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einai G1511

εἶναι (einai) means “to exist” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

εἶναι Greek · G1511 124 tagged occurrences in 123 verses

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

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TBESG · G1511

εἶναι · einai · to exist

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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Verses containing G1511

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  1. Acts 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he stayed and worked with them because they were tentmakers by trade, just as he was.

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  2. Acts 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself fully to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

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  3. Acts 18:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

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  4. Acts 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.

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  5. Acts 19:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

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  6. Acts 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

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  7. Acts 27:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After putting out from there, we sailed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

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  8. Acts 28:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.

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  9. Romans 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

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  10. Romans 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

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  11. Romans 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,

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  12. Romans 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

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  13. Romans 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.

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  14. Romans 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.

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  15. Romans 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

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  16. Romans 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

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  17. Romans 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.

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  18. Romans 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.

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  19. Romans 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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  20. Romans 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,

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  21. Romans 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

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  22. Romans 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

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  23. Romans 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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  28. 1 Corinthians 7:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.

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  29. 1 Corinthians 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

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  32. 1 Corinthians 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

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  33. 1 Corinthians 14:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

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  35. 2 Corinthians 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

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  36. 2 Corinthians 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you beforehand and make arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. This way, your gift will be prepared generously and not begrudgingly.

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  37. 2 Corinthians 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

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  38. 2 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

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  39. 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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  40. Galatians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

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  41. Galatians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?

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  42. Galatians 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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  43. Ephesians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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  44. Ephesians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

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  45. Ephesians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus.

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  46. Philippians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.

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  47. Philippians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

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  48. Philippians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

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  49. 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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  50. 1 Thessalonians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.6

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