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
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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
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i was	12
there will be	12
you were	12
had	10
will	10
am he	9
have	8
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as	7
means	7
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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
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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
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belonging	2
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exist	2
existed	2
follow	2
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have been	2
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he stayed	2
i do	2
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is the one	2
it means	2
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it were	2
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there	2
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to	2
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we	2
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when we were	2
which is here	2
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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
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and absorbed	1
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and may be	1
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appear	1
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as they	1
as well as	1
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be filled	1
be that as it may	1
became	1
because he was going there	1
become	1
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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
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contains	1
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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
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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 can	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
we would not	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
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
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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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John 9:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?”
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John 9:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
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John 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
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John 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
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John 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
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John 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
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John 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
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John 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
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John 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
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John 10:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
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John 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
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John 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
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John 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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John 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
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John 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
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John 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
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John 10:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
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John 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
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John 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I and the Father are one.”
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John 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”
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John 10:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
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John 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
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John 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
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John 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
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John 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
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John 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
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John 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
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John 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
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John 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
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John 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
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John 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
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John 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
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John 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
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John 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
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John 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
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John 11:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
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John 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
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John 11:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
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John 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
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John 11:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
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John 11:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
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John 11:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
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John 11:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
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John 11:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
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John 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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John 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
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John 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
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John 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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John 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:
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John 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
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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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