εἰμί eimí

Meaning

I exist (used only when emphatic)

In the King James Version: am, have been, X it is I, was

Derivation: the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb;

Where it is used

• Luke 19:17 His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
• Luke 19:21 For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’
• Luke 19:22 His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
• Luke 19:46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Luke 19:47 Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
• Luke 20:2 “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
• Luke 20:4 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
• Luke 20:6 But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
• Luke 20:14 But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
• Luke 20:17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
• Luke 20:28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
• Luke 20:29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
• Luke 20:36 In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
• Luke 20:38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
• Luke 20:44 Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
• Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
• Luke 21:8 Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
• Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
• Luke 21:17 And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
• Luke 21:22 For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
• Luke 21:23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
• Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
• Luke 21:30 When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.
• Luke 21:31 So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
• Luke 21:37 Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
• Luke 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
• Luke 22:11 and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
• Luke 22:19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
• Luke 22:23 Then they began to question among themselves which of them was going to do this.
• Luke 22:27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
• Luke 22:28 You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
• Luke 22:33 “Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”
• Luke 22:38 So they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.
• Luke 22:49 Those around Jesus saw what was about to happen and said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”
• Luke 22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”
• Luke 22:56 A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.
• Luke 22:58 A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
• Luke 22:59 About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
• Luke 22:64 They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”
• Luke 22:67 “If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
• Luke 22:69 But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”
• Luke 22:70 So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
• Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
• Luke 23:6 When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
• Luke 23:7 And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
• Luke 23:8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.
• Luke 23:12 That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
• Luke 23:15 Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.
• Luke 23:19 (Barabbas had been imprisoned for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)
• Luke 23:35 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”
• Luke 23:37 “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
• Luke 23:38 Above Him was posted an inscription: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
• Luke 23:39 One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
• Luke 23:40 But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
• Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
• Luke 23:44 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.
• Luke 23:47 When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
• Luke 23:51 who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.
• Luke 23:53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.