εἰμί
to be
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Middle deponent
- Middle in form but active in meaning.
- Middle
- The subject acts on or for itself, or with special interest in the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Optative
- Expresses a wish or a remote possibility.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
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John
- John 1:1 ἦν ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:2 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The same was in the beginning with God.
- John 1:4 ἐστιν ἦν pres act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
- John 1:8 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
- John 1:9 Ἦν impf act ind 3sg The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
- John 1:10 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.
- John 1:15 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
- John 1:18 ὢν pres act ptcp nom sg masc No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- John 1:19 ἐστὶν εἶ pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
- John 1:20 εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg He confessed, and didn't deny, but he confessed, "I am not the Christ."
- John 1:21 εἶ εἰμί εἶ pres act ind 2sg pres act ind 1sg pres act ind 2sg They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
- John 1:22 εἶ pres act ind 2sg They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
- John 1:24 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
- John 1:25 εἶ pres act ind 2sg They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
- John 1:27 εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
- John 1:28 ἦν impf act ind 3sg These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
- John 1:30 ἐστιν ἦν pres act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
- John 1:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
- John 1:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
- John 1:40 ἦν impf act ind 3sg One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
- John 1:41 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
- John 1:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
- John 1:43 εἶ pres act ind 2sg On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
- John 1:45 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
- John 1:47 εἶναι pres act inf Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
- John 1:48 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
- John 1:49 ὄντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"
- John 1:50 εἶ εἶ pres act ind 2sg pres act ind 2sg Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these!"
- John 2:1 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee. Jesus' mother was there.
- John 2:3 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
- John 2:6 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
- John 2:9 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg When the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and didn't know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast called the bridegroom,
- John 2:13 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 2:17 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up."
- John 2:23 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.
- John 2:25 ἦν impf act ind 3sg and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
- John 3:1 Ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
- John 3:2 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
- John 3:4 ὤν pres act ptcp nom sg masc Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
- John 3:6 ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- John 3:8 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
- John 3:10 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
- John 3:13 ὢν pres act ptcp nom sg masc No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
- John 3:19 ἐστιν ἦν pres act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
- John 3:21 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
- John 3:23 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
- John 3:24 ἦν impf act ind 3sg For John was not yet thrown into prison.
- John 3:26 ἦν impf act ind 3sg They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
- John 3:27 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
- John 3:28 εἰμὶ εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg pres act ind 1sg You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
- John 3:29 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
- John 3:31 ἐστίν ὢν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
- John 3:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
- John 4:6 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:9 ὢν οὔσης pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ptcp gen sg fem The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
- John 4:10 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
- John 4:11 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?
- John 4:12 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
- John 4:18 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly."
- John 4:19 εἶ pres act ind 2sg The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
- John 4:20 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
- John 4:22 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg You worship that which you don't know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- John 4:23 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
- John 4:26 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."
- John 4:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
- John 4:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- John 4:35 ἐστιν εἰσίν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
- John 4:37 ἐστὶν ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg For in this the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.'
- John 4:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
- John 4:46 Ἦν impf act ind 3sg Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
- John 5:1 ἦν impf act ind 3sg After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
- John 5:2 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
- John 5:5 ἦν impf act ind 3sg A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
- John 5:9 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath on that day.
- John 5:10 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
- John 5:12 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
- John 5:13 ἐστιν ὄντος pres act ind 3sg pres act ptcp gen sg masc But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
- John 5:15 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- John 5:25 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
- John 5:27 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
- John 5:30 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
- John 5:31 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg "If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
- John 5:32 ἐστὶν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
- John 5:35 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
- John 5:39 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
- John 5:45 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
- John 6:4 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.
- John 6:9 ἔστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg "There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?"
- John 6:10 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- John 6:14 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
- John 6:20 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg But he said to them, "I AM. Don't be afraid."
- John 6:22 ἦν impf act ind 3sg On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn't entered with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples had gone away alone.
- John 6:24 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
- John 6:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
- John 6:31 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, 'He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.'"
- John 6:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
- John 6:35 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
- John 6:39 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:40 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day."
- John 6:41 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
- John 6:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
- John 6:45 ἔστιν ἔσονται pres act ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3pl It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
- John 6:46 ὢν pres act ptcp nom sg masc Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
- John 6:48 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I am the bread of life.
- John 6:50 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:51 εἰμι ἐστίν pres act ind 1sg pres act ind 3sg I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
- John 6:55 ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
- John 6:58 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg This is the bread which came down out of heaven-- not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever."
- John 6:60 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
- John 6:62 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
- John 6:63 ἐστιν ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
- John 6:64 εἰσὶν εἰσὶν ἐστιν pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg But there are some of you who don't believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who didn't believe, and who it was who would betray him.
- John 6:65 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."
- John 6:69 εἶ pres act ind 2sg We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
- John 6:70 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?"
- John 6:71 ὢν pres act ptcp nom sg masc Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
- John 7:2 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
- John 7:4 εἶναι pres act inf 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 7:6 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
- John 7:7 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
- John 7:11 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
- John 7:12 ἦν ἐστιν impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."
- John 7:16 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- John 7:17 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- John 7:18 ἐστιν ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
- John 7:22 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
- John 7:25 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
- John 7:26 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
- John 7:27 ἐστίν ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."
- John 7:28 εἰμί ἔστιν pres act ind 1sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
- John 7:29 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
- John 7:33 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
- John 7:34 εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come."
- John 7:36 ἐστιν εἰμὶ pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"
- John 7:39 ἦν impf act ind 3sg But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
- John 7:40 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
- John 7:41 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 7:42 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
- John 7:49 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl But this multitude that doesn't know the law is accursed."
- John 7:50 ὢν pres act ptcp nom sg masc Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
- John 7:52 εἶ pres act ind 2sg They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."
- John 8:10 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
- John 8:12 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
- John 8:13 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."
- John 8:14 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.
- John 8:16 ἐστιν εἰμί pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
- John 8:17 ἐστὶν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg It's also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
- John 8:18 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
- John 8:19 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
- John 8:23 ἐστέ εἰμί ἐστέ εἰμὶ pres act ind 2pl pres act ind 1sg pres act ind 2pl pres act ind 1sg He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
- John 8:24 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
- John 8:25 εἶ pres act ind 2sg They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
- John 8:26 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
- John 8:28 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
- John 8:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
- John 8:31 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
- John 8:33 ἐσμεν pres act ind 1pl They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
- John 8:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
- John 8:36 ἔσεσθε fut mid.dep ind 2pl If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 8:37 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
- John 8:39 ἐστιν ἐστε pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
- John 8:42 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
- John 8:44 ἐστὲ ἦν ἔστιν ἐστὶν pres act ind 2pl impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- John 8:47 ὢν ἐστέ pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2pl He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."
- John 8:48 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"
- John 8:50 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
- John 8:53 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
- John 8:54 ἐστιν ἔστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
- John 8:55 ἔσομαι fut mid.dep ind 1sg You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
- John 8:58 εἰμί pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
- John 9:4 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
- John 9:5 ὦ εἰμι pres act subj 1sg pres act ind 1sg While I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
- John 9:8 ἦν ἐστιν impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
- John 9:9 ἐστιν ἐστιν εἰμι pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."
- John 9:12 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
- John 9:14 ἦν impf act ind 3sg It was a Sabbath when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes.
- John 9:16 ἔστιν ἦν pres act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
- John 9:17 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
- John 9:18 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
- John 9:19 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
- John 9:20 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
- John 9:24 ἦν ἐστιν impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
- John 9:25 ἐστιν ὢν pres act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."
- John 9:28 εἶ ἐσμὲν pres act ind 2sg pres act ind 1pl They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
- John 9:29 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we don't know where he comes from."
- John 9:30 ἐστιν ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
- John 9:31 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
- John 9:33 ἦν impf act ind 3sg If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."
- John 9:36 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
- John 9:37 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
- John 9:40 ὄντες ἐσμεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ind 1pl Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
- John 9:41 ἦτε impf act ind 2pl Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
- John 10:1 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg "Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- John 10:2 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
- John 10:6 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
- John 10:7 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
- John 10:8 εἰσὶν pres act ind 3pl All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn't listen to them.
- John 10:9 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
- John 10:11 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
- John 10:12 ὢν ἐστὶν pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“to be” is the headline sense of the Greek verb ειμι (eimí). Translators differ — “am” in the King James Version, then “is” (Berean Standard Bible), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 2,096 verses in 27 books, it is one of the most common word in the Greek New Testament. First canonically at Matthew 1:18, it enters the text early. It clusters with ει, ειην and ειναι under a shared root. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1510 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 2,096
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 2,096 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #6
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Greek words (rank 6 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 2,096 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 2,096 distinct verses.
- Gospels 1,097 verses · 52%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 567 verses · 27%
- Johannine 514 verses · 25%
- Pauline corpus 484 verses · 23%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 133 verses · 6%
- Revelation 81 verses · 4%
- Hebrews 48 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Am 82×, I am 44×, Is 6×
- American Standard Version: Am 75×, I am 45×, We were 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Is 651×, Was 240×, Are 233×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Is 789×, Are 272×, Was 248×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1510 across 140 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1510 across 154 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1510 across 2,237 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 167 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 169 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1510 across 2,561 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 65 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to be, to exist, to happen, to be present
Word origin
Origin: "the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb"
Forms in the corpus
The 70 distinct written forms G1510 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 10 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1510, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- ει eî G1488 you are
- ειην eíēn G1498 to be
- ειναι eînai G1511 to be
- εισι eisí G1526 are
- εσμεν esmén G2070 we are
- εστε esté G2075 you are
- εστι estí G2076 he is
- εστω éstō G2077 let be
- ην ēn G2258 was
- ητω ḗtō G2277 let be
- ισθι ísthi G2468 be
- ω ō G5600 to be
- ων ṓn G5607 being
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 15 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ειμι appears 5,347 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 4,423 verses in 38 books.
- 5,347
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 4,423
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:2 εἰμί
- Exodus 1:5 εἰμί
- Leviticus 1:8 εἰμί
- Numbers 1:4 εἰμί
- Deuteronomy 1:10 εἰμί
- Joshua 1:4 εἰμί
- Judges 1:7 εἰμί
- Ruth 1:2 εἰμί
- 1 Samuel 1:1 εἰμί
- 2 Samuel 1:8 εἰμί
- 1 Kings 1:2 εἰμί
- 2 Kings 1:3 εἰμί
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1510) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 4,423. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:2 εἰμί Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:6 εἰμί God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:7 εἰμί God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
- Genesis 1:14 εἰμί God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:15 εἰμί and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:29 εἰμί God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 2:5 εἰμί No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:11 εἰμί The name of the first is Pishon: this is the one which flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Genesis 2:12 εἰμί and the gold of that land is good. There is aromatic resin and the onyx stone.
- Genesis 2:18 εἰμί Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:24 εἰμί Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Genesis 2:25 εἰμί They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:1 εἰμί Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:3 εἰμί but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:5 εἰμί for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Genesis 3:6 εἰμί When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 3:7 εἰμί Both of their eyes were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
- Genesis 3:9 εἰμί Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:10 εἰμί The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
- Genesis 3:11 εἰμί God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:19 εἰμί By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
- Genesis 4:2 εἰμί Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
- Genesis 4:8 εἰμί Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
- Genesis 4:9 εἰμί Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Genesis 4:12 εἰμί From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
- Genesis 4:14 εἰμί Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
- Genesis 4:17 εἰμί Cain knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Enoch. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
- Genesis 4:20 εἰμί Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
- Genesis 4:21 εἰμί His brother's name was Jubal, who was the father of all who handle the harp and pipe.
- Genesis 4:22 εἰμί Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
- Genesis 5:32 εἰμί Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:2 εἰμί that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
- Genesis 6:3 εἰμί Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:4 εἰμί The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:9 εἰμί This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 6:12 εἰμί God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:17 εἰμί I, even, I do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
- Genesis 6:19 εἰμί Of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female.
- Genesis 6:21 εἰμί Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to you; and it will be for food for you, and for them."
- Genesis 7:6 εἰμί Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters came on the earth.
- Genesis 7:15 εἰμί They went to Noah into the ark, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.
- Genesis 7:19 εἰμί The waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth. All the high mountains that were under the whole sky were covered.
- Genesis 7:22 εἰμί All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
- Genesis 7:23 εἰμί Every living thing was destroyed that was on the surface of the ground, including man, cattle, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
- Genesis 8:1 εἰμί God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
- Genesis 8:9 εἰμί but the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:17 εἰμί Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, cattle, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 9:2 εἰμί The fear of you and the dread of you will be on every animal of the earth, and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with, and all the fish of the sea are delivered into your hand.
- Genesis 9:3 εἰμί Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As the green herb, I have given everything to you.
- Genesis 9:11 εἰμί I will establish my covenant with you; neither will all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood; neither will there any more be a flood to destroy the earth."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1510) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
