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

• Matthew 14:24 but the boat was already far from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
• Matthew 14:26 When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost!” they said, and cried out in fear.
• Matthew 14:27 But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
• Matthew 14:28 “Lord, if it is You,” Peter replied, “command me to come to You on the water.”
• Matthew 14:33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
• Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Matthew 15:16 “Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.
• Matthew 15:20 These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
• Matthew 15:26 But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
• Matthew 15:38 A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.
• Matthew 16:16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
• Matthew 16:17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
• Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
• Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
• Matthew 16:20 Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.
• Matthew 16:22 Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”
• Matthew 16:23 But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
• Matthew 16:28 Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
• Matthew 17:4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You wish, I will put up three shelters—one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
• Matthew 17:5 While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
• Matthew 17:17 “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
• Matthew 17:26 “From others,” Peter answered. “Then the sons are exempt,” Jesus said to him.
• Matthew 18:1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
• Matthew 18:4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 18:7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
• Matthew 18:8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
• Matthew 18:9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
• Matthew 18:14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.
• Matthew 18:17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
• Matthew 18:18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
• Matthew 18:20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
• Matthew 19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
• Matthew 19:6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
• Matthew 19:10 His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
• Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
• Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
• Matthew 19:17 “Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
• Matthew 19:22 When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
• Matthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
• Matthew 19:26 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
• Matthew 19:27 “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
• Matthew 19:30 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
• Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
• Matthew 20:4 ‘You also go into my vineyard,’ he said, ‘and I will pay you whatever is right.’
• Matthew 20:7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
• Matthew 20:15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Matthew 20:16 So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
• Matthew 20:23 “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
• Matthew 20:26 It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
• Matthew 20:27 and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—
• Matthew 21:10 When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
• Matthew 21:11 The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
• Matthew 21:25 What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
• Matthew 21:33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
• Matthew 21:38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
• Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
• Matthew 22:8 Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
• Matthew 22:13 Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Matthew 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.”
• Matthew 22:16 They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.