Greek semantic word

εἰμί

Transliteration: en

16 lexical sense(s); 0 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to be

to possess certain characteristics, whether inherent or transitory

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-01
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714 (714 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to be

to be identical with

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-02
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532 (532 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: to be, to exist

to exist, in an absolute sense

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-03
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122 (122 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to be, to happen

to occur, of an event

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-04
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65 (65 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: to be

to be in a place

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-05
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293 (293 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 6: to be possible

to mark an event as being possible in a highly generic sense

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-06
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 7: to be

to belong to a particular class

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-07
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124 (124 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 8: to correspond to, to stand for, to be a figure of, to represent

to correspond to something else in certain significant features

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-08
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11 (11 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 9: to change, to become

to change from one state to another

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-09
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6 (6 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 10: to be closely involved with, to be close beside

(an idiom, literally: to be in the bosom of) to be closely and intimately associated, with the implication of strong affection for

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-10
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 11: to practice, to continue to do, to cultivate

(an idiom, literally: to be in) to continue to perform certain activities with care and concern

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-11
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2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 12: to face death, to be likely to die

(an idiom, literally: to be in death) to be in imminent danger of dying

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-12
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Sense 13: to be great, to be important

(an idiom, literally: to be someone) to be an important person

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-13
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4 (4 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 14: to be a slave

(an idiom, literally: to be under a yoke) to be in a state of slavery

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-14
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3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 15: that is, that means

a marker of an explanation or a clarification in the same or a different language

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SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-15
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26 (26 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 16: to be alive

(an idiom, literally: to be in a dwelling, see semantic domain 7.8) to be alive, with special emphasis upon physical existence on earth

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-001525-16
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ubs_greek_dictionary
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-001525
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Direction
ltr
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Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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