Gloss
to be, exist, be present
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
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for εἰμί
| Acts 17:11 | These Jews were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with all eagerness, examining the scriptures every day to see if these things were so. |
| Acts 17:16 | Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred up within him on seeing the city full of idols. |
| Acts 17:18 | Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a proclaimer of strange gods,” for he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. |
| Acts 17:20 | For you bring some strange things to our ears, so we want to know what these things mean.” (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) |
| Acts 17:28 | ‘For in him we live and move about and exist,’ (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) too are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) his offspring.’ |
| Acts 17:29 | So since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divine being is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) like an image carved in gold or silver or stone by human skill and imagination. |
| Acts 18:3 | and because he (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) tentmakers by trade. |
| Acts 18:5 | When Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was wholly absorbed with preaching the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) the Messiah. |
| Acts 18:7 | And he left there and went to the house of one named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) next door to the synagogue. |
| Acts 18:10 | because I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) with you and no one will lay a hand on you to do you harm, for I have (esti | ἐστί | pres act ind 3 sg) many people in this city.” |
| Acts 18:12 | But when (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) Gallio was (ontos | ὄντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul and brought him before the tribunal, |
| Acts 18:14 | But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a matter of wrongdoing or a serious piece of villainy, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you. |
| Acts 18:15 | But if the questions are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) about a word and names and your own law, see to it yourselves. I do not wish to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a judge of these matters.” |
| Acts 18:24 | Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well-versed in the Scriptures. |
| Acts 18:25 | He had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. |
| Acts 18:28 | for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) the Messiah. |
| Acts 19:1 | And it happened that while Apollos was (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) at Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples |
| Acts 19:2 | and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “Why, we have not even heard if there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 19:4 | Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), in Jesus.” |
| Acts 19:7 | And the men were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) in all about twelve. |
| Acts 19:14 | There were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, who were doing this. |
| Acts 19:15 | But the evil spirit answering said to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) you?” |
| Acts 19:16 | And the man in whom was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the evil spirit leaped on them, took control and overpowered all seven of them, so that they fled, naked and wounded, out of that house. |
| Acts 19:25 | He called them together with workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this trade prosperity comes (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) to us. |
| Acts 19:26 | And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made by hand are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) not gods at all. |
