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

Matthew 15:26 And he answered, “It (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not right to take bread from the children and toss it to the dogs.”
Matthew 15:38 Not counting women and children, there were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) four thousand men who had eaten.
Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf )
Matthew 16:15 He said to them, “But you, who do you say that I am?” (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf )
Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered, saying, “You are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:17 And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
Matthew 16:18 And I say to you, you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) have been loosed in heaven.”
Matthew 16:20 Then he ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Messiah
Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This must (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) never happen (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) to you.”
Matthew 16:23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) an obstacle in my way, because you are not thinking the thoughts of God but those of men.”
Matthew 16:28 I tell you the truth, there are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Matthew 17:4 And Peter spoke to Jesus, saying, “Lord, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) good that we are (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters here — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, “This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased; listen to him!”
Matthew 17:17 Jesus answered, saying, unbelieving and perverse generation, how long am (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) I (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) to (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) be (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”
Matthew 17:26 And when he answered, “From outsiders,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) exempt.
Matthew 18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Matthew 18:4 For whoever humbles himself as this child is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:8 “If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into eternal fire.
Matthew 18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away; it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.
Matthew 18:14 In the same way, it (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not the will of your Father in heaven that even one of these little ones should perish.
Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, you are to treat (estō | ἔστω | pres act imperative 3 sg) him as a pagan and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) have been loosed in heaven.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) gathered in my name, I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) there in their midst.”
Matthew 19:5 And he added, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) one flesh.’

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