Definition

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

Etymology

third person singular present indicative of G1510 (εἰμί);

Where the KJV renders it

• are
• be(-long)
• call
• X can(-not)
• come
• consisteth
• X dure for a while
• + follow
• X have
• (that) is (to say)
• make
• meaneth
• X must needs
• + profit
• + remaineth
• + wrestle

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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