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 16:32 Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own place, and you will leave me alone. And yet I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not alone, because the Father is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) with me.
John 17:3 And this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you sent.
John 17:5 and now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory that I had with you before the world began (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ).
John 17:6 “I have made your name known to the men you gave me out of the world. They (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
John 17:7 Now they have come to know that everything that you have given me is (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) from you;
John 17:9 I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, for they (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) yours;
John 17:10 and all mine are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) yours, and yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them.
John 17:11 I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) no longer in the world, but they are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) in the world, and I am on my way to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, the name that you have given me, so that they may be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) one, just as we are one.
John 17:12 While I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) with them, I protected them in your name, which you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John 17:14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) do (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) not belong (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) to the world, just as I do (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not belong (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) to the world.
John 17:16 They (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) do (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) not belong (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) to the world, just as I do (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not belong (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) to the world.
John 17:17 Consecrate them by the truth; your word is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) truth.
John 17:19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) consecrated by the truth.
John 17:21 that they (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) may (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) all be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, that they also may (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
John 17:22 And the glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) one just as we are one,
John 17:23 I in them and you in me, that they may be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you love them even as you love me.
John 17:24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) with me where I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg), so they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
John 17:26 I have made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) in them, and I in them.”
John 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) an olive grove, into which he entered with his disciples.
John 18:5 They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said to them, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
John 18:6 When Jesus said to them, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground.
John 18:8 Jesus replied, “I told you that I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”
John 18:10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) Malchus.
John 18:13 They took him first to Annas, for he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) high priest that year.
John 18:14 Caiaphas was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the man who had advised the Jews that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.

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