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
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 εἰμι
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 13:11 ἤμην
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.
- 1 Corinthians 14:9 ἔσεσθε
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.
- 1 Corinthians 14:10 εἰσιν
Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
- 1 Corinthians 14:11 ἔσομαι
If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
- 1 Corinthians 14:12 ἐστε
It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
- 1 Corinthians 14:14 ἐστιν
For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
- 1 Corinthians 14:15 ἐστιν
What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.
- 1 Corinthians 14:22 εἰσιν
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
- 1 Corinthians 14:25 ἐστιν
and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- 1 Corinthians 14:26 ἐστιν
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
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But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33 ἐστιν
For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- 1 Corinthians 14:35 ἐστιν
If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
- 1 Corinthians 14:37 εἶναιἐστὶν
If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 εἰμιεἰμὶ
For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- 1 Corinthians 15:10 εἰμιεἰμι
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 ἔστιν
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- 1 Corinthians 15:13 ἔστιν
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
- 1 Corinthians 15:17 ἐστίνἐστὲ
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
- 1 Corinthians 15:19 ἐσμὲνἐσμέν
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
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And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
- 1 Corinthians 15:44 ἔστινἔστιν
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58 ἔστιν
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.
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Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.
- 1 Corinthians 16:15 ἐστὶν
You know that Stephanas and his household were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Now I urge you, brothers,
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If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- 2 Corinthians 1:1 οὔσῃοὖσιν
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
- 2 Corinthians 1:7 ἐστε
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 ὦμεν
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 ἐστίν
And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 ἐσμεν
as you have already understood us in part, so that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?
- 2 Corinthians 1:18 ἔστιν
But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:24 ἐσμεν
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
- 2 Corinthians 2:3 ἐστιν
I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
- 2 Corinthians 2:9 ἐστε
My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
- 2 Corinthians 2:15 ἐσμὲν
For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
- 2 Corinthians 2:17 ἐσμεν
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:2 ἐστε
You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
- 2 Corinthians 3:3 ἐστὲ
It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5 ἐσμεν
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Corinthians 3:8 ἔσται
will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 ἐστιν
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- 2 Corinthians 4:3 ἔστινἐστὶν
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 ἐστιν
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
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Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Corinthians 5:4 ὄντες
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- 2 Corinthians 5:9 εἶναι
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are here in this body or away from it.