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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. Romans 10:12ἐστιν · there is
    For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
  2. Romans 11:1εἰμί · am
    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
  3. Romans 11:13εἰμι · am
    I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
  4. Romans 11:17ὢν
    Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
  5. Romans 11:23ἐστιν · is
    And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
  6. Romans 11:25ἦτε · you will not be
    I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  7. Romans 12:3ὄντι
    For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
  8. Romans 12:5ἐσμεν · we who are
    …so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
  9. Romans 13:1ἔστιν · there is; οὖσαι · exist; εἰσίν
    Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
  10. Romans 13:3εἰσὶν · are
    For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
  11. Romans 13:4ἐστιν · he is; ἐστιν · He is
    For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
  12. Romans 13:6εἰσιν · [the authorities] are
    This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
  13. Romans 14:4εἶ · are
    Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
  14. Romans 14:8ἐσμέν · we belong to
    If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
  15. Romans 14:14εἶναι · as
    I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
  16. Romans 14:17ἐστιν · is
    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
  17. Romans 14:23ἐστίν · is
    But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
  18. Romans 15:12Ἔσται · will appear
    And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
  19. Romans 15:14ἐστε · are
    I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
  20. Romans 15:16εἶναί · to be
    …to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
  21. Romans 15:27εἰσὶν · they
    They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings, they are obligated to minister to them with material blessings.
  22. Romans 16:1οὖσαν
    I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.
  23. Romans 16:5ἐστιν · was
    Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
  24. Romans 16:7εἰσιν · are
    Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.
  25. Romans 16:11ὄντας · are
    Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
  26. Romans 16:19εἶναι · to be
    Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
  27. 1 Corinthians 1:2οὔσῃ
    To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  28. 1 Corinthians 1:10ᾖ · there may be; ἦτε · you may be
    I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
  29. 1 Corinthians 1:11εἰσιν · there are
    My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
  30. 1 Corinthians 1:12εἰμι · [follow]
    What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
  31. 1 Corinthians 1:18ἐστίν · is; ἐστιν · it is
    For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  32. 1 Corinthians 1:25ἐστίν · is
    For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
  33. 1 Corinthians 1:28ὄντα · are; ὄντα · are
    He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
  34. 1 Corinthians 1:30ἐστε · are
    It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
  35. 1 Corinthians 2:5ᾖ · would not rest
    …so that your faith would not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.
  36. 1 Corinthians 2:14ἐστίν · they are
    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  37. 1 Corinthians 3:3ἐστε · you are; ἐστε · are you
    …for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
  38. 1 Corinthians 3:4εἰμι · [follow]; ἐστε · are you
    For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
  39. 1 Corinthians 3:5ἐστιν · is; ἐστιν · is
    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  40. 1 Corinthians 3:7ἐστίν · is
    So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
  41. 1 Corinthians 3:8εἰσιν · are
    He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.