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GreekG1510Verb

εἰμί

eimi

2,041Occurrences
G1510Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

I exist (used only when emphatic)

the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.
I
As substantive verb.
1.Of persons and things, to be, exist
2.Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place
3.to be present, be in a place, have come
4.Impers., ἔστι, ἦν, etc.
(a)there is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.
(b)with inf., = *ἔξεστιν *(which see), it is possible
II
As copula uniting subject and predicate.
1.Expressing simply identity or equivalence
2.Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.
3.C. genitive
4.C. dative (BL, §37, 3)
5.C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb
(a)with ptcp. pf.
(b)with ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.)
(with)with ptcp. aor. (cl)
6.Seq. εἰς, a vernac. usage
7.C. adv.
8.Ellipses
(a)of the copula
(b)of the predicate

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

εἰμί appears 2,041 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
356
Luke
301
Matthew
255
Acts
241
Mark
177
1 Corinthians
121
Revelation
91
Romans
89

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:2BSB

To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

Acts 19:15BSB

Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

John 12:14BSB

Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

Luke 2:5BSB

He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to him in marriage and was expecting a child.

Matthew 6:4BSB

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.