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εἰμί

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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

1 Corinthians 1:2 to the church of God that is (ousē | οὔσῃ | pres act ptcp dat sg fem) in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be saints together with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) no divisions among you, but that you be (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:11 For it has been reported to me by members of Chloe’s household that there (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) quarrels among you, my brothers.
1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean is this: each of you is saying, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) with Paul,” or, “I am with Apollos,” or, “I am with Cephas,” or, “I am with Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) wiser than the wisdom of men, and the weakness of God is stronger than the strength of men.
1 Corinthians 1:28 God chose the things that the world considers insignificant and contemptible, what is (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) regarded (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut) as nothing, to render useless the things that are (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc pl neut),
1 Corinthians 1:30 But you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) of him in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
1 Corinthians 2:5 so that your faith would (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) not be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) based on the wisdom of men but on the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) foolishness to him; he cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3:3 for you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) not of the flesh and behaving like mere men?
1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one says, “I follow (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) not like everyone else?
1 Corinthians 3:5 What then is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Apollos? What is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, even as the Lord assigned to each of us.
1 Corinthians 3:7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) anything, but God is the one who gives the growth.
1 Corinthians 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters have (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) a common purpose, and each will receive his wages on the basis of his work.
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) coworkers belonging to God. You (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) God’s field, God’s building.
1 Corinthians 3:11 For no one is able to lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 3:13 the work of each person will become evident, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what sort of work each has done (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) holy, and that is what you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl).
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If someone among you thinks he (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.
1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) folly with God. For it is written, “He traps the wise with their own craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 3:20 And again, “The Lord knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) futile.”
1 Corinthians 3:21 So then, let no one boast with respect to men. For all things are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) yours,
1 Corinthians 4:3 But for me it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a matter of the least consequence that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.
1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not because of this am I acquitted. It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord who judges me.
1 Corinthians 4:8 Already you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) have (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) all you want! Already you are rich! Without us you have begun to reign! And would that you did reign, so that we could reign with you!
1 Corinthians 4:17 That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned, so that the man who did this deed would be removed from your midst?
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven so that you may be (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) a new batch of dough, just as you really are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) a sexually immoral or greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or swindler — not even to eat with such a one.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) incompetent to try minor cases?
1 Corinthians 6:7 Already it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:11 And some of you (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) guilty of these abominations! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one body with her? For it says, “The two will become (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one spirit with him.
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, and you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) not your own?
1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all men were (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) better to marry than to burn with sexual passion.
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband. Otherwise your children would (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) defiled, but as it is, they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) holy.
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing and uncircumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing. Rather, it is keeping God’s commandments that counts.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For the one who was called by the Lord as a slave is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a freedman of the Lord. Likewise, the one who was called as a free person is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a slave of Christ.
1 Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord and is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:26 I think, then, that this is good because of the present distress — that it is good for a man to remain as he is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ).
1 Corinthians 7:29 And I say this, my brothers: the time has (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) grown short. From now on those who have wives should be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

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