εἰμί

eimi

Greek G1510 Verb 2,465 occurrences in 2,100 verses
εἰμί to be

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

  1. Romans 7:18 ἔστιν

    I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

  2. Romans 7:23 ὄντι

    But I see another law at work in my body, warring against the law of my mind and holding me captive to the law of sin that dwells within me.

  3. Romans 8:5 ὄντες

    Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

  4. Romans 8:8 ὄντες

    Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.

  5. Romans 8:9 ἐστὲἔστιν

    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

  6. Romans 8:12 ἐσμέν

    Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.

  7. Romans 8:14 εἰσιν

    For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  8. Romans 8:16 ἐσμὲν

    The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

  9. Romans 8:24 ἔστιν

    For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

  10. Romans 8:28 οὖσιν

    And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

  11. Romans 8:29 εἶναι

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

  12. Romans 8:34 ἐστιν

    Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

  13. Romans 9:2 ἐστιν

    I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

  14. Romans 9:3 εἶναι

    For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

  15. Romans 9:4 εἰσιν

    the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.

  16. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.

  17. Romans 9:7 εἰσὶν

    Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

  18. Romans 9:8 ἔστιν

    So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.

  19. Romans 9:9 ἔσται

    For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”

  20. But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”

  21. Romans 9:26 Ἔσται

    and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

  22. Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

  23. Romans 10:6 ἔστιν

    But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)

  24. Romans 10:7 ἔστιν

    or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”

  25. Romans 10:8 ἐστινἔστιν

    But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:

  26. Romans 10:12 ἐστιν

    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,

  27. Romans 11:1 εἰμί

    I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

  28. Romans 11:13 εἰμι

    I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry

  29. 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,

  30. Romans 11:23 ἐστιν

    And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

  31. Romans 11:25 ἦτε

    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.

  32. Romans 12:3 ὄντι

    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.

  33. Romans 12:5 ἐσμεν

    so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

  34. Romans 13:1 ἔστινοὖσαιεἰσίν

    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.

  35. Romans 13:3 εἰσὶν

    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.

  36. Romans 13:4 ἐστινἐστιν

    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.

  37. Romans 13:6 εἰσιν

    This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.

  38. 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.

  39. Romans 14:8 ἐσμέν

    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.

  40. Romans 14:14 εἶναι

    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.

  41. Romans 14:17 ἐστιν

    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

  42. Romans 14:23 ἐστίν

    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.

  43. Romans 15:12 Ἔσται

    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.”

  44. Romans 15:14 ἐστε

    I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.

  45. Romans 15:16 εἶναί

    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.

  46. Romans 15:27 εἰσὶν

    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.

  47. Romans 16:1 οὖσαν

    I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

  48. Romans 16:5 ἐστιν

    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.

  49. Romans 16:7 εἰσιν

    Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

  50. Romans 16:11 ὄντας

    Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.

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