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
- John 10:33 ὢν
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
- John 10:34 ἔστινἐστε
Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
- John 10:36 εἰμι
then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
- John 10:40 ἦν
Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
- John 10:41 ἦν
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
- John 11:1 Ἦν
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
- John 11:2 ἦν
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
- John 11:4 ἔστιν
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 11:6 ἦν
So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
- John 11:9 εἰσιν
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
- John 11:10 ἔστιν
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
- John 11:15 ἤμην
and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
- John 11:18 ἦν
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
- John 11:21 ἦς
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
- John 11:25 εἰμι
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 11:27 εἶ
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
- John 11:30 ἦν
Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
- John 11:31 ὄντες
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
- John 11:32 ἦνἦς
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
- John 11:38 ἦν
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
- John 11:39 ἐστιν
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
- John 11:49 ὢν
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
- John 11:51 ὢν
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
- John 11:55 Ἦν
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
- John 11:57 ἐστιν
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
- John 12:1 ἦν
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 12:2 ἦν
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
- John 12:6 ἦν
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- John 12:9 ἐστιν
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
- John 12:14 ἐστιν
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:
- John 12:16 ἦν
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
- John 12:17 ὢν
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
- John 12:20 Ἦσαν
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
- John 12:26 εἰμὶἔσται
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- John 12:31 ἐστὶν
Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.
- John 12:34 ἐστιν
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
- John 12:35 ἐστιν
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 12:50 ἐστιν
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
- John 13:5 ἦν
After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.
- John 13:10 ἔστινἐστε
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
- John 13:11 ἐστε
For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”
- John 13:13 εἰμὶ
You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- John 13:16 ἔστιν
Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
- John 13:17 ἐστε
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 13:19 εἰμι
I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
- John 13:23 ἦν
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
- John 13:24 εἴη
So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one He was talking about.
- John 13:25 ἐστιν
Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”
- John 13:26 ἐστιν
Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.
- John 13:30 ἦν
As soon as he had received the morsel, Judas went out into the night.