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

Ephesians 5:8 for once you were (ēte | ἦτε | imperf act ind 2 pl) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
Ephesians 5:10 always trying to discern what is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) pleasing to the Lord.
Ephesians 5:12 for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) shameful even to speak of what is done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:14 for everything that becomes illuminated is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) light. Therefore it says, “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Ephesians 5:16 making the most of the time, because the days are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) evil.
Ephesians 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, in which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) debauchery; instead, be filled with the Spirit,
Ephesians 5:23 for the husband is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the head of the wife as Christ also is the head of the church, and is himself the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she might be (ē | | pres act subj 3 sg) holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:30 since we (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) are (esmen | ἐσμέν | pres act ind 1 pl) members of his body.
Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become (esontai | ἔσονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) one flesh.”
Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) profound, but I am speaking about Christ and about the church.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) right.
Ephesians 6:2 “Honor your father and mother” — which is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the first commandment with a promise —
Ephesians 6:3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live (esē | ἔσῃ | fut mid ind 2 sg) in the land for a long time.”
Ephesians 6:9 And masters, do the same to them, giving up the use of threats, knowing that the one who is both their master and yours is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) in heaven, and that there (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no favoritism with him.
Ephesians 6:12 for our struggle is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the word of God.
Philippians 1:1 From Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are (ousin | οὖσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) in Philippi, along with the overseers and deacons:
Philippians 1:7 It is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all share with me in the grace of God.
Philippians 1:10 so that you may determine what is essential, and so be (ēte | ἦτε | pres act subj 2 pl) pure and without blame on the day of Christ,
Philippians 1:23 I am hard pressed between the two, in that I have the desire to depart and be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) with Christ, for that is very better by far,
Philippians 1:28 and are in no way frightened by your opponents. This is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you — and that from God.
Philippians 2:6 who, although he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) be (einai | εἶναι | pres act inf ) grasped,
Philippians 2:13 for it (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) God who is at work in you, both to will and to work on behalf of his good pleasure.
Philippians 2:26 because he (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) has (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) been (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) longing for all of you and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

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