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 21:39 | But Paul replied, “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no obscure city. I beg you, let me speak to the people.” |
| Acts 22:3 | “I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as you all are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) today. |
| Acts 22:5 | as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can bear me witness. From them I received letters to the brothers, and I went toward Damascus to take those also who (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) were (ontas | ὄντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) there and bring them in bonds to Jerusalem to be punished. |
| Acts 22:8 | And I answered, ‘Who are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ |
| Acts 22:9 | Now those who (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) were (ontes | ὄντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me. |
| Acts 22:15 | For you will be (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard. |
| Acts 22:19 | And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I used (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you. |
| Acts 22:20 | And when the blood of Stephen, your witness, was being shed, I (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) myself was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) standing by approving and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’ |
| Acts 22:26 | When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commanding officer, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Roman citizen.” |
| Acts 22:27 | The commanding officer came to him and said, “Tell me, are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.” |
| Acts 22:29 | Immediately those who were about to examine him drew back from him; and the commanding officer was afraid, realizing that Paul was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Roman citizen and that he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) bound him. |
| Acts 23:5 | And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil about the ruler of your people.’” |
| Acts 23:6 | Now when Paul perceived that one part were (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “My brothers, I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is regarding my hope of a resurrection for the dead that I am on trial.” |
| Acts 23:8 | (For the Sadducees say that there (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) no resurrection, nor angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess them all.) |
| Acts 23:13 | There were (ēsan | ἦσαν | imperf act ind 3 pl) more than forty who made this conspiracy. |
| Acts 23:15 | So now you and the council give notice to the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as though you were going to examine his case more accurately; and we will (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) be (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) ready to kill him before he gets there.” |
| Acts 23:19 | The commanding officer took him by the hand, drew him aside and asked, “What is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) it that you have to report to me?” |
| Acts 23:21 | But you should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in wait for him and have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. And now they are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) ready, awaiting your consent.” |
| Acts 23:27 | This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon him and, with the soldiers, rescued him, having learned that he (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a Roman citizen. |
| Acts 23:30 | And when it was disclosed to me that there (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) would (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) be (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to speak against him to you.” |
| Acts 23:34 | When he had read the letter, he asked from what province he was (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg). Learning that he was from Cilicia, |
| Acts 24:10 | And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him to speak: “Knowing that for many years you have been (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense concerning these things. |
| Acts 24:11 | As you are able to verify for yourself, it (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) is (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) not more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, |
| Acts 24:15 | having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there is to (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) be (esesthai | ἔσεσθαι | fut mid inf ) a resurrection both of the just and of the unjust. |
| Acts 24:24 | After some days Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was (ousē | οὔσῃ | pres act ptcp dat sg fem) Jewish. He sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. |
