For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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εἰμί
Vocabulary form:
eijmiv
Definition:
I am, exist, live, am present
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
2,462
GK:
1639
Forms:
(h[mhn), e[somai, -, -, -, -
Mnemonics:
I am Amy.
Mnemonic Singing:
Just as I am without one plea
Biblical Concordance
| Acts 6:2 | So the twelve called together the entire group of disciples and said, “It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. |
| Acts 7:2 | And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was (onti | ὄντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, |
| Acts 7:5 | Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, though (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut) as (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut) yet (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut) Abraham had (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut) no child. |
| Acts 7:6 | And God spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years. |
| Acts 7:9 | “And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him, |
| Acts 7:12 | But Jacob, hearing that there was (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) grain in Egypt, sent our fathers out on their first visit. |
| Acts 7:20 | At which time Moses was born, and he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) beautiful before God. He was brought up for three months in his father’s house; |
| Acts 7:22 | So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) powerful in his words and deeds. |
| Acts 7:26 | On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) brothers. Why are you hurting one another?’ |
| Acts 7:33 | And the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) holy ground. |
| Acts 7:37 | This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised up me.’ |
| Acts 7:38 | He is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us. |
| Acts 7:44 | “The tabernacle of witness was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. |
| Acts 8:1 | Now Saul was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in agreement with his execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. |
| Acts 8:9 | Now there was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic in the city and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) someone great. |
| Acts 8:10 | They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the power of God, which is called Great.” |
| Acts 8:13 | Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he stayed constantly with (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles happening, he was amazed. |
| Acts 8:16 | for he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not yet fallen on any one of them, but they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. |
| Acts 8:20 | But Peter said to him, “May (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg) your silver go (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg) with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! |
| Acts 8:21 | There (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not for you a part or share in this matter, for your heart is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not upright before God. |
| Acts 8:23 | For I see that you are (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of unrighteousness.” |
| Acts 8:26 | Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a desert place. |
| Acts 8:27 | And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in charge of all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship |
| Acts 8:28 | and was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) returning, seated in his carriage, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. |
| Acts 8:32 | Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) this: “As a sheep to the slaughter he was led, and as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he opens not his mouth. |
| Acts 9:2 | and requested from him letters to Damascus addressed to the synagogues, that if he found any who (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) were (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) of the Way, men or women, he should bring them bound to Jerusalem. |
| Acts 9:5 | And he said, “Who are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you, Lord?” And he said, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) Jesus, whom you are persecuting. |
| Acts 9:9 | And he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) three days without sight and neither ate nor drank anything. |
| Acts 9:10 | Now there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he replied, “Here I am, Lord.” |
| Acts 9:15 | But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) for me a chosen instrument to carry my name before both Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel, |
| Acts 9:20 | And right away he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, that this man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of God. |
| Acts 9:21 | And all who heard him were astonished and said, “Is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not this the man who in Jerusalem was trying to destroy those who called on this name? And has he not come here for the very purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?” |
| Acts 9:22 | But Saul became more and more capable, and threw into confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that this man Jesus is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Christ. |
| Acts 9:26 | When he came to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a disciple. |
| Acts 9:28 | And he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with them, going in and out at Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. |
| Acts 9:33 | And he found there a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) paralyzed. |
| Acts 9:36 | Now in Joppa there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a disciple named Tabitha, which when translated means Dorcas. She was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) full of good works and acts of charity, which she was always doing. |
| Acts 9:38 | Since (ousēs | οὔσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) Lydda is (ousēs | οὔσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) there, sent two men to him urging him, “Do not delay in coming to us.” |
| Acts 9:39 | So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while (ousa | οὖσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) she (ousa | οὖσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) was (ousa | οὖσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) still with them. |
| Acts 10:4 | Staring at him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God. |
| Acts 10:6 | He is lodging with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) by the sea.” |
| Acts 10:17 | Now while Peter was perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg), behold, the men sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate |
| Acts 10:21 | And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) the one you are looking for. What is the reason for which you have come?” |
| Acts 10:24 | And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. |
| Acts 10:26 | But Peter made him get up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) also just a man.” |
| Acts 10:28 | And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) for a man who is a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another race, but God showed me that I should call no person common or unclean. |
| Acts 10:30 | And Cornelius said, “Four days ago at this hour, I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) praying at the ninth hour in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing |
| Acts 10:34 | So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not one who shows partiality; |
| Acts 10:35 | but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) acceptable to him |
| Acts 10:36 | As for the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Lord of all), |
Mnemonics
eimi mnemonic
I EXIST, or else I wouldn't be A "ME".
Vocab
eimi a child of God