εἶναι

einaiVerbG1511

to exist

From: present infinitive from G1510 (εἰμί);

Short Definition

to exist

Full Lexicon Entry

with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be.

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.

athere is (Fr. il y a), was, etc.

bwith inf., = *ἔξεστιν *(which see), it is possible

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

awith ptcp. pf.

bwith ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words, 35 f.)

withwith ptcp. aor. (cl)

6.Seq. εἰς, a vernac. usage

7.C. adv.

8.Ellipses

aof the copula

bof the predicate

Grammar

Part of Speech Verb

Morphology G:V

DescriptionGreek Verb

Occurrences

125 times

Appears 125 times in the New Testament. Top books include:

Luke

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

Mark

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:6
Acts 13:47
Galatians 4:21
Luke 22:24
Philippians 4:11

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