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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Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 2,100 verses
- John 1:18 ὢν
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- John 1:19 ἐστὶνεἶ
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
- John 1:20 εἰμὶ
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
- John 1:21 εἶεἰμίεἶ
“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- John 1:22 εἶ
So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
- John 1:24 ἦσαν
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
- John 1:25 εἶ
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
- John 1:27 εἰμὶ
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
- John 1:28 ἦν
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
- John 1:30 ἐστινἦν
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
- John 1:33 ἐστιν
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
- John 1:34 ἐστιν
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
- John 1:39 ἦν
“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
- John 1:40 Ἦν
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
- John 1:41 ἐστιν
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- John 1:42 εἶ
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- John 1:44 ἦν
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
- John 1:46 εἶναι
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
- John 1:47 ἔστιν
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- John 1:48 ὄντα
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
- John 1:49 εἶεἶ
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
- John 2:1 ἦν
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
- John 2:6 Ἦσαν
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- John 2:9 ἐστίν
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
- John 2:13 ἦν
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 2:17 ἐστίν
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
- John 2:23 ἦν
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
- John 2:25 ἦν
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
- John 3:1 Ἦν
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
- John 3:2 ᾖ
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
- John 3:4 ὤν
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- John 3:6 ἐστινἐστιν
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
- John 3:8 ἐστὶν
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- John 3:10 εἶ
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
- John 3:19 ἐστινἦν
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- John 3:21 ἐστιν
But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
- John 3:23 Ἦνἦν
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
- John 3:24 ἦν
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
- John 3:26 ἦν
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
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John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- John 3:28 εἰμὶεἰμὶ
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
- John 3:29 ἐστίν
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- John 3:31 ἐστίνὢνἐστινἐστίν
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
- John 3:33 ἐστιν
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
- John 4:6 ἦνἦν
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:9 ὢνοὔσης
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
- John 4:10 ἐστιν
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 4:11 ἐστὶν
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
- John 4:12 εἶ
Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
- John 4:18 ἔστιν
In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”