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

John 8:39 They answered him, saying, “Our father is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) were (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a liar and the father of lies.
John 8:47 Whoever belongs (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to God listens to the words of God. The reason why you do not listen is that you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) do (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) not belong (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) to God.”
John 8:48 The Jews answered him, saying, “Are we not correct in saying that you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) a Samaritan and have a demon?”
John 8:50 I am not seeking glory for myself; there is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one who seeks it and he is the one who judges.
John 8:53 Surely you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) not greater than our father Abraham, are you? He died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”
John 8:54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) to (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing. It is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) our God.’
John 8:55 And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I did not know him, I would be (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word.
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!” (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg)
John 9:4 We must do the works of him who sent me while it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) day; night is coming when no one can work.
John 9:5 As long as I (ō | | pres act subj 1 sg) am (ō | | pres act subj 1 sg) in the world, I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) the light of the world.”
John 9:8 Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him as a beggar said, “Is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
John 9:9 Some said, “He (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one.” Others said, “No, but he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) looks (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) like him.” But he himself kept saying, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) the man.”
John 9:12 They said to him, “Where is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) that man?” He replied, “I do not know.”
John 9:14 Now it was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a division among them.
John 9:17 So they spoke again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied, “He (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a prophet.”
John 9:18 The Jews did not believe the report about him, that he had been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight
John 9:19 and asked them, saying, “Is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?”
John 9:20 His parents answered, saying, “We know that this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) our son and that he was born blind;
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) blind and said to him, “Give the glory to God! We know that this man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a sinner.”
John 9:25 He replied, “Whether or not he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: whereas (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) I (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) used (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) be (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) blind, I now see.”
John 9:28 Then they scoffed at him, saying, “You are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) a disciple of that man! But we are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) disciples of Moses!
John 9:29 We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not even know where he comes (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) from.”

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