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Koine Greek wordlink #70224

SR GNT Yhn 8:33 Ἐσμέν (Esmen) ‘him seed of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) we are and to no_one we have served’ Strongs=15100 Lemma=eimi
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=1st number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ἐσμέν (V-IPA1··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ἐσμέν’ (V-IPA1··P) is always and only glossed as ‘we are’.

Yhn (Jhn) 8:33 ‘him seed of Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) we are and to no_one we have served’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:33 word 9

OET-LV: 33 They _answered to him: We _are seed of _Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām), and we _have _served to _no _one ever, how are_ you _saying, that You _all _will _be _becoming free? (JHN_8:33)

OET-RV: 33 But some queried, “We are Abraham’s descendants and we’ve never been slaves to anyone, so how can you say that we’ll be set free?” (JHN 8:33)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eimi’ have 75 different glosses: ‘were were’, ‘I am’, ‘I may_be’, ‘I was’, ‘I will_be’, ‘he is’, ‘he may_be’, ‘he might_be’, ‘he was’, ‘he will_be’, ‘him let_be’, ‘it is’, ‘it let_be’, ‘it may_be’, ‘it might_be’, ‘it was’, ‘it will_be’, ‘it will_be done’, ‘it will_be that’, ‘of being’, ‘she is’, ‘she may_be’, ‘she was’, ‘she will_be’, ‘them let_be’, ‘there are’, ‘there is’, ‘there may_be’, ‘there to_be’, ‘there was’, ‘there were’, ‘there will_be’, ‘they are’, ‘they may_be’, ‘they were’, ‘they will_be’, ‘those were’, ‘we are’, ‘we may_be’, ‘we were’, ‘we will_be’, ‘you may_be may_be’, ‘you are’, ‘you were’, ‘you will_be’, ‘you_all are’, ‘you_all may_be’, ‘you_all were’, ‘you_all will_be’, ‘am’, ‘am he’, ‘am here’, ‘are’, ‘are the_ones’, ‘are those’, ‘be’, ‘being’, ‘being here’, ‘going_to be’, ‘going_to_be’, ‘is’, ‘is also’, ‘is he’, ‘is it’, ‘is this’, ‘is true’, ‘let_be’, ‘may_be’, ‘might_be’, ‘to_be’, ‘was’, ‘was there’, ‘were’, ‘will_be’, ‘will_be done’.

Key: V=verb