εἶ

G1510 G:V

you are

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)