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
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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
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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
amounted to	1
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 to be	1
are we	1
as they	1
as well as	1
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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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Ephesians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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Ephesians 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
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Ephesians 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
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Ephesians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
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Ephesians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
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Ephesians 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
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Ephesians 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
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Ephesians 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
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Ephesians 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?
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Ephesians 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
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Ephesians 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
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Ephesians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
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Ephesians 4:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
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Ephesians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely you heard of Him and were taught in Him—in keeping with the truth that is in Jesus—
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Ephesians 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Ephesians 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
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Ephesians 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
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Ephesians 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
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Ephesians 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
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Ephesians 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
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Ephesians 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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Ephesians 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
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Ephesians 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.
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Ephesians 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
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Ephesians 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are members of His body.
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Ephesians 5:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
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Ephesians 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
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Ephesians 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
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Ephesians 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
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Ephesians 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
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Ephesians 6:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
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Ephesians 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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Ephesians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
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Philippians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
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Philippians 1:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.
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Philippians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
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Philippians 1:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
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Philippians 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
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Philippians 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
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Philippians 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious.
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Philippians 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
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Philippians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
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Philippians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
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Philippians 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
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Philippians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
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Colossians 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
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Colossians 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,
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Colossians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
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Colossians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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Colossians 1:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
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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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