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The definite article Παῦλος, οὐκ ᾔδειν, ἀδελφοί, ὅτι ἐστὶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί

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εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”).

It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. ἀρχιερεύς· γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι ἄρχοντα τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

greek

The definite article λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς.