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

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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
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belong to	2
belonging	2
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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
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is the one	2
it means	2
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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
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to	2
was it	2
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we	2
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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
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and absorbed	1
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and may be	1
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and who himself was	1
appear	1
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are we	1
as they	1
as well as	1
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be that as it may	1
became	1
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become	1
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been	1
belonged	1
belonged to	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
care very little	1
christ is	1
consisting	1
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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
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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
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let it be	1
let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
may have	1
mean	1
meaning	1
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 23:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
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Luke 23:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Luke 23:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Luke 23:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was beginning.
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Luke 23:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
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Luke 24:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
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Luke 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles.
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Luke 24:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
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Luke 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
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Luke 24:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them.
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Luke 24:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
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Luke 24:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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Luke 24:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
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Luke 24:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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Luke 24:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are witnesses of these things.
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Luke 24:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
praising God continually in the temple.
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John 1:1 · BSB · 3 occurrences
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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John 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was with God in the beginning.
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John 1:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
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John 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
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John 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
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John 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
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John 1:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
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John 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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John 1:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
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John 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
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John 1:21 · BSB · 3 occurrences
“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
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John 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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John 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Pharisees who had been sent
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John 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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John 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
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John 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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John 1:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
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John 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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John 1:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
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John 1:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
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John 1:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
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John 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
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John 1:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
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John 1:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.
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John 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
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John 1:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
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John 1:49 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
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John 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
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John 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
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John 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
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John 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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John 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
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John 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
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John 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
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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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