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GreekG1511Verb

εἶναι

einai

125Occurrences
G1511Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to exist

present infinitive from G1510 (εἰμί);

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

εἶναι appears 125 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
22
Acts
21
Romans
15
1 Corinthians
10
Mark
8
Matthew
6
Titus
6
1 Timothy
5

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:6BSB

These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

Acts 13:47BSB

For this is what the Lord has commanded us:‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

Galatians 4:21BSB

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

Luke 22:24BSB

A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.

Philippians 4:11BSB

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

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