eimi G1510

εἰμί (eimi) means “to be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἰμί Greek · G1510 2,326 tagged occurrences in 1,988 verses

Pronunciation guide: i-mee' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1510

εἰμί · eimi · to be

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

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am, exist.

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How translators render G1510

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	501
are	207
was	166
it is	75
am	73
will be	71
were	63
vvv	59
you are	50
i am	47
there is	47
he is	40
he was	33
to be	33
they are	31
it was	30
we are	24
be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
may be	13
had been	12
i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
it will be	8
would be	8
as	7
means	7
are they	6
arent	6
belongs	6
isnt	6
must be	6
we were	6
who was	6
will it be	6
you have been	6
he	5
jesus was	5
she is	5
come	4
comes	4
happen	4
has	4
i will be	4
is it	4
they will be	4
this is	4
who are	4
will become	4
you	4
am i	3
and	3
are like	3
belongs to	3
can he be	3
does	3
he will be	3
is a call for	3
is he	3
is that	3
let him be	3
must i remain	3
she was	3
that is	3
they	3
they may be	3
you may be	3
and is	2
and to be	2
are found	2
are from	2
belong	2
belong to	2
belonging	2
does not consist	2
exist	2
existed	2
follow	2
god is	2
has been	2
have been	2
he is from	2
he stayed	2
i do	2
i would not be	2
is from	2
is the one	2
it means	2
it shall not be	2
it were	2
it will not be	2
it would be	2
leads to	2
represent	2
some who are	2
there	2
there may be	2
these are	2
they had	2
to	2
was it	2
was there	2
we	2
we belong to	2
we will be	2
when he is	2
when we were	2
which is here	2
while i was	2
who had suffered	2
who is	2
will come	2
will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
accompany	1
although he is	1
although they are	1
am the one	1
amounted to	1
and absorbed	1
and all its dimensions were	1
and may be	1
and was expecting	1
and who himself was	1
appear	1
are available	1
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are there	1
are to be	1
are we	1
as they	1
as well as	1
barnabas was	1
be filled	1
be that as it may	1
became	1
because he was going there	1
become	1
becomes	1
been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
but they are	1
came about	1
can this be	1
care very little	1
christ is	1
consisting	1
consists	1
contains	1
could be	1
could have been attained	1
could this be	1
crowded	1
did not come	1
do	1
do not be	1
does not show	1
during	1
even though he did not yet have	1
even though he was	1
everything is	1
exists	1
for	1
form	1
frequently	1
go	1
god was	1
had already become	1
had yet	1
had yet been	1
has done	1
have come	1
have our being	1
he began	1
he can	1
he continued	1
he exists	1
he had	1
he had been	1
he had removed it	1
he has been	1
he just looks	1
he lived	1
he may be	1
he must be	1
he remains	1
he stood	1
he too is	1
he was already	1
he were	1
he would not be	1
herod was	1
himself	1
i am from	1
i am present	1
i have	1
i have been	1
i live	1
i was staying	1
i will	1
i will no longer be	1
i would be	1
if they are	1
into being	1
into the	1
is going to	1
is still	1
is the essence of	1
is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
it must be	1
it read	1
it was from	1
it was now	1
it will all be	1
it will be done	1
it will happen	1
it will happen that	1
it would have been	1
its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
let	1
let it be	1
let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
may have	1
mean	1
meaning	1
means that	1
meant	1
might be	1
now i am	1
now there were	1
of them were	1
of us	1
of you	1
one	1
our	1
paul and silas were	1
paul was	1
people were	1
perish	1
regard him	1
rely on	1
remain	1
saul stayed	1
shall be	1
shall be made	1
shall i do	1
shall we say	1
she can be	1
she is to remain	1
should be	1
should live	1
should we do	1
sided	1
since there are already	1
since they are	1
since you are	1
standing	1
stands for	1
stay	1
stood	1
surely	1
surely not	1
sweep	1
that dwells	1
the authorities are	1
the believers gathered together	1
the holy spirit had	1
the man had been	1
the meaning	1
the meaning of	1
their	1
then let this be	1
there should be	1
there will be more	1
these things are	1
they continued	1
they did not belong	1
they exist	1
they had all been	1
they had been	1
they had belonged	1
they remain	1
they shared	1
they will all be	1
they will not be	1
this	1
this gospel is	1
this happened	1
this man is	1
this matter involved	1
this means	1
this point is	1
those present	1
though	1
though he was	1
though i am	1
though you once were	1
throughout	1
to be known	1
to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
was about to happen	1
was it after	1
was posted	1
was present	1
was using	1
we are all	1
we do not belong	1
we had lived	1
we have	1
we lived	1
we who are	1
we will	1
we will certainly also be united with him	1
we would not	1
we would not have been	1
were often	1
were present	1
were together	1
what he looks like	1
when there is	1
which is	1
while he was	1
while he was still	1
while it was	1
while she was still	1
while we are	1
who belonged to	1
who belongs to	1
who live	1
who were	1
whose temple was	1
will appear	1
will be a sign	1
will correspond to	1
will get	1
will have	1
will not be	1
will not experience	1
will own	1
with	1
would not rest	1
would share	1
you are still	1
you bear	1
you do	1
you do not experience	1
you have	1
you may	1
you may have	1
you really are	1
you so occupy	1
you too are	1
you will	1
you will just be	1
you will not be	1
you yourselves are	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
is	570
was	190
are	188
am	84
be	82
it is	82
shall be	70
were	70
art	47
he was	45
i am	43
there is	42
he is	38
being	37
to be	36
it was	35
ye are	32
there was	30
they were	28
they are	27
we are	26
thou art	23
shall	19
there are	19
there be	18
is it	16
there shall be	16
there were	15
are they	14
may be	13
are ye	12
is he	12
have	11
had	10
i was	10
it be	9
should be	9
which is	9
ye were	9
it shall be	8
that is	8
ye shall be	7
am i	6
art thou	6
he	6
is to say	6
might be	6
thou be	6
we were	6
when	6
he be	5
is there	5
let him be	5
shall it be	5
they	5
which are	5
i will be	4
it had been	4
it shall come to pass	4
let	4
she is	4
should	4
that were	4
there should be	4
they be	4
thou shalt be	4
when he was	4
which were	4
ye be	4
are we	3
he had	3
he were	3
shall i be	3
shall there be	3
stood	3
that are	3
that was	3
they had been	3
they may be	3
wast	3
we	3
we shall be	3
which was	3
will	3
ye may be	3
agree	2
be it	2
did	2
had been	2
have been	2
he had been	2
he shall be	2
i	2
i shall be	2
it were	2
meaneth	2
meant	2
shall have	2
shall she be	2
should mean	2
that	2
that be	2
they had	2
they shall be	2
they that are	2
thou hadst been	2
thou hast been	2
thou shalt	2
was it	2
we have	2
when he is	2
when we were	2
which	2
which art	2
which had	2
who are	2
who is	2
will be	2
ye have	2
a fool	1
against	1
agree with	1
agreed	1
and had	1
and is	1
and was	1
are there	1
art also	1
be it so	1
be thou	1
belongeth	1
bringeth	1
bringeth forth fruit	1
but dung	1
but loss	1
came	1
cannot be tempted	1
come	1
cometh	1
consisteth	1
continued	1
continued all night	1
descendeth	1
diligent	1
drew near	1
dureth	1
endure	1
followed	1
for	1
for all there were	1
forasmuch as	1
give thyself wholly	1
hast	1
hast been	1
have i been	1
have our being	1
have thou	1
having	1
he belonged	1
he hath been	1
he may be	1
he might be	1
he preached	1
he sat	1
he shall have	1
he should	1
he taught	1
he that is	1
he withdrew	1
himself to be	1
i be	1
i shall	1
i should	1
if	1
imprisoned	1
in	1
it	1
it becometh	1
it pleased	1
it remaineth	1
it shall	1
it should be	1
joined hard to	1
just men	1
knowing	1
let it	1
make	1
may	1
may have	1
men	1
might	1
mighty	1
now i am	1
of	1
of daily	1
one	1
ought	1
owneth	1
perish	1
sat down	1
seeing	1
seeing that there are	1
seeing ye	1
shall be made	1
shall it	1
shall we	1
shalt	1
shalt be	1
shalt have	1
shalt thou be	1
she may be	1
she pass	1
she was	1
should have been	1
shouldest be	1
soweth	1
stand	1
taught	1
that he is	1
that he was	1
that there are	1
that there is	1
that there was	1
that they are	1
that they do good	1
the christ	1
the shepherd	1
them that are	1
there	1
they continued stedfastly	1
they looked stedfastly	1
they should be	1
they that were	1
thing is	1
this is	1
those things which be	1
thou mayest	1
thou wast	1
thou wert	1
though he was	1
though i be	1
though they were	1
to be known	1
to be made	1
to have been	1
to them who are	1
us was	1
used	1
was come	1
watched	1
we be	1
we cannot	1
we had been	1
we may be	1
we should	1
we that are	1
we would	1
went	1
went before	1
were it	1
what would follow	1
when i was	1
when it was	1
when there is	1
when thou wast	1
whereas i was	1
which am	1
which though	1
while	1
while i was	1
while she was	1
who was	1
who were	1
will come	1
ye	1
ye belong	1
ye have been	1
ye know	1
you	1

Verses containing G1510

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Luke 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
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Luke 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.
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Luke 10:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
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Luke 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Luke 10:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
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Luke 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
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Luke 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
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Luke 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
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Luke 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.
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Luke 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.
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Luke 11:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
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Luke 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
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Luke 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
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Luke 11:34 · BSB · 4 occurrences
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
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Luke 11:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
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Luke 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”
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Luke 11:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.
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Luke 11:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
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Luke 11:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
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Luke 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
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Luke 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
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Luke 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
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Luke 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
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Luke 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
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Luke 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
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Luke 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
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Luke 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
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Luke 12:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Luke 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
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Luke 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
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Luke 12:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
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Luke 12:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
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Luke 12:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
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Luke 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
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Luke 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
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Luke 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
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Luke 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
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Luke 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
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Luke 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is like a mustard seed that a man tossed into his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
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Luke 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
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Luke 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
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Luke 13:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
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Luke 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.
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Luke 13:30 · BSB · 4 occurrences
And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
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Luke 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
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Luke 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.
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Luke 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.
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Luke 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
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Luke 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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Luke 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
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We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

Berean Standard Bible translation tables, public domain, Berean Bible. CrossWire KJV 3.1 , public domain text with Bible Foundation and KJV2003 Project tags, licensed for any purpose. Dodson Greek Lexicon , CC0. Strong’s Hebrew dictionary , Open Scriptures transcription, CC BY-SA; converted Hebrew entries retain those terms. Greek pronunciation spellings come from Strong's Greek dictionary, XML edition 1.4 , public domain.

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