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 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “In solemn truth I tell you: today you (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) will (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) be (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:44 It was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) already only about the sixth hour but darkness covered the whole land until the ninth hour,
Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying, “Truly this man was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) righteous!”
Luke 23:51 (He had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not agreed with their decision or their action.) He was from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God.
Luke 23:53 then taking it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had yet been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) laid.
Luke 23:54 It (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the day of preparation and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Luke 23:55 The women who had (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) come with him from Galilee followed along behind and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid in it
Luke 24:6 He (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not here, but he has been raised. Remember how he spoke to you, while (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) was (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) still in Galilee,
Luke 24:10 It was (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them. They kept telling these things to the apostles,
Luke 24:13 Now on that same day two of them were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) on their way to a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, Emmaus by name.
Luke 24:21 But we had hoped that he was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, but it is now the third day since these things happened.
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) toward evening and the day is already far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?”
Luke 24:38 And he said to them, “Why are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) so troubled and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
Luke 24:39 Look at my hands and my feet, that it (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) is (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”
Luke 24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) I (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) was (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.”
Luke 24:53 and they were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) continually in the temple blessing God.
John 1:1 In the beginning was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the Word, and the Word was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with God, and the Word was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) God.
John 1:2 He was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the beginning with God.
John 1:4 In him was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) life, and that life was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the light of men.
John 1:8 He was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not the light, but came to bear testimony about the light.
John 1:9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) coming into the world.
John 1:10 He (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not know him.
John 1:15 John testified about him and cried out, saying, “This is (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I, because he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) existed (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) before me.’”
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, himself God, the one who is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

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