εἰμί

eimi · be

Greek word · Strong’s number G1510 · appears 2456 times in the Bible

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What it means

eimi (εἰμί) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be”.

Exist.

How to say it

ei·mi

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

To be: says who or what something is.
To have existence, to be alive.
To be in a place or with someone.
Something exists somewhere, or happens.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Be, exist; also “there is”. It is the Greek verb that says that something exists and that identifies one thing with another.

To say what something or someone is Matthew 26:26 John 6:35
To exist, to be present John 1:1
“I am” on Jesus' lips, with nothing after it John 8:58 John 4:26
God as “the one who is and who was and who is coming” Revelation 1:8

How we translate it

“Is” 570 times, “are” 439, “was” 351, “be” 312, “were” 156, “am” 142, “there is” 61. English, like Greek, uses one verb “to be” for existing and for identifying: in John 1:1 the same verb gives “In the beginning was the Word” and “the Word was God”. When Jesus says ἐγώ εἰμι with nothing after it, this edition writes “I am”, and in several passages a note points to the possible echo of Exodus 3:14. Where English needs a word the Greek leaves understood, it is marked as supplied (“I am {he}”, John 4:26).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

is ×570
are ×439
was ×351
be ×312
were ×156
am ×142
it is ×96
there is ×61
he is ×52
being ×33
others ×241

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

Matthew 1:18
Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this: when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:19
And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly, decided to send her away secretly.
Matthew 1:20
And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 1:23
“Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, translated, “God with us.”
Matthew 2:2
saying, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to bow down before him.”
Matthew 2:6
‘And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
Matthew 2:9
And they, having heard the king, went on their way; and look, the star that they had seen at its rising was going ahead of them until it came and stopped over where the child was.
Matthew 2:13
And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”
Matthew 2:15
and he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Matthew 2:18
“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”
Matthew 3:3
For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, when he says, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
Matthew 3:4
Now John himself had his clothing made of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:11
I immerse you in water for change of mind, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus answered and said to him, “Allow it now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allows him to do so.
Matthew 3:17
And look, a voice from the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 4:3
And the one testing him came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
Matthew 4:6
and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 4:18
And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.
Matthew 5:3
“Happy are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when they insult you and persecute you and say every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be salted? It is good for nothing any longer except to be thrown out and trampled by people.
Matthew 5:14
You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Matthew 5:21
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to the judgment.’
Matthew 5:22
But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to the judgment; and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘Fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
Matthew 5:25
Come to terms quickly with your opponent while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
Matthew 5:34
But I tell you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
Matthew 5:35
nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Matthew 5:37
But let your word be ‘Yes, yes,’ ‘No, no’; and what is more than these is from the evil one.
Matthew 5:48
So you shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew 6:4
so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.
Matthew 6:5
“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they are fond of praying standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets, so that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.
Matthew 6:21
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:22
“The lamp of the body is the eye. So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light;
Matthew 6:23
but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matthew 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:30
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?
Matthew 7:9
Or which man is there among you whose son will ask him for bread— he will not give him a stone, will he?
Matthew 7:11
If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:12
So everything that you want people to do to you, so also you do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

And 2416 more times.