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

Mark 14:44 Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “The one I will kiss, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) he. Seize him and lead him away under guard.”
Mark 14:49 Daily I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) with you in the temple, teaching, and you did not seize me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”
Mark 14:54 And Peter followed him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire.
Mark 14:56 For many were giving false testimony against him, but their testimonies were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) not in agreement.
Mark 14:59 Yet not even about this was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) their testimony in agreement.
Mark 14:61 But he remained silent and answered back nothing. Again the high priest questioned him and said to him, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?”
Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg); and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Mark 14:64 You have heard the blasphemy! What appears to be right to you?” And they all condemned him as (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) deserving death.
Mark 14:66 And while Peter was (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) below in the courtyard, one of the maid servants of the high priest came by,
Mark 14:67 and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him and said, “You also were (ēstha | ἦσθα | imperf act ind 2 sg) with the Nazarene, Jesus.”
Mark 14:69 And the maid servant, seeing him, began again to say to those who were standing around, “This man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one of them.”
Mark 14:70 But again he denied it. And after a little while again those standing around said to Peter, “Surely you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) one of them, for you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) also are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) a Galilean.”
Mark 15:2 And Pilate questioned him, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the king of the Jews?” And answering him, he said, “You say it.”
Mark 15:7 Among the rebels in prison, who in the insurrection had committed murder, there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a man called Barabbas.
Mark 15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), the praetorium) and they called together the whole company of soldiers.
Mark 15:22 And they brought him to the place Golgotha, (which means (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), Place of the Skull).
Mark 15:25 It was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the third hour, and they crucified him.
Mark 15:26 And the inscription giving (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the accusation against him read, “The King of the Jews.”
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), “My God, my God, why did you forsake me?”
Mark 15:39 And when the centurion, who was standing in front of him, saw that in this way he had died, he said, “Truly, this man was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the son of God!”
Mark 15:40 There were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) also women there, watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome,
Mark 15:41 who, when he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in Galilee, used to follow him and care for his needs; and many other women were there who had come up with him to Jerusalem.
Mark 15:42 And when evening had already come, since it was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the day of Preparation (that is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), the day before the Sabbath),
Mark 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who also himself was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) expecting the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
Mark 15:46 So he brought a linen shroud, and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb, which had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) been hewn out of rock; and he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.

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