εἰμί
eimi
εἰμί,
with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.
I. As substantive verb.
1. Of persons and things, to be, exist: Act.17:28, Jhn.1:1, 8:58, 17:5, al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Rev.1:4, 8, 4:8, 11:17, 16:5 (see Swete, Ap., 5; M, Pr., 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα, Rom.4:17, 1Co.1:28.
2. Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place: Mat.24:3, Mrk.14:2, 15:42, Luk.21:23, Jhn.4:6, 23, 5:10, al.
3. to be present, be in a place, have come: Mat.2:13, 15, Mrk.1:45, 5:21, 15:40, Luk.1:80, 5:29, Jhn.7:30, al.; before εἰς, Mrk.2:1; before ἐκ, (ἐξ), Mat.1:20, 21:25, Mrk.11:30, Jhn.3:31, al.
4. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.;
(a) there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.: Mat.16:28, Luk.16:19, Jhn.3:1, 5:2, Rom.3:10, al.; with dative (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mat.16:22, Luk.1:7, Jhn.18.10, Rom.9:2, al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mat.16:28, 19:2, Mrk.9:1, al.;
(b) with inf., = ἔξεστιν (which see), it is possible: Heb.9:5, 1Co.11:20, RV (but see ICC, in l.).
II. As copula uniting subject and predicate.
1. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mat.5:13, 14:15, Luk.1:18, 19, Jhn.1:1, 4:19, Rev.3:9, al. mult.
2. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mat.13:19, 1Co.9:2, 10:4, 11:25, Gal.4:24, Rev.17:15, al.; ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν, Mat.27:46, Mrk.7:2, Rom.7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν, Mrk.3:17, Col.1:24, Heb.7:2, al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mat.26:26-28, Mrk.14:22, 24, Luk.22:19, 1Co.11:24 (see ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. with; DB, iii, 148 f.).
3. C. genitive: qual., etc., Mrk.5:42, Luk.3:23, 1Co.14:33, Heb.12:11, al.; part., 1Ti.1:20, 2Ti.1:15; poss., Mat.5:3, 10, Mrk.12:7, Luk.4:7; of service or partisanship, Rom.8:9, 1Co.1:12, 2Co.10:7, 2Ti.2:19.
4. C. dative (BL, §37, 3): Act.1:8, 9:15, Rom.4:12, 1Co.1:18, 2:14, Rev.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.): Mat.10:30, Luk.9:32, Jhn.3:24, Act.21:35, 1Co.15:19, al;
(b) with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.), Mat.7:29, Mrk.1:22, Luk.4:31, 14:1, Act.1:10, al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr., 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί, Rom.12:9, 10, Heb.13:5, al.;
(c) with ptcp. aor. (cl), Luk.23:9.
6. Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr., 71): Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, Heb.8:10, al.
7. C. adv.: Mat.19:20, Mrk.4:26, Luk.18:11, al.
8. Ellipses;
(a) of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mat.8:29, 24:32, Jhn.21:22, 23, Heb.6:4, al.;
(b) of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί, Mat.14:27, Mrk.6:50, al.; absol. (cf. Deu.32:39; אֲנִי הוּא), Mrk.13:6, Jhn.4:26, al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι).
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Concordance 2,100 verses
- Luke 22:28 ἐστε
You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
- Luke 22:33 εἰμι
“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
- Luke 22:38 ἐστιν
So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.
- Luke 22:49 ἐσόμενον
Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”
- Luke 22:53 ὄντοςἐστὶν
Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
- Luke 22:56 ἦν
A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
- Luke 22:58 εἶεἰμί
A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
- Luke 22:59 ἦνἐστιν
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
- Luke 22:64 ἐστιν
They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”
- Luke 22:67 εἶ
“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
- Luke 22:69 ἔσται
But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
- Luke 22:70 εἶεἰμι
So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
- Luke 23:2 εἶναι
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
- Luke 23:3 εἶ
So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
- Luke 23:6 ἐστιν
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
- Luke 23:7 ἐστὶνὄντα
And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
- Luke 23:8 ἦν
When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
- Luke 23:12 ὄντες
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
- Luke 23:15 ἐστὶν
Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.
- Luke 23:19 ἦν
(Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
- Luke 23:35 ἐστιν
The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
- Luke 23:37 εἶ
“If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
- Luke 23:38 Ἦν
Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
- Luke 23:39 εἶ
One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
- Luke 23:40 εἶ
But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
- Luke 23:43 ἔσῃ
And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
- Luke 23:44 ἦν
It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
- Luke 23:47 ἦν
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
- Luke 23:51 ἦν
who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
- Luke 23:53 ἦν
Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
- Luke 23:54 ἦν
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
- Luke 23:55 ἦσαν
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
- Luke 24:6 ἔστινὢν
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
- Luke 24:10 ἦσαν
It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.
- Luke 24:13 ἦσαν
That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
- Luke 24:21 ἐστιν
But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
- Luke 24:29 ἐστὶν
But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
- Luke 24:32 ἦν
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
- Luke 24:38 ἐστέ
“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
- Luke 24:39 εἰμι
Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
- Luke 24:44 ὢν
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
- Luke 24:48 ἐστε
You are witnesses of these things.
- Luke 24:53 ἦσαν
praising God continually in the temple.
- John 1:1 ἦνἦνἦν
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:2 ἦν
He was with God in the beginning.
- John 1:4 ἦνἦν
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- John 1:8 ἦν
He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
- John 1:9 Ἦν
The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
- John 1:10 ἦν
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
- John 1:15 ἦνἦν
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
