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
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to be	33
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it was	30
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be	22
there was	21
are you	18
they were	18
there are	17
there were	17
you will be	16
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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
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isnt	6
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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
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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
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let him be	3
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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
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follow	2
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have been	2
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to	2
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when we were	2
which is here	2
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will she be	2
will there be	2
would	2
you had been	2
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been	1
belonged	1
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came about	1
can this be	1
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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
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go	1
god was	1
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have come	1
have our being	1
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he had been	1
he had removed it	1
he has been	1
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he lived	1
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he must be	1
he remains	1
he stood	1
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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
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i will	1
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i would be	1
if they are	1
into being	1
into the	1
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is the meaning	1
it has already been	1
it meant	1
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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
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its	1
jesus	1
kept	1
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let there be	1
let this be	1
levi was	1
lived	1
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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
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sided	1
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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
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to bring	1
to find	1
to go	1
to remain	1
was about to happen	1
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was using	1
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we who are	1
we will	1
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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
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will correspond to	1
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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
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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
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being	37
to be	36
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ye are	32
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we are	26
thou art	23
shall	19
there are	19
there be	18
is it	16
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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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2 Corinthians 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
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2 Corinthians 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
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Galatians 1:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
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Galatians 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
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Galatians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
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Galatians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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Galatians 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
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Galatians 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
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Galatians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They only heard the account: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
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Galatians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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Galatians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
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Galatians 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
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Galatians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?
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Galatians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.
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Galatians 3:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
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Galatians 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
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Galatians 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
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Galatians 3:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
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Galatians 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
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Galatians 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
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Galatians 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.
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Galatians 4:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
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Galatians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
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Galatians 4:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
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Galatians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
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Galatians 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.
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Galatians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
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Galatians 4:24 · BSB · 3 occurrences
These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
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Galatians 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
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Galatians 4:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
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Galatians 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
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Galatians 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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Galatians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again I testify to every man who gets himself circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.
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Galatians 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
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Galatians 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
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Galatians 5:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
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Galatians 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Galatians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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Galatians 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Galatians 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.
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Ephesians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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Ephesians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
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Ephesians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
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Ephesians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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Ephesians 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
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Ephesians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.
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Ephesians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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Ephesians 2:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!
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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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