and let each one speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) members of one another.
Ephesians 5:5 For you may sure of this, that no fornicator or impure or covetous person (such a one is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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