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

Galatians 3:26 For you (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:28 Now there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female; for you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 4:1 What I am saying is that as long as the heir is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) a minor, he differs not at all from a slave, even (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) though (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) fact (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he owns the entire estate.
Galatians 4:2 However, he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) remains (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) under the care of guardians and managers until the time determined by his father.
Galatians 4:3 And so it is with us. While we were (ēmen | ἦμεν | imperf act ind 1 pl) minors, we (ēmetha | ἤμεθα | imperf mid ind 1 pl) were (ēmetha | ἤμεθα | imperf mid ind 1 pl) enslaved to the elementary principles of the world.
Galatians 4:6 And because you are (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:7 So you (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, then you are an heir through God.
Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) by nature are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) not gods.
Galatians 4:21 Tell me, you who want to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) under the law, will you not listen to the law?
Galatians 4:24 This may be (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) interpreted allegorically, for these women represent (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children to be slaves; she is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) Hagar.
Galatians 4:25 Now Hagar represents (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.
Galatians 4:26 But the Jerusalem above is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the free woman, and she is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) our mother.
Galatians 4:28 But you, my brothers, like Isaac, are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) children of promise.
Galatians 4:31 So then, brothers, we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) not children of a slave woman but of the free woman.
Galatians 5:3 And furthermore I declare to every man who agrees to circumcision that he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) obligated to obey the entire law.
Galatians 5:10 I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But the one who is trying to confuse you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg).
Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) are (este | ἐστέ | pres act ind 2 pl) not under the law.
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,
Galatians 5:22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
Galatians 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no law.
Galatians 6:3 For if anyone thinks he is (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) something, when (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) anything, but a new creation.
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) holy and blameless before him. In love

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