εἰμί εἰμιν

2456 εἰμί , with various uses and significations, like the English verb to be . As substantive verb. Of persons and things, to be, exist : Ac 17:28 , Jo 1:1 8:58 17:5 , al; ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν (for past ptcp.), Re 1:4 , 8 4:8 11:17 16:5 (v. Swete, Ap. , 5; M, Pr. , 228); τὰ (μὴ) ὄντα , Ro 4:17 , I Co 1:28 . Of times, events, etc., to be, happen, take place : Mt 24:3 , Mk 14:2 15:42 , Lk 21:23 , Jo 4:6 , 23 5:10 , al. to be present, be in a place, have come : Mt 2:13 , 15 , Mk 1:45 5:21 15:40 , Lk 1:80 5:29 , Jo 7:30 , al.; seq. εἰς , Mk 2:1 ; seq. ἐκ, (ἐξ) , Mt 1:20 21:25 , Mk 11:30 , Jo 3:31 , al. Impers., ἔστι, ἦν , etc.; there is (Fr. il y a ), was , etc.: Mt 16:28 , Lk 16:19 , Jo 3:1 5:2 , Ro 3:10 , al.; c. dat. (of the possessor; Bl., §37, 3), Mt 16:22 , Lk 1:7 , Jo 18.10 , Ro 9:2 , al.; ἔστιν ὅς, ὅστις (chiefly in pl), Mt 16:28 19:2 , Mk 9:1 , al.; c. inf., = ἔξεστιν (q.v.), it is possible : He 9:5 , I Co 11:20 , RV (but v. ICC , in l.). As copula uniting subject and predicate. Expressing simply identity or equivalence: Mt 5:13 14:15 , Lk 1:18 , 19 , Jo 1:1 4:19 , Re 3:9 , al. mult. Explicative, as in parable, figure, type, etc.: Mt 13:19 , I Co 9:2 , 10:4 , 11:25 , Ga 4:24 , Re 17:15 , al.; τοῦτ’ ἔστιν , Mt 27:46 , Mk 7:2 , Ro 7:18 al.; ὅ ἐστιν , Mk 3:17 , Col 1:24 , He 7:2 , al.; akin to this is the sacramental usage: Mt 26:26-28 , Mk 14:22 , 24 , Lk 22:19 , I Co 11:24 (v. ICC on Mk, I Co, ll. c.; DB , iii, 148 f.). C. gen.: qual., etc., Mk 5:42 , Lk 3:23 , I Co 14:33 , He 12:11 , al.; part., I Ti 1:20 , II Ti 1:15 ; poss., Mt 5:3 , 10 , Mk 12:7 , Lk 4:7 ; of service or partisanship, Ro 8:9 , I Co 1:12 , II Co 10:7 , II Ti 2:19 . C. dat. (BL, §37, 3): Ac 1:8 9:15 , Ro 4:12 , I Co 1:18 2:14 , Re 21:7 , al. C. ptcp., as a periphrasis for the simple verb (Bl., §62, 1, 2; M, Pr. , 225 ff.); c. ptcp. pf. (cl.): Mt 10:30 , Lk 9:32 , Jo 3:24 , Ac 21:35 , I Co 15:19 , al; c. ptcp. pr. (esp. in impf., as in Heb. and Aram.; Dalman, Words , 35 f.), Mt 7:29 , Mk 1:22 , Lk 4:31 14:1 , Ac 1:10 , al. mult., id. for imper. (M, Pr. , 180f., 182f.), with ellipsis of εἰμί , Ro 12:9 , 10 , He 13:5 , al.; c. ptcp. aor. (cl), Lk 23:9 . Seq. εἰς (cf. Heb. הָיָה לְ ), a vernac. usage (M, Pr. , 71): Mt 19:5 , Mk 10:8 , He 8:10 , al. C. adv.: Mt 19:20 , Mk 4:26 , Lk 18:11 , al. Ellipses; of the copula (Bl., §30, 3): Mt 8:29 24:32 , Jo 21:22 , 23 , He 6:4 , al.; of the predicate: ἐγώ εἰμί , Mt 14:27 , Mk 6:50 , al.; absol. (cf. De 32:39 ; אֲנִי הוּא ), Mk 13:6 , Jo 4:26 , al. (cf. ἄπ-, ἔν-, πάρ-, συμ-πάρ-, σύν-ειμι ).