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 13:11 When I was (ēmēn | ἤμην | imperf mid ind 1 sg) a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
1 Corinthians 14:9 So it is with you; if you do not speak a clear message with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? You will be (esesthe | ἔσεσθε | fut mid ind 2 pl) speaking into the air.
1 Corinthians 14:10 There (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) who-knows-how-many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11 But if I do not grasp the meaning of the language, I will be (esomai | ἔσομαι | fut mid ind 1 sg) a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
1 Corinthians 14:12 So it is with you. Since you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to excel for the edification of the church.
1 Corinthians 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) unproductive.
1 Corinthians 14:15 What then shall I do (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg)? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) for a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy is not for unbelievers but for believers.
1 Corinthians 14:25 and the secrets of his heart are laid bare. Thus he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring, “God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) really among you.”
1 Corinthians 14:26 What then is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the outcome, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.
1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) is (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) no one who can interpret, the speaker should remain silent in church and speak to himself and to God.
1 Corinthians 14:33 for God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,
1 Corinthians 14:35 And if they want to find out about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) improper for a woman to speak in church.
1 Corinthians 14:37 If anyone considers himself to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a command of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg) what I am (eimi | εἰμι | pres act ind 1 sg), and his grace toward me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than any of them — yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no resurrection of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:13 But if there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised.
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) still in your sins.
1 Corinthians 15:19 If our (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) hope in Christ is (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) for this life only, we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) of all men most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:28 And when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) all in all.
1 Corinthians 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a natural body, there is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) also a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:58 So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:4 And if it (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) seems (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) advisable that I should go also, they will go with me.
1 Corinthians 16:12 Now concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.

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