ἔνειμι G1762
To be in; there is/are (often as an emphatic existential marker: 'there is neither... nor').
A contracted form of 'enesti' (it is within/present), this verb in NT usage functions primarily as an emphatic existential marker. Paul deploys it most memorably in Galatians 3:28 -- 'there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female' -- where the triple 'eni' hammers home the dissolution of social categories in Christ. The same existential sense appears in Colossians 3:11 and 1 Corinthians 6:5. Spanish 'hay' (there is) and French 'il y a' reflect the existential function cleanly.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An emphatic existential form meaning 'there is' or 'there exists,' used to affirm or deny the presence or existence of something within a given sphere. In its most celebrated deployment, Paul uses the contracted form 'eni' three times in Galatians 3:28 to declare that fundamental human distinctions no longer exist 'in Christ Jesus.' The same construction recurs in Colossians 3:11 (where there is no Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised) and 1 Corinthians 6:5 ('Is there not among you one wise person?'). Spanish 'hay' and French 'il y a' capture the existential function, though the emphatic rhetorical force is uniquely Pauline. 6×
AR["يوجَدُ"]·ben["আছে", "থাকে"]·DE["darin-sein"]·EN["-", "there-is"]·FR["il-y-a", "ἔνι"]·heb["אֵין", "יֵשׁ"]·HI["है"]·ID["ada", "lagi"]·IT["c'è", "e-possibile"]·jav["punika", "wonten"]·KO["있느냐", "있다", "있지"]·PT["há"]·RU["есть"]·ES["hay"]·SW["hakuna", "tena"]·TR["var", "yoktur"]·urd["ہے"]
Related Senses
H1961 1. be, exist, was (Qal copular/existential) (3505×)G1510 1. copulative, linking predication (2095×)G1096 1. become, change state (421×)G1096 2. happen, occur, take place (158×)G1510 2. participial, being (circumstantial/attributive) (157×)H3426 1. there is, there are (existence) (129×)G1510 3. infinitival, to be (128×)H1934 1. to be, exist (65×)H1961 2. become, come to be (Qal inchoative) (55×)G5225 1. to be, to exist (45×)H0194 1. (45×)G1096 3. come, arrive, appear (28×)G1096 4. let it be, may it be done (22×)H0383 1. there is/are, to exist (Aramaic existential particle) (19×)G1096 5. may it never be! (16×)G2673 1. abolish, bring to an end (16×)G1510 5. existential, there is/exists (15×)G5225 2. possessions, property, goods (14×)G1096 6. be, exist, find oneself (13×)H7136a 1. happen, occur, befall (12×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἔνειμι (εἰμί, sum), 3rd.pers. singular and plural ἔνι frequently for ἔνεστι, ἔνεισι (see. below): infinitive ἐνεῖμεν Refsfuture ἐνέσομαι:—to be in, ἄργυρος ἀσκῷ ἔνεστι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἔνι (for ἔνεστι) κήδεα θυμῷ Refs 8th c.BC+; εἴ τι ἐνέοι (i.e. τοῖς χρησμοῖσι) Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῖς λόγοις ἔ. κέρδοςRefs 5th c.BC+ __b with dative plural, to be among, NT+6th c.BC+ __c with adverb loci, οἴκοι ἔνεστι…