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 22:28 You are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) the ones who have stayed with me in my trials.
Luke 22:33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
Luke 22:38 So they said, “Lord, look! Here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) enough.”
Luke 22:49 When those who were around him saw what was about (esomenon | ἐσόμενον | fut mid ptcp acc sg neut) to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
Luke 22:53 Day after day, when I was (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) in the temple, you did not stretch out your hands against me. But this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) your hour, and the hour for the power of darkness.
Luke 22:56 Seeing him sitting at the fire, a certain servant girl looked at him intently and said, “This man also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him.”
Luke 22:58 After a little while someone else noticed him and said, “You also are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not!”
Luke 22:59 Then after about an hour had passed a certain other person kept insisting, saying, “Surely this person also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him, for he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) too is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Galilean.”
Luke 22:64 and blindfolding him they kept asking, “Tell us, who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) it that struck you?”
Luke 22:67 and said, “If you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe,
Luke 22:69 But from now on the Son of Man shall be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
Luke 22:70 They all said, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.” (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg)
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming himself to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus, saying, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the king of the Jews?” In response Jesus said “You say so.”
Luke 23:6 Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Galilean.
Luke 23:7 Learning that he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) from Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him off to Herod, who was (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) also in Jerusalem during those days.
Luke 23:8 Upon seeing Jesus, Herod was very glad, since for a long time he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) wanting to see him, because of what he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some miraculous sign done by him.
Luke 23:12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) had (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) been (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) hostile toward one other.
Luke 23:15 For that matter, neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, nothing deserving death has been (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) done by him.
Luke 23:19 who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) thrown into prison because of a certain riot that had occurred in the city and for murder.
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:37 and saying, “If you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
Luke 23:38 In fact, there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) an inscription above him, “This is the King of the Jews.”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
Luke 23:40 But the other responded with a rebuke, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) under the same sentence?

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