What does ἔσομαι (ésomai) mean in the Bible?
ἔσομαι (ésomai) is a Greek word meaning "will be".
Greek · G2071
ἔσομαι
Will be
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ἔσομαι G2071
Pronunciation ésomai
What does ἔσομαι (ésomai) mean in the Bible?
ἔσομαι (ésomai) is a Greek word meaning "will be".
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Evidence Summary
Greek word. will be
Source Gloss
will be
Extended definition
:--shall (should) be (have), (shall) come (to pass), X may have, X fall, what would follow, X live long, X sojourn.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 28 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
future 28
Voice
middle 28
Mood
indicative 25 infinitive 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 24:21 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 24:3 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 24:7 ἔσονται future middle indicative prospective Mark 11:23 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Mark 11:24 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Mark 13:4 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Mark 13:8 ἔσονται future middle indicative prospective Mark 13:8 ἔσονται future middle indicative prospective Mark 14:2 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Luke 1:34 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Luke 1:45 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Luke 3:5 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Luke 21:11 ἔσονται future middle indicative prospective Luke 21:11 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Luke 22:49 ἐσόμενον future middle participle participle Acts 2:21 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Acts 3:23 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Acts 23:30 ἔσεσθαι future middle infinitive infinitive Acts 24:15 ἔσεσθαι future middle infinitive infinitive Romans 15:12 Ἔσται future middle indicative prospective 2 Corinthians 3:8 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective 2 Timothy 4:3 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Jude 1:18 ἔσονται future middle indicative prospective Revelation 10:6 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Revelation 21:4 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Revelation 21:4 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Revelation 22:3 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective Revelation 22:5 ἔσται future middle indicative prospective
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)
Word Origins
ἔσομαι is built from this root:
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