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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Mark 173 verses
- Mark 14:49 ἤμην impf mid ind 1sg I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me. But this is so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
- Mark 14:54 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into the court of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
- Mark 14:56 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl For many gave false testimony against him, and their testimony didn't agree with each other.
- Mark 14:59 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Even so, their testimony did not agree.
- Mark 14:61 εἶ pres act ind 2sg But he stayed quiet, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"
- Mark 14:62 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus said, "I AM. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
- Mark 14:64 εἶναι pres act inf You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
- Mark 14:66 ὄντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
- Mark 14:67 ἦσθα impf act ind 2sg and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
- Mark 14:69 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."
- Mark 14:70 εἶ εἶ pres act ind 2sg pres act ind 2sg But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
- Mark 15:2 εἶ pres act ind 2sg Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."
- Mark 15:7 ἦν impf act ind 3sg There was one called Barabbas, bound with those who had made insurrection, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.
- Mark 15:16 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
- Mark 15:22 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They brought him to the place called Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, "The place of a skull."
- Mark 15:25 ἦν impf act ind 3sg It was the third hour, and they crucified him.
- Mark 15:26 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The superscription of his accusation was written over him, "THE KING OF THE JEWS."
- Mark 15:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is, being interpreted, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
- Mark 15:39 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"
- Mark 15:40 Ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl There were also women watching from afar, among whom were both Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
- Mark 15:41 ἦν impf act ind 3sg who, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and served him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.
- Mark 15:42 ἦν ἐστιν impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
- Mark 15:43 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus' body.
- Mark 15:46 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him in the linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb which had been cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.
- Mark 16:4 ἦν impf act ind 3sg for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.
- Mark 16:6 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
Luke 314 verses
- Luke 1:6 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- Luke 1:7 ἦν ἦν ἦσαν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
- Luke 1:10 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
- Luke 1:14 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.
- Luke 1:15 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
- Luke 1:18 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
- Luke 1:19 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
- Luke 1:20 ἔσῃ fut mid.dep ind 2sg Behold, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you didn't believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
- Luke 1:21 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The people were waiting for Zacharias, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
- Luke 1:22 ἦν impf act ind 3sg When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
- Luke 1:29 εἴη pres act opt 3sg But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
- Luke 1:32 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
- Luke 1:33 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."
- Luke 1:34 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
- Luke 1:36 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
- Luke 1:45 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!"
- Luke 1:61 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."
- Luke 1:63 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.
- Luke 1:66 ἔσται ἦν fut mid.dep ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.
- Luke 1:80 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
- Luke 2:4 εἶναι pres act inf Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;
- Luke 2:5 οὔσῃ pres act ptcp dat sg fem to enroll himself with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him as wife, being pregnant.
- Luke 2:6 εἶναι pres act inf It happened, while they were there, that the day had come that she should give birth.
- Luke 2:7 ἦν impf act ind 3sg She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:8 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
- Luke 2:10 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
- Luke 2:11 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- Luke 2:25 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
- Luke 2:26 ἦν impf act ind 3sg It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
- Luke 2:33 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,
- Luke 2:36 ἦν impf act ind 3sg There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
- Luke 2:40 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- Luke 2:44 εἶναι pres act inf but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
- Luke 2:49 εἶναί pres act inf He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
- Luke 2:51 ἦν impf act ind 3sg And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
- Luke 3:5 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, And the rough ways smooth.
- Luke 3:15 εἴη pres act opt 3sg As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
- Luke 3:16 εἰμὶ pres act ind 1sg John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
- Luke 3:22 εἶ pres act ind 2sg and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."
- Luke 3:23 ἦν ὢν impf act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
- Luke 4:3 εἶ pres act ind 2sg The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
- Luke 4:7 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg If you therefore will worship before me, it will all be yours."
- Luke 4:9 εἶ pres act ind 2sg He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
- Luke 4:16 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
- Luke 4:17 ἦν impf act ind 3sg The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,
- Luke 4:20 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
- Luke 4:22 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?"
- Luke 4:24 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- Luke 4:25 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
- Luke 4:27 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
- Luke 4:31 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. He was teaching them on the Sabbath day,
- Luke 4:32 ἦν impf act ind 3sg and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word was with authority.
- Luke 4:33 ἦν impf act ind 3sg In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice,
- Luke 4:34 εἶ pres act ind 2sg saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
- Luke 4:38 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.
- Luke 4:41 εἶ εἶναι pres act ind 2sg pres act inf Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
- Luke 4:44 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
- Luke 5:1 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:3 ἦν impf act ind 3sg He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.
- Luke 5:8 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
- Luke 5:10 ἦσαν ἔσῃ impf act ind 3pl fut mid.dep ind 2sg and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."
- Luke 5:12 εἶναι pres act inf It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 5:16 ἦν impf act ind 3sg But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.
- Luke 5:17 ἦν ἦσαν ἦσαν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3sg It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
- Luke 5:18 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.
- Luke 5:21 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
- Luke 5:23 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
- Luke 5:29 ἦν ἦσαν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
- Luke 5:34 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- Luke 5:39 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"
- Luke 6:3 ὄντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;
- Luke 6:5 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
- Luke 6:6 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered.
- Luke 6:12 ἦν impf act ind 3sg It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
- Luke 6:20 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, For yours is the Kingdom of God.
- Luke 6:22 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.
- Luke 6:32 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
- Luke 6:33 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
- Luke 6:34 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.
- Luke 6:35 ἔσται ἔσεσθε ἐστιν fut mid.dep ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 2pl pres act ind 3sg But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
- Luke 6:36 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg Therefore be merciful, Even as your Father is also merciful.
- Luke 6:40 ἔστιν ἔσται pres act ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
- Luke 6:43 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg For there is no good tree that brings forth rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that brings forth good fruit.
- Luke 6:47 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.
- Luke 6:48 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
- Luke 6:49 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
- Luke 7:2 ἦν impf act ind 3sg A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
- Luke 7:4 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,
- Luke 7:6 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
- Luke 7:8 εἰμι pres act ind 1sg For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
- Luke 7:12 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
- Luke 7:19 εἶ pres act ind 2sg John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"
- Luke 7:20 εἶ pres act ind 2sg When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"
- Luke 7:23 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Blessed is he who is not offended by me."
- Luke 7:25 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
- Luke 7:27 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.'
- Luke 7:28 ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
- Luke 7:31 εἰσὶν pres act ind 3pl But the Lord said, "To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?
- Luke 7:32 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
- Luke 7:37 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
- Luke 7:39 ἦν ἐστιν impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
- Luke 7:41 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
- Luke 7:49 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
- Luke 8:2 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;
- Luke 8:9 εἴη pres act opt 3sg Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"
- Luke 8:11 ἔστιν ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 8:12 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 8:14 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
- Luke 8:15 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
- Luke 8:17 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.
- Luke 8:21 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
- Luke 8:25 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
- Luke 8:26 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.
- Luke 8:30 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
- Luke 8:32 ἦν impf act ind 3sg Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.
- Luke 8:38 εἶναι pres act inf But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- Luke 8:40 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.
- Luke 8:42 ἦν impf act ind 3sg for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.
- Luke 8:43 οὖσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,
- Luke 9:9 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
- Luke 9:12 ἐσμέν pres act ind 1pl The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."
- Luke 9:13 εἰσὶν pres act ind 3pl But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
- Luke 9:14 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
- Luke 9:18 εἶναι εἶναι pres act inf pres act inf It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
- Luke 9:20 εἶναι pres act inf He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
- Luke 9:27 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:30 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,
- Luke 9:32 ἦσαν impf act ind 3pl Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
- Luke 9:33 ἐστιν εἶναι pres act ind 3sg pres act inf It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
- Luke 9:35 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"
- Luke 9:38 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- Luke 9:41 ἔσομαι fut mid.dep ind 1sg Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
- Luke 9:45 ἦν impf act ind 3sg But they didn't understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.
- Luke 9:46 εἴη pres act opt 3sg There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.
- Luke 9:48 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
- Luke 9:50 ἔστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
- Luke 9:53 ἦν impf act ind 3sg They didn't receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.
- Luke 9:62 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 10:6 ᾖ pres act subj 3sg If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.
- Luke 10:12 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
- Luke 10:14 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.
- Luke 10:22 ἐστιν ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
- Luke 10:29 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
- Luke 10:39 ἦν impf act ind 3sg She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
- Luke 10:42 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her."
- Luke 11:1 εἶναι pres act inf It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 11:7 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?
- Luke 11:8 εἶναι pres act inf I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
- Luke 11:14 ἦν ἦν impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3sg He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. It happened, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
- Luke 11:19 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore will they be your judges.
- Luke 11:21 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg "When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
- Luke 11:23 ὢν ἐστιν pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg "He that is not with me is against me. He who doesn't gather with me scatters.
- Luke 11:29 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
- Luke 11:30 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
- Luke 11:34 ἐστιν ᾖ ἐστιν ᾖ pres act ind 3sg pres act subj 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act subj 3sg The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
- Luke 11:35 ἐστίν pres act ind 3sg Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn't darkness.
- Luke 11:36 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light."
- Luke 11:41 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
- Luke 11:44 ἐστὲ pres act ind 2pl Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."
- Luke 11:48 ἐστε pres act ind 2pl So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
- Luke 12:1 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 12:2 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.
- Luke 12:6 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
- Luke 12:15 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
- Luke 12:20 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- Luke 12:23 ἐστιν pres act ind 3sg Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
- Luke 12:24 ἔστιν pres act ind 3sg Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
- Luke 12:28 ὄντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
- Luke 12:34 ἐστιν ἔσται pres act ind 3sg fut mid.dep ind 3sg For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
- Luke 12:35 Ἔστωσαν pres act impv 3pl "Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.
- Luke 12:38 εἰσίν pres act ind 3pl They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
- Luke 12:42 ἐστὶν pres act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
- Luke 12:52 ἔσονται fut mid.dep ind 3pl For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
- Luke 12:55 ἔσται fut mid.dep ind 3sg When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
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.
