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 20:20 So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) righteous so they could catch him in his word, and in this way deliver him to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.
Luke 20:27 Now some Sadducees (who deny there (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a resurrection) came up and questioned him,
Luke 20:28 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies, having a wife, but is (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) childless, then his brother must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Luke 20:29 Now there (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) seven brothers. The first, having taken a wife, died childless.
Luke 20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, since they (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) like angels and are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) sons of God, being (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) sons of the resurrection.
Luke 20:38 He (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not God of the dead, but of the living! For to him they are all alive.”
Luke 20:41 Then he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is to be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a son of David?
Luke 20:44 David thus calls him ‘Lord.’ So how could (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) his son?”
Luke 21:7 And they asked him, saying, “Teacher, when will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) these things be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg), and what is the sign when these things are about to happen?”
Luke 21:8 And he said, “See that you are not led astray! For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.
Luke 21:11 there (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) will (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues. There (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.
Luke 21:17 You will be (esesthe | ἔσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) hated by all because of my name.
Luke 21:22 for these are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) days of vengeance, so that everything that has been written may be fulfilled.
Luke 21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.
Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive to all nations, and Jerusalem will be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Luke 21:25 “There will be (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring and surging of the sea;
Luke 21:30 When they have already put forth their leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) already near.
Luke 21:31 So also you, when you see these things happening, will know that the kingdom of God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) near.
Luke 21:37 During the day he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the temple teaching, but at night he went out and stayed on the hill called “The Mount of Olives.”
Luke 22:3 Then Satan entered into Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) of the number of the twelve.
Luke 22:11 and say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
Luke 22:19 Then taking bread and giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
Luke 22:23 And they began to question one another, which of them it might be (eiē | εἴη | pres act opt 3 sg) who would do this.
Luke 22:24 A dispute also arose among them as to which of them seemed to be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) the greatest.
Luke 22:27 For who is the greater, the one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But in your midst I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) like the one who serves.

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