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εἰμί
eimí · Greek · Strong's G1510 · 2461 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “was”
What it means
I exist (used only when emphatic)
the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb;
How the KJV renders it
have been, x it is i, was
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“was”
also renders qârâh (H7136)
Questions this word decides
- Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
Where it appears
2461 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:2 V-PAP-DSF1 Corinthians 1:10 V-PAS-2P1 Corinthians 1:11 V-PAI-3P1 Corinthians 1:12 V-PAI-1S1 Corinthians 1:18 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 1:25 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 1:28 V-PAP-APN1 Corinthians 1:30 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 2:5 V-PAS-3S1 Corinthians 2:14 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:3 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 3:4 V-PAI-1S1 Corinthians 3:5 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:7 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:8 V-PAI-3P1 Corinthians 3:9 V-PAI-1P1 Corinthians 3:11 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:13 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:16 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 3:17 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 3:18 V-PAN1 Corinthians 3:19 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 3:20 V-PAI-3P1 Corinthians 3:21 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 4:3 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 4:4 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 4:8 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 4:17 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 5:2 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 5:7 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 5:11 V-PAS-3S1 Corinthians 6:2 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:7 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 6:11 V-IAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:15 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 6:16 V-FDI-3P1 Corinthians 6:17 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 6:18 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 6:19 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 7:5 V-PAS-2P1 Corinthians 7:7 V-PAN1 Corinthians 7:9 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:14 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:19 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:22 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:25 V-PAN1 Corinthians 7:26 V-PAN1 Corinthians 7:29 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:32 V-PAN1 Corinthians 7:34 V-PAS-3S1 Corinthians 7:36 V-PAS-3S1 Corinthians 7:39 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 7:40 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 8:5 V-PAI-3P1 Corinthians 8:7 V-PAP-NSF1 Corinthians 8:10 V-PAP-GSM1 Corinthians 9:1 V-PAI-1S1 Corinthians 9:2 V-PAI-1S1 Corinthians 9:3 V-PAI-3S1 Corinthians 9:16 V-PAI-3S
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.