Matthew 18:20:13Matt.18.20.W13TAB
εἰμι
eimi
“I am”
- Transliteration
- ei-mi
- Extended
- ei-mi
- IPA
- /iː.mi/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ei-mi
- phraseyour reading level
e-KEI ei-mi en ME-sô au-TÔN
- sentence
OO GAR ei-sin DY-o Ê TREIS sy-nêg-ME-noi eis TO e-MON O-no-ma e-KEI ei-mi en ME-sô au-TÔN
Exegesis
After the comma, the deictic adverb ekei {ἐκεῖ | e-keî} fronts the main clause for emphasis, followed by the first person verb eimi {εἰμι | eí-mi} creating the emphatic “there I am.”
Root and etymology
eimiepsilon–iota–mu–iota
“to be, to exist”
In context — Matthew 18:20
For where two or three have been gathered together in My name , there I am among them, in their midst.
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 18:20, so the Greek word εἰμι (eimi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.18.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.20.W13.S1) and character.