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

Luke 18:2 He said, “There (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a certain judge in a certain city who neither feared God nor had any regard for people.
Luke 18:3 There (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me against my adversary.’
Luke 18:9 He also told this parable to some who were confident in themselves, because they were (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) righteous, and treated others with contempt.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: ‘God, I thank you that I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) to such as these that (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the kingdom of God belongs (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg).
Luke 18:23 But when he heard this, he became very sad, for he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) extremely wealthy.
Luke 18:25 In fact, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God!”
Luke 18:27 Jesus said, “What is impossible for mortal beings is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) possible for God.”
Luke 18:29 Then Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, there (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no one who has left home or wife or siblings or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God
Luke 18:34 But the twelve understood none of these things; in fact, what he said was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) kept hidden from them and they did not grasp what was being said.
Luke 18:36 When he heard a crowd going by, he inquired what this might be (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg).
Luke 19:2 There was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus; he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a chief tax collector and was wealthy.
Luke 19:3 He was trying to see Jesus — who he was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) — but was not able to on account of the crowd, because he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) short in stature.
Luke 19:9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he too is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:11 As they were listening to this, he went on to tell a parable, because he was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
Luke 19:17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, exercise (isthi | ἴσθι | pres act imperative 2 sg) authority over ten cities.’
Luke 19:21 for I was afraid of you, because you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) an exacting man: you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’
Luke 19:22 He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, wicked servant. You knew, did you, that I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow?
Luke 19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
Luke 19:47 He began (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to teach daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy him,
Luke 20:2 and spoke to him, saying, “Tell us by what authority you are doing these things; or who it is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) who gave you this authority?”
Luke 20:4 The baptism of John, was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) authorized from heaven or did it come from men?”
Luke 20:6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) convinced that John was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a prophet.”
Luke 20:14 When the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said, “What then is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’?

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