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 John 3:23 And this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment.
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) are (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) from God,
1 John 4:3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not from God. This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) already in the world.
1 John 4:4 Little children, you have (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) been (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) born (este | ἐστε | pres act ind 2 pl) of God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:5 They are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) of the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.
1 John 4:6 We are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) from God. The person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1 John 4:8 The person who does not love does not know God, because God is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) love.
1 John 4:10 In this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love has (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) achieved its goal in us.
1 John 4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of God, God abides in him and he in God.
1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and to trust the love that God has for us. God is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
1 John 4:17 By this, love is fully realized among us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because just as he is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg), so also are (esmen | ἐσμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) we in this world.
1 John 4:18 There (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child.
1 John 5:3 For this is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are (eisin | εἰσίν | pres act ind 3 pl) not burdensome,
1 John 5:4 because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. And this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the victorious power that has conquered the world — our faith.
1 John 5:5 Who is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) it that conquers the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of God?
1 John 5:6 This is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the one who testifies, because the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) the truth.
1 John 5:7 For there (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) three that testify:
1 John 5:8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are (eisin | εἰσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) in accord.
1 John 5:9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) greater, because this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.
1 John 5:11 And this is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) in his Son.

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