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to be, exist (variant entry for G3603; additional forms of εἰμί)
This duplicates G3603, representing additional forms of the copular/existential verb εἰμί. The paradigm's extreme irregularity across dialects (Aeolic ἔμμι, Cretan ἠμί, Doric ἐντί, etc.) may account for multiple Strong's entries. The core meaning remains: existence, identity, possession, and the copular function linking subject and predicate. No verb is more essential to Greek grammar.

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Related to: εἰμί (sum), Aeolic dialect ἔμμι Refs 7th c.BC+; Cretan dialect ἠμί Refs; 2nd pers. singular εἶ, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰς Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect and Doric dialect ἐσσί Refs 8th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular ἐστί, Doric dialect ἐντί Refs 3rd c.BC+; 3rd.pers. dual ἐστόν Refs 5th c.BC+; 1st pers. plural ἐσμέν, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect εἰμέν (also in Refs 5th c.BC+, Doric