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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. ὡς ἄγγελοι ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν
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Preposition meaning “in”. τοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ
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The definite article οὐρανοῖς.plugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigοὐρανός
Meaning:
* The sky * Air * Heaven or heavens
278 occurrences in the New Testament.
Οὐρανός is used in Scripture to describe the sky and universe (that is, the visible expanse above the earth) as well as the transcendent realm where God is present. For example, in Matthew 6:26Matthew 24:29Matthew 6:9
