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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. Galatians 5:19ἐστιν
    The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
  2. Galatians 5:22ἐστιν · is
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  3. Galatians 5:23ἔστιν · there is
    …gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  4. Galatians 6:3εἶναί · he is; ὤν · when he is
    If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
  5. Galatians 6:15ἐστιν · means
    For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
  6. Ephesians 1:1οὖσιν
    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
  7. Ephesians 1:4εἶναι · to be
    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  8. Ephesians 1:12εἶναι · would be
    …in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
  9. Ephesians 1:14ἐστιν · is
    …who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
  10. Ephesians 1:18ἐστιν
    I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
  11. Ephesians 1:23ἐστὶν · is
    …which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
  12. Ephesians 2:1ὄντας · were
    And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
  13. Ephesians 2:3ἤμεθα · we were
    All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
  14. Ephesians 2:4ὢν · who is
    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
  15. Ephesians 2:5ὄντας · were; ἐστε · you have been
    …made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
  16. Ephesians 2:8ἐστε · you have been
    For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  17. Ephesians 2:10ἐσμεν · we are
    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
  18. Ephesians 2:12ἦτε · you were
    …remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
  19. Ephesians 2:13ὄντες · were
    But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
  20. Ephesians 2:14ἐστιν · is
    For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
  21. Ephesians 2:19ἐστὲ · you are; ἐστὲ
    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
  22. Ephesians 2:20ὄντος · as
    …built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
  23. Ephesians 3:6εἶναι · are
    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.
  24. Ephesians 3:13ἐστὶν · are
    So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
  25. Ephesians 4:9ἐστιν · [does]
    What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
  26. Ephesians 4:10ἐστιν · is
    He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
  27. Ephesians 4:14ὦμεν · be
    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  28. Ephesians 4:15ἐστιν · is
    Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
  29. Ephesians 4:18ὄντες · [and]; οὖσαν · that is
    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
  30. Ephesians 4:21ἐστιν · that is
    Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—
  31. Ephesians 4:25ἐσμὲν · we are all
    Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
  32. Ephesians 5:5ἐστιν · is
    For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
  33. Ephesians 5:8Ἦτε · you were
    For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
  34. Ephesians 5:10ἐστιν
    Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
  35. Ephesians 5:12ἐστιν · it is
    For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
  36. Ephesians 5:13ἐστιν · becomes
    But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
  37. Ephesians 5:16εἰσιν · are
    …redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  38. Ephesians 5:18ἐστιν · leads to
    Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
  39. Ephesians 5:23ἐστιν · is
    For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
  40. Ephesians 5:27ᾖ
    …and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
  41. Ephesians 5:30ἐσμὲν · we are
    For we are members of His body.
  42. Ephesians 5:31ἔσονται · will become
    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
  43. Ephesians 5:32ἐστίν · is
    This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
  44. Ephesians 6:1ἐστιν · is
    Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
  45. Ephesians 6:2ἐστὶν · is
    “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
  46. Ephesians 6:3ἔσῃ · you may have
    …“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”