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

1 Corinthians 4:4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not because of this am I acquitted. It (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord who judges me.
1 Corinthians 4:8 Already you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) have (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) all you want! Already you are rich! Without us you have begun to reign! And would that you did reign, so that we could reign with you!
1 Corinthians 4:17 That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 5:2 And you are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) arrogant! Ought you not rather to have mourned, so that the man who did this deed would be removed from your midst?
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven so that you may be (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) a new batch of dough, just as you really are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) a sexually immoral or greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or swindler — not even to eat with such a one.
1 Corinthians 6:2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) incompetent to try minor cases?
1 Corinthians 6:7 Already it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) altogether a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:11 And some of you (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) guilty of these abominations! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
1 Corinthians 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
1 Corinthians 6:16 Or do you not know that he who joins himself to a prostitute is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one body with her? For it says, “The two will become (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) one flesh.”
1 Corinthians 6:17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one spirit with him.
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God, and you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) not your own?
1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a set time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer; then come (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
1 Corinthians 7:7 I wish that all men were (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry; for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) better to marry than to burn with sexual passion.
1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband. Otherwise your children would (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) defiled, but as it is, they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) holy.
1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing and uncircumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) nothing. Rather, it is keeping God’s commandments that counts.
1 Corinthians 7:22 For the one who was called by the Lord as a slave is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a freedman of the Lord. Likewise, the one who was called as a free person is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a slave of Christ.
1 Corinthians 7:25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord and is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:26 I think, then, that this is good because of the present distress — that it is good for a man to remain as he is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ).
1 Corinthians 7:29 And I say this, my brothers: the time has (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) grown short. From now on those who have wives should be (ōsin | ὦσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 7:32 I want you to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.
1 Corinthians 7:34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

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