Definition
I am (is, are, was, were); exist, live, am present
Vocabulary Form
εἰμί
Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
2462
GK
1639
Forms
(h[mhn), e[somai, -, -, -, -
Mnemonics
I am Amy.
Mnemonic Singing
Just as I am without one plea
Song
Biblical Concordance
| John 2:23 | Now while Jesus was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in Jerusalem during the festival of Passover, many people put their trust in his name, for they saw miraculous signs he was performing. |
| John 2:25 | and because he had no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for he himself knew what was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) in man. |
| John 3:1 | Now there was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. |
| John 3:2 | This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) with him.” |
| John 3:4 | Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born 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) old? He cannot enter into his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” |
| John 3:6 | What is born of the flesh is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) spirit. |
| John 3:8 | The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it is coming from or where it is going. So it is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) with everyone born of the Spirit.” |
| John 3:10 | Jesus answered, saying to him, “Are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things?” |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) this, that light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) evil. |
| John 3:21 | But the one who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) have (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) been (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) done in God.” |
| John 3:23 | Now John also was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) were (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) many springs there, and people kept coming to be baptized. |
| John 3:24 | (John had (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not yet been thrown into prison.) |
| John 3:26 | So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him!” |
| John 3:27 | John responded, saying, “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been (ē | ᾖ | pres act subj 3 sg) given to him from heaven. |
| John 3:28 | You yourselves bear me witness that I said, ‘I am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) am (eimi | εἰμί | pres act ind 1 sg) the one sent ahead of him.’ |
| John 3:29 | It (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) the bridegroom who has the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. |
| John 3:31 | He who comes from above is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) superior to all. He who is (ōn | ὤν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) of the earth belongs (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) superior to all. |
| John 3:33 | The one who has accepted his testimony has thereby acknowledged that God is (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) truthful. |
| John 4:6 | Jacob’s well was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) there. So Jesus, weary from his journey, sat down by the well. It (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (ēn | ἦν | imperf act ind 3 sg) about the sixth hour. |
| John 4:9 | The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) |
| John 4:10 | Jesus answered her, saying, “If you had known the gift of God and who it was (estin | ἐστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) that said to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” |
| John 4:11 | The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is (estin | ἐστίν | pres act ind 3 sg) deep. How then are you going to draw the living water? |
| John 4:12 | Surely you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) not greater than our father Jacob, are you, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his flocks?” |
| John 4:18 | for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is (estin | ἔστιν | pres act ind 3 sg) not your husband. You have spoken the truth.” |
| John 4:19 | The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are (ei | εἶ | pres act ind 2 sg) a prophet. |