εἰμί
to be
G1510
Strong's Greek
eimí
Transliteration
/i-mee'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
2,459
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. to be, to exist, to happen, to be present
Where this word appears
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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.
Grammatical forms 51 distinct
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 895 times (36%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 315 times (13%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 157 times (6%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular 138 times (6%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive 123 times (5%)
- Verb, Future, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 119 times (5%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 96 times (4%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural 92 times (4%)
+43 more forms (524 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 2,459 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Matthew 253 verses
- Matthew 24:21 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
- Matthew 24:26 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 24:27 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:28 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg For wherever the carcass is, there will the vultures be gathered together.
- Matthew 24:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
- Matthew 24:37 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg "As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:38 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
- Matthew 24:39 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Matthew 24:40 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
- Matthew 24:45 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
- Matthew 24:51 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
- Matthew 25:2 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
- Matthew 25:21 ἦς impf act ind 2sg "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:23 ἦς impf act ind 2sg "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:24 εἶ pres act ind 2sg "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
- Matthew 25:30 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
- Matthew 25:35 ἤμην impf mid ind 1sg for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you took me in;
- Matthew 25:36 ἤμην impf mid ind 1sg naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to me.'
- Matthew 25:43 ἤμην impf mid ind 1sg I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
- Matthew 26:18 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
- Matthew 26:22 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
- Matthew 26:24 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born."
- Matthew 26:25 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
- Matthew 26:26 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
- Matthew 26:28 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.
- Matthew 26:38 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
- Matthew 26:39 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
- Matthew 26:43 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl He came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
- Matthew 26:48 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
- Matthew 26:63 εἶ pres act ind 2sg But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
- Matthew 26:66 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
- Matthew 26:68 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
- Matthew 26:69 ἦσθα impf act ind 2sg Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
- Matthew 26:71 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
- Matthew 26:73 εἶ pres act ind 2sg After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."
- Matthew 27:6 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
- Matthew 27:11 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."
- Matthew 27:24 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
- Matthew 27:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."
- Matthew 27:37 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They set up over his head the accusation against him written, "THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
- Matthew 27:40 εἶ pres act ind 2sg and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
- Matthew 27:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg "He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.
- Matthew 27:43 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
- Matthew 27:46 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
- Matthew 27:54 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
- Matthew 27:55 Ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him.
- Matthew 27:56 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
- Matthew 27:61 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
- Matthew 27:62 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,
- Matthew 27:64 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
- Matthew 28:3 ἦν impf act ind 3sg His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.
- Matthew 28:6 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
- Matthew 28:20 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Mark 173 verses
- Mark 1:6 ἦν impf act ind 3sg John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey.
- Mark 1:7 εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
- Mark 1:11 εἶ pres act ind 2sg A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
- Mark 1:13 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were ministering to him.
- Mark 1:16 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea, for they were fishermen.
- Mark 1:22 ἦν impf act ind 3sg They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.
- Mark 1:23 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
- Mark 1:24 εἶ pres act ind 2sg saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
- Mark 1:27 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!"
- Mark 1:33 ἦν impf act ind 3sg All the city was gathered together at the door.
- Mark 1:45 ἦν impf act ind 3sg But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.
- Mark 2:1 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
- Mark 2:4 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.
- Mark 2:6 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:9 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
- Mark 2:15 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
- Mark 2:18 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"
- Mark 2:19 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.
- Mark 2:26 οὖσιν pres act ptcp dat pl masc How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?"
- Mark 2:28 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
- Mark 3:1 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
- Mark 3:11 εἶ pres act ind 2sg The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"
- Mark 3:14 ὦσιν pres act subj 3pl He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
- Mark 3:17 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;
- Mark 3:29 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg but whoever may blaspheme against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"
- Mark 3:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He answered them, "Who are my mother and my brothers?"
- Mark 3:35 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."
- Mark 4:1 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
- Mark 4:15 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
- Mark 4:16 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl These in like manner are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
- Mark 4:17 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
- Mark 4:18 εἰσὶν εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 3pl Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- Mark 4:20 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
- Mark 4:22 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.
- Mark 4:26 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
- Mark 4:31 ὂν pres act ptcp nom sg neut It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
- Mark 4:36 ἦν ἦσαν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
- Mark 4:38 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"
- Mark 4:40 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"
- Mark 4:41 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"
- Mark 5:5 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
- Mark 5:9 ἐσμεν pres act ind 1pl He asked him, "What is your name?" He said to him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
- Mark 5:11 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now there was on the mountainside a great herd of pigs feeding.
- Mark 5:14 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened.
- Mark 5:18 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg As he was entering into the boat, he who had been possessed by demons begged him that he might be with him.
- Mark 5:21 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When Jesus had crossed back over in the boat to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.
- Mark 5:25 οὖσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,
- Mark 5:34 ἴσθι pres act impv 2sg He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
- Mark 5:40 ἦν impf act ind 3sg They ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.
- Mark 5:41 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha cumi;" which means, being interpreted, "Girl, I tell you, get up."
- Mark 5:42 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Immediately the girl rose up, and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
- Mark 6:3 ἐστιν εἰσὶν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.
- Mark 6:4 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."
- Mark 6:15 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg But others said, "It is Elijah." Others said, "It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets."
- Mark 6:31 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl He said to them, "You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile." For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
- Mark 6:34 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.
- Mark 6:35 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, "This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.
- Mark 6:44 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
- Mark 6:47 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.
- Mark 6:48 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
- Mark 6:49 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;
- Mark 6:50 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, "Cheer up! It is I! Don't be afraid."
- Mark 6:52 ἦν impf act ind 3sg for they hadn't understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- Mark 6:55 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
- Mark 7:2 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
- Mark 7:4 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
- Mark 7:11 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'
- Mark 7:15 ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
- Mark 7:18 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Don't you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can't defile him,
- Mark 7:26 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
- Mark 7:27 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
- Mark 7:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!"
- Mark 8:1 ὄντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,
- Mark 8:9 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
- Mark 8:27 εἶναι pres act inf 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 εἶ pres act inf pres act ind 2sg He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ."
- Mark 9:1 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death until they see the Kingdom of God come with power."
- Mark 9:4 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Elijah and Moses appeared to them, and they were talking with Jesus.
- Mark 9:5 ἐστιν εἶναι pres act ind 3sg pres act inf 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 9:7 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
- Mark 9:10 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the "rising from the dead" meant.
- Mark 9:19 ἔσομαι fut mid.dep ind 1sg He answered him, "Unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me."
- Mark 9:21 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
- Mark 9:35 εἶναι ἔσται pres act inf fut mid.dep ind 3sg 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 9:39 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
- Mark 9:40 ἔστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg For whoever is not against us is on our side.
- Mark 9:41 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most assuredly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
- Mark 9:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Whoever will cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if he was thrown into the sea with a millstone hung around his neck.
- Mark 9:43 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,
- Mark 9:45 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna, into the fire that will never be quenched--
- Mark 9:47 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire,
- Mark 10:8 ἔσονται εἰσὶν fut mid.dep ind 3pl pres act ind 3pl and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.
- Mark 10:14 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Mark 10:22 ἦν impf act ind 3sg But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.
- Mark 10:24 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, "Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Mark 10:25 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
- Mark 10:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Gospel's sake,
- Mark 10:31 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl But many who are first will be last; and the last first."
- Mark 10:32 Ἦσαν ἦν impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3sg They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.
- Mark 10:40 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared."
- Mark 10:43 ἐστιν ἔσται pres act ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.
- Mark 10:44 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.
- Mark 10:47 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Mark 11:11 οὔσης pres act ptcp gen sg fem Jesus entered into the temple in Jerusalem. When he had looked around at everything, it being now evening, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
- Mark 11:13 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came to see if perhaps he might find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
- Mark 11:23 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For most assuredly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
- Mark 11:24 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.
- Mark 11:30 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The baptism of John -- was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."
- Mark 11:32 ἦν impf act ind 3sg If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
- Mark 12:7 ἐστιν ἔσται pres act ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg But those farmers said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
- Mark 12:11 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg This was from the Lord, It is marvelous in our eyes'?"
- Mark 12:14 εἶ pres act ind 2sg When they had come, they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don't defer to anyone; for you aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
- Mark 12:18 εἶναι pres act inf There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
- Mark 12:20 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
- Mark 12:23 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
- Mark 12:25 εἰσὶν pres act ind 3pl For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- Mark 12:27 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
- Mark 12:28 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
- Mark 12:29 ἐστίν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
- Mark 12:31 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
- Mark 12:32 ἐστιν ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
- Mark 12:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
- Mark 12:34 εἶ pres act ind 2sg When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one dared ask him any question after that.
- Mark 12:35 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
- Mark 12:37 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?" The common people heard him gladly.
- Mark 12:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, which equal a quadrans coin.
- Mark 13:4 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"
- Mark 13:6 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and will lead many astray.
- Mark 13:8 ἔσονται ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl fut mid.dep ind 3pl For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Mark 13:11 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- Mark 13:13 ἔσεσθε fut mid.dep ind 2pl You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
- Mark 13:19 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.
- Mark 13:25 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
- Mark 13:28 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;
- Mark 13:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.
- Mark 13:33 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.
- Mark 14:1 Ἦν impf act ind 3sg It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might sieze him by deception, and kill him.
- Mark 14:2 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."
- Mark 14:3 ὄντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard-- very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head.
- Mark 14:4 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted?
- Mark 14:14 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
- Mark 14:22 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed, he broke it, and gave to them, and said, "Take, eat. This is my body."
- Mark 14:24 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
- Mark 14:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."
- Mark 14:35 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.
- Mark 14:40 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn't know what to answer him.
- Mark 14:44 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, "Whoever I will kiss, that is he. Seize him, and lead him away safely."
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
Strong's · 1890
am
Modern gloss
to be
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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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.
