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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. δανιστῇ τινι· ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article εἷςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἷς

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Meaning:

* One * First * One thing * Alone * Individual * One ma * Someone

εἷς is the cardinal number (“one”). Sometimes it functions as a indefinitely pronoun (“someone” or “a certain one”). It agrees in gender, number and case with the noun it modifies. Occurs a little under 350 times in the New Testament.Matthew 8:19John 10:30 ὤφειλεν δηνάρια πεντακόσια, ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ

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The definite article δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ

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δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. ἕτερος πεντήκοντα.