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

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with him.
Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) he who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God.
Acts 11:5 “I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) in the city of Joppa, praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object descending, like a great sheet being let down by its four corners from heaven, and it came close to me.
Acts 11:11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house, in which we were (ēmen | ἦμεν | imperf act ind 1 pl), sent from Caesarea to me.
Acts 11:17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) I to be able to stand in God’s way?”
Acts 11:20 But there were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch began to speak also to the Hellenists, preaching the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:21 And the hand of the Lord was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with them, and a great number became believers and turned to the Lord.
Acts 11:22 The report of all this was heard in the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.
Acts 11:24 for he was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable number of people were brought to the Lord.
Acts 11:28 And one of them stood up, named Agabus, and indicated by the Spirit that there would be (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) a great famine over all the world (which took place in the days of Claudius).
Acts 12:3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) during the days of Unleavened Bread.
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) made earnestly to God for him by the church.
Acts 12:6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards before the door were guarding the prison.
Acts 12:9 And he went out and followed him, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
Acts 12:12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where there were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) many gathered together and praying.
Acts 12:15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she insisted that it was so. They kept saying, “It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) his angel!”
Acts 12:18 Now when day came, there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) no little commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
Acts 12:20 Now Herod was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) very angry with the Tyrinians and the Sidonians, and with one accord they came to him and when they had persuaded Blastus, who was in charge of the bed-chamber of the king, they asked for peace because their country’s food-supply was provided by the king’s country.
Acts 13:1 Now there were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) in Antioch in the local (ousan | οὖσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) church prophets and teachers, both Barnabas and Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts 13:7 who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.
Acts 13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness, and as he went about he sought someone to lead him by the hand.
Acts 13:15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “My brothers, if there (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) any among you with a word of encouragement for the people, say it.”
Acts 13:25 And as John was completing his ministry, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you suppose me to be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf )? I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not he. But behold, one is coming after me of whom I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not worthy to untie the sandals for his feet.’
Acts 13:31 and he was seen for many days by those who had gone up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) now his witnesses to the people.

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