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 11:7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the glory of man.
1 Corinthians 11:8 For man did (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not come (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) from woman, but woman from man.
1 Corinthians 11:13 Judge for yourselves: is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) it (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) proper for a wife to pray to God with her head uncovered?
1 Corinthians 11:14 Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a disgrace for him,
1 Corinthians 11:15 but if a woman has long hair, it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) her glory? For her long hair is given to her for a covering.
1 Corinthians 11:16 If anyone is inclined to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) quarrelsome, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.
1 Corinthians 11:19 for there must be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) factions among you so that it may become clear who among you are genuine.
1 Corinthians 11:20 Therefore when you gather in the assembly, it (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not to eat a supper in honor of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:24 and after giving thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, he took the cup also, after supper, saying, “This cup is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) be (estai | ἔσται | fut mid ind 3 sg) guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) pagans you were somehow seduced and led astray to idols that could not speak.
1 Corinthians 12:4 Now there (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:5 and there (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) different kinds of ministries, but the same Lord;
1 Corinthians 12:6 and there (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) different accomplishments, but it is the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
1 Corinthians 12:12 For just as the physical body is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though (onta | ὄντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) many, are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) one body, so also is the body of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:14 For indeed the body is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not a single member, but many.
1 Corinthians 12:15 If the foot should say, “Since I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not a hand, I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not part of the body,” it (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) would (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not for that reason cease to be (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear should say, “Since I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not an eye, I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not part of the body,” it (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) would (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not for that reason cease to be (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:19 If they were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) all a single member, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:22 Quite the contrary, those members of the body that seem to be weaker are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) indispensable,
1 Corinthians 12:23 and those members of the body we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are treated with greater modesty,
1 Corinthians 12:25 so that there (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) would (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) no division in the body, but that the members would have the same care for one another.
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) Christ’s body and each of you is a member of it.
1 Corinthians 13:2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) nothing.

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