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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ἔσομαιG2071
Pronunciationésomai
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
future28
Voice
middle28
Mood
indicative25infinitive2participle1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 24:21ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMatthew 24:3ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMatthew 24:7ἔσονταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 11:23ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 11:24ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 13:4ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 13:8ἔσονταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 13:8ἔσονταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveMark 14:2ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 1:34ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 1:45ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 3:5ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 21:11ἔσονταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 21:11ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveLuke 22:49ἐσόμενονfuture middle participleparticipleActs 2:21ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveActs 3:23ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveActs 23:30ἔσεσθαιfuture middle infinitiveinfinitiveActs 24:15ἔσεσθαιfuture middle infinitiveinfinitiveRomans 15:12Ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospective2 Corinthians 3:8ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospective2 Timothy 4:3ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveJude 1:18ἔσονταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveRevelation 10:6ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveRevelation 21:4ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveRevelation 21:4ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveRevelation 22:3ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospectiveRevelation 22:5ἔσταιfuture middle indicativeprospective
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: