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.; (with) 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). (AS)
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G1511 — εἶναι
einai · to exist · Greek
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Matthew 16:13 · εἶναιNow when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”Matthew 16:15 · εἶναι;¶He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Matthew 17:4 · εἶναι.Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”Matthew 19:21 · εἶναι,Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”Matthew 20:27 · εἶναιWhoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,Matthew 22:23 · εἶναιOn that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,Mark 8:27 · εἶναι;Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”Mark 8:29 · εἶναι;He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”Mark 9:5 · εἶναι,Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”Mark 9:35 · εἶναι,He sat down, and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If any man wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.”Mark 10:44 · εἶναιWhoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.Mark 12:18 · εἶναι,There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,Mark 14:64 · εἶναιYou have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?” They all condemned him to be worthy of death.Luke 2:4 · εἶναιJoseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;Luke 2:6 · εἶναιIt happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.Luke 2:44 · εἶναιbut supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.Luke 2:49 · εἶναίHe said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”Luke 4:41 · εἶναι.¶Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.Luke 5:12 · εἶναιIt happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”Luke 8:38 · εἶναιBut the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,Luke 9:18 · εἶναι · εἶναι;It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”Luke 9:20 · εἶναι;He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”Luke 9:33 · εἶναι,It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.Luke 11:1 · εἶναιIt happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”Luke 11:8 · εἶναιI tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.Luke 14:26 · εἶναί“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.Luke 14:27 · εἶναίWhoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.Luke 14:33 · εἶναίSo therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.Luke 19:11 · εἶναιAs they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.Luke 20:6 · εἶναι.But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”Luke 20:20 · εἶναι,They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.Luke 20:27 · εἶναι,Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.Luke 20:41 · εἶναιHe said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?Luke 22:24 · εἶναιThere arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.Luke 23:2 · εἶναι.¶They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”John 1:46 · εἶναι;Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”John 7:4 · εἶναι·For no one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”John 17:5 · εἶναιNow, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.Acts 2:12 · εἶναι;They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, “What does this mean?”Acts 4:32 · εἶναι,The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.Acts 5:36 · εἶναίFor before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.Acts 8:9 · εἶναίBut there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,Acts 13:25 · εἶναι;As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’Acts 13:47 · εἶναίFor so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’”Acts 16:13 · εἶναι,On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.Acts 16:15 · εἶναι,When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.Acts 17:7 · εἶναιwhom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”Acts 17:18 · εἶναι·Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign deities,” because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.Acts 17:20 · εἶναι.For you bring certain strange things to our ears. We want to know therefore what these things mean.”Acts 17:29 · εἶναιBeing then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.Acts 18:3 · εἶναιand because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.Acts 18:5 · εἶναιBut when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.Acts 18:15 · εἶναι.but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”Acts 18:28 · εἶναιfor he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.Acts 19:1 · εἶναιIt happened that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples.Acts 23:8 · εἶναιFor the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these.Acts 27:4 · εἶναιPutting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.Acts 28:6 · εἶναιBut they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.Romans 1:20 · εἶναιFor the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse.Romans 1:22 · εἶναιProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,Romans 2:19 · εἶναιand are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,Romans 3:9 · εἶναιWhat then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.Romans 3:26 · εἶναιto demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.Romans 4:11 · εἶναιHe received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.Romans 4:13 · εἶναιFor the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.Romans 4:16 · εἶναιFor this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.Romans 6:11 · εἶναιThus consider yourselves also to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.Romans 7:3 · εἶναιSo then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another man, she would be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is joined to another man.Romans 8:29 · εἶναιFor whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.Romans 9:3 · εἶναιFor I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh,Romans 14:14 · εἶναι,I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; except that to him who considers anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.Romans 15:16 · εἶναίthat I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.Romans 16:19 · εἶναιFor your obedience has become known to all. I rejoice therefore over you. But I desire to have you wise in that which is good, but innocent in that which is evil.1 Corinthians 3:18 · εἶναιLet no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.1 Corinthians 7:7 · εἶναιYet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.1 Corinthians 7:25 · εἶναι.Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.1 Corinthians 7:26 · εἶναι.I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.1 Corinthians 7:32 · εἶναι.But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;1 Corinthians 10:6 · εἶναιNow these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.1 Corinthians 11:16 · εἶναι,But if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither do God’s assemblies.1 Corinthians 11:19 · εἶναι,For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.1 Corinthians 12:23 · εἶναιThose parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;1 Corinthians 14:37 · εἶναιIf any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.2 Corinthians 5:9 · εἶναι·Therefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well pleasing to him.2 Corinthians 7:11 · εἶναιFor behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.2 Corinthians 9:5 · εἶναι,I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.2 Corinthians 10:7 · εἶναι,Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.2 Corinthians 11:16 · εἶναι·I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.Galatians 2:6 · εἶναίBut from those who were reputed to be important (whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man)—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,Galatians 2:9 · εἶναι,and when they perceived the grace that was given to me, James and Cephas and John, they who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision.Galatians 4:21 · εἶναι,Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?Galatians 6:3 · εἶναίFor if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.Ephesians 1:4 · εἶναιeven as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;Ephesians 1:12 · εἶναιto the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:Ephesians 3:6 · εἶναιthat the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,Philippians 1:23 · εἶναι,But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.Philippians 2:6 · εἶναιwho, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,Philippians 3:8 · εἶναιYes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain ChristPhilippians 4:11 · εἶναι.Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it.1 Thessalonians 2:7 · εἶναιBut we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.1 Timothy 1:7 · εἶναιdesiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.1 Timothy 2:12 · εἶναιBut I don’t permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness.1 Timothy 3:2 · εἶναι,The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;1 Timothy 6:5 · εἶναιconstant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.1 Timothy 6:18 · εἶναι,that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;2 Timothy 2:24 · εἶναιThe Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle towards all, able to teach, patient,Titus 1:7 · εἶναιFor the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;Titus 2:2 · εἶναι,that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in patience:Titus 2:4 · εἶναι,that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,Titus 2:9 · εἶναι,Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;Titus 3:1 · εἶναι,Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,Titus 3:2 · εἶναι,to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.Hebrews 5:12 · εἶναιFor although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.Hebrews 11:4 · εἶναιBy faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.Hebrews 12:11 · εἶναιAll chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.James 1:18 · εἶναιOf his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.James 1:26 · εἶναιIf anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.James 4:4 · εἶναιYou adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.1 Peter 1:21 · εἶναιwho through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.1 Peter 5:12 · εἶναιThrough Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.1 John 2:9 · εἶναιHe who says he is in the light and hates his brother, is in the darkness even until now.Revelation 2:9 · εἶναι“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.Revelation 3:9 · εἶναιBehold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.