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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. ἀλλὰ ζητεῖτέ με ἀποκτεῖναι, ὅτι ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article λόγοςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigλόγος

Meaning

* A word or words * Statement * Message * Speech * Account * Used in John to mean God the Son

Masculine noun. Related to the verb λέγω.

λόγος in Greek Thought

Before the New Testament, λόγος already had deep philosophical use. In Greek philosophy, λόγος was the rational principle that ordered the universe, the divine reason that structured all things. In Heraclitus, λόγος referred to the unifying rational principle behind the constant change in the world.… ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article ἐμὸς οὐ χωρεῖ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν

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Preposition meaning “in”. ὑμῖν.