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εἰμί

eimito beHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentVerb2,465 occurrences27 books2,100 verses

Definition

εἰμί,

with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.

I. As substantive verb.

1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Acts 17:28, John 1:1; 8:58; 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Revelation 1:4, 8; 4:8; 11:17; 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Romans 4:17, 1 Corinthians 1:28.

2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Matthew 24:3, Mark 14:2; 15:42, Luke 21:23, John 4:6, 23; 5:10, al.

3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Matthew 2:13, 15, Mark 1:45; 5:21; 15:40, Luke 1:80; 5:29, John 7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mark 2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Matthew 1:20; 21:25, Mark 11:30, John 3:31, al.

4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.;

(a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Matthew 16:28, Luke 16:19, John 3:1; 5:2, Romans 3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Matthew 16:22, Luke 1:7, John 18:10, Romans 9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Matthew 16:28; 19:2, Mark 9:1, al.;

(b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Hebrews 9:5, 1 Corinthians 11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.).

II. As copula uniting subject and predicate.

1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Matthew 5:13; 14:15, Luke 1:18, 19, John 1:1; 4:19, Revelation 3:9, al. mult.

2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Matthew 13:19, 1 Corinthians 9:2; 10:4; 11:25, Galatians 4:24, Revelation 17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Matthew 27:46, Mark 7:2, Romans 7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mark 3:17, Colossians 1:24, Hebrews 7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22, 24, Luke 22:19, 1 Corinthians 11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.).

3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mark 5:42, Luke 3:23, 1 Corinthians 14:33, Hebrews 12:11, al.; part., 1 Timothy 1:20, 2 Timothy 1:15; poss., Matthew 5:3, 10, Mark 12:7, Luke 4:7; of service or partisanship, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 10:7, 2 Timothy 2:19.

4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Acts 1:8; 9:15, Romans 4:12, 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2:14, Revelation 21:7, al.

5. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr., 225 ff.);

(a) with ptcp. pf. (cl.): Matthew 10:30, Luke 9:32, John 3:24, Acts 21:35, 1 Corinthians 15:19, al;

(b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Matthew 7:29, Mark 1:22, Luke 4:31; 14:1, Acts 1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Romans 12:9, 10, Hebrews 13:5, al.;

(with) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luke 23:9.

6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:8, Hebrews 8:10, al.

7. C. adv.: Matthew 19:20, Mark 4:26, Luke 18:11, al.

8. Ellipses;

(a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Matthew 8:29; 24:32, John 21:22, 23, Hebrews 6:4, al.;

(b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Matthew 14:27, Mark 6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deuteronomy 32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mark 13:6, John 4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εἰμί:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,465 total
  1. Luke 11:7εἰσίν · are
    And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
  2. Luke 11:8εἶναι
    I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
  3. Luke 11:14ἦν · [Jesus] was; ἦν · was
    One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
  4. Luke 11:19ἔσονται · will be
    And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
  5. Luke 11:21ἐστὶν · are
    When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
  6. Luke 11:23ὢν · is; ἐστιν · is
    He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
  7. Luke 11:29ἐστιν · is
    As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
  8. Luke 11:30ἔσται · will be [a sign]
    For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
  9. Luke 11:34ἐστιν · is; ᾖ · are; ἐστιν · is; ᾖ · they are
    Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
  10. Luke 11:35ἐστίν · is
    Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
  11. Luke 11:36ἔσται · [you] will be
    So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
  12. Luke 11:41ἐστιν · will be
    But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
  13. Luke 11:44ἐστὲ · you are
    Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
  14. Luke 11:48ἐστε · you are
    So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
  15. Luke 12:1ἐστὶν · is
    In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
  16. Luke 12:2ἐστὶν · is
    There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
  17. Luke 12:6ἔστιν · is
    Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
  18. Luke 12:15ἐστιν · does not consist
    And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
  19. Luke 12:20ἔσται · will own
    But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
  20. Luke 12:23ἐστιν · is
    For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
  21. Luke 12:24ἔστιν · have
    Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
  22. Luke 12:28ὄντα · which is [here]
    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
  23. Luke 12:34ἐστιν · is; ἔσται · will be
    For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
  24. Luke 12:35Ἔστωσαν · Be
    Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
  25. Luke 12:38εἰσιν · will be
    Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
  26. Luke 12:42ἐστὶν · is
    And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
  27. Luke 12:52ἔσονται · will be
    From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
  28. Luke 12:55ἔσται · It will be
    And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
  29. Luke 13:10Ἦν · [Jesus] was
    One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
  30. Luke 13:11ἦν · She was
    …and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
  31. Luke 13:14εἰσὶν · There are
    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
  32. Luke 13:16οὖσαν
    Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
  33. Luke 13:18ἐστὶν · is
    Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
  34. Luke 13:19ἐστὶν · It is
    It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
  35. Luke 13:21ἐστὶν · It is
    It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
  36. Luke 13:25ἐστέ · are {from}
    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  37. Luke 13:27ἐστέ · are {from}
    And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
  38. Luke 13:28ἔσται · will be
    There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
  39. Luke 13:30εἰσὶν · some who are; ἔσονται · will be; εἰσὶν · some who are; ἔσονται · will be
    And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
  40. Luke 14:1ἦσαν · were
    One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
  41. Luke 14:2ἦν · was
    Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.