εἰμί | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

εἰμί

Definition

I am (is, are, was, were); exist, live, am present

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

2462

1639

Forms

(h[mhn), e[somai, -, -, -, -

Mnemonics

I am Amy.

Mnemonic Singing

Just as I am without one plea

Song

Biblical Concordance

Acts 6:2	So the twelve called together the entire group of disciples and said, “It (estin \| ἐστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin \| ἐστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) not right for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
Acts 7:2	And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was (onti \| ὄντι \| pres act ptcp dat sg masc) in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acts 7:5	Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his descendants after him, though (ontos \| ὄντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg neut) as (ontos \| ὄντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg neut) yet (ontos \| ὄντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg neut) Abraham had (ontos \| ὄντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg neut) no child.
Acts 7:6	And God spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be (estai \| ἔσται \| fut mid ind 3 sg) sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.
Acts 7:9	“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) with him,
Acts 7:12	But Jacob, hearing that there was (onta \| ὄντα \| pres act ptcp acc pl neut) grain in Egypt, sent our fathers out on their first visit.
Acts 7:20	At which time Moses was born, and he was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) beautiful before God. He was brought up for three months in his father’s house;
Acts 7:22	So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) powerful in his words and deeds.
Acts 7:26	On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you (este \| ἐστε \| pres act ind 2 pl) are (este \| ἐστε \| pres act ind 2 pl) brothers. Why are you hurting one another?’
Acts 7:33	And the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is (estin \| ἐστίν \| pres act ind 3 sg) holy ground.
Acts 7:37	This is (estin \| ἐστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised up me.’
Acts 7:38	He is (estin \| ἐστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us.
Acts 7:44	“The tabernacle of witness was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 8:1	Now Saul was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) in agreement with his execution. There arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:9	Now there was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic in the city and amazing the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was (einai \| εἶναι \| pres act inf ) someone great.
Acts 8:10	They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is (estin \| ἐστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) the power of God, which is called Great.”
Acts 8:13	Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he stayed constantly with (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles happening, he was amazed.
Acts 8:16	for he (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) had (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) not yet fallen on any one of them, but they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 8:20	But Peter said to him, “May (eiē \| εἴη \| pres act opt 3 sg) your silver go (eiē \| εἴη \| pres act opt 3 sg) with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Acts 8:21	There (estin \| ἔστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) is (estin \| ἔστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) not for you a part or share in this matter, for your heart is (estin \| ἔστιν \| pres act ind 3 sg) not upright before God.
Acts 8:23	For I see that you are (onta \| ὄντα \| pres act ptcp acc sg masc) in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of unrighteousness.”
Acts 8:26	Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is (estin \| ἐστίν \| pres act ind 3 sg) a desert place.
Acts 8:27	And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) in charge of all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship
Acts 8:28	and was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) returning, seated in his carriage, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Acts 8:32	Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was (ēn \| ἦν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) this: “As a sheep to the slaughter he was led, and as a lamb dumb before its shearer, so he opens not his mouth.