What does εἰμί · ὧδε mean in the Bible?
εἰμί · ὧδε is a Greek phrase meaning "he is not here".
Greek · G1510, G5602
οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε
I exist (used only when emphatic) · here
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εἰμί G1510 I exist (used only when emphatic)
Pronunciation eimí
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ὧδε G5602 here
Pronunciation hōde
Denotes physical presence or location; also used metaphorically for "in this matter" or "in this context.
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What does οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε (ouk estin hōde) mean in the Bible?
εἰμί · ὧδε is a Greek phrase meaning "he is not here".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1510, G5602?
G1510, G5602 is connected to 2,456 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. he is not here
Source Gloss
he is not here
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 6 Aligned forms 2456 Tenses Present, Imperfect, Future Voices Active, Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 2068×
Present Active Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 2:2 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:15 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 5:3 · Matt 5:10 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:35 · Matt 5:37 · Matt 5:48 · Matt 6:21 · Matt 6:22 · Matt 6:23 1427×
Imperfect Active Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 3:4 · Matt 7:27 · Matt 7:29 · Matt 8:30 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 14:23 · Matt 14:24 · Matt 19:22 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 21:33 · Matt 26:24 · Matt 26:71 435×
Future Middle Matt 5:21 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 6:21 · Matt 6:22 · Matt 6:23 · Matt 8:12 · Matt 10:15 · Matt 11:22 · Matt 11:24 · Matt 12:11 · Matt 12:40 · Matt 12:45 · Matt 13:40 · Matt 13:42 · Matt 13:49 · Matt 13:50 186×
Imperfect Middle Matt 25:35 · Matt 25:36 · Matt 25:43 · Mark 14:49 · John 11:15 · John 16:4 · John 17:12 · Acts 10:30 · Acts 11:5 · Acts 11:17 · Acts 22:19 · Acts 22:20 · 1 Cor 13:11 · Gal 1:10 · Gal 1:22 · Matt 23:30 20×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 128×
Present Active Matt 16:13 · Matt 16:15 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 19:21 · Matt 20:27 · Matt 22:23 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 8:29 · Mark 9:5 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:44 · Mark 12:18 · Mark 14:64 · Luke 2:4 · Luke 2:6 · Luke 2:44 124×
Future Middle Acts 11:28 · Acts 23:30 · Acts 24:15 · Acts 27:10 4×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 158×
Present Active Matt 1:19 · Matt 12:30 · Luke 3:23 · Luke 11:23 · Luke 24:6 · Luke 24:44 · John 1:18 · John 3:4 · John 3:31 · John 4:9 · John 6:46 · John 7:50 · John 8:47 · John 9:25 · John 10:12 · John 10:33 157×
Future Middle Luke 22:49 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 69×
Present Active Matt 6:4 · Matt 6:22 · Matt 6:23 · Matt 10:13 · Matt 20:4 · Matt 24:28 · Mark 5:18 · Luke 10:6 · Luke 11:34 · Luke 14:8 · Luke 20:28 · John 3:2 · John 3:27 · John 6:65 · John 9:31 · John 14:16 69×
Imperative command or strong request 21×
Present Active Matt 5:37 · Matt 18:17 · Acts 1:20 · Acts 2:14 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 13:38 · Acts 28:28 · 1 Cor 16:22 · 2 Cor 12:16 · Gal 1:8 · Gal 1:9 · Jas 1:19 · Jas 5:12 · 1 Pet 3:3 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 5:25 21×
Optative wish or remote possibility 12×
Present Active Luke 1:29 · Luke 3:15 · Luke 8:9 · Luke 9:46 · Luke 15:26 · Luke 18:36 · Luke 22:23 · John 13:24 · Acts 8:20 · Acts 10:17 · Acts 20:16 · Acts 21:33 12×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain