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ἐσμέν G2070
G2070 is the Greek word ἐσμέν, transliterated esmén. The King James Version most often renders it are.
What it means
we are.
Where it comes from
first person plural indicative of G1510 (εἰμί).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 55 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: are, be, have our being, X have hope, + (the gospel) was (preached unto) us.
Verses using ἐσμέν
The first 40 of 51 verses, quoted in full.
Mark 5:9 · KJV
And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Luke 9:12 · KJV
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
Luke 17:10 · KJV
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
John 8:33 · KJV
They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 9:28 · KJV
Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples.
John 9:40 · KJV
And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
John 10:30 · KJV
I and my Father are one.
John 17:22 · KJV
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Acts 2:32 · KJV
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15 · KJV
And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Acts 5:32 · KJV
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts 10:39 · KJV
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Acts 14:15 · KJV
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
Acts 16:28 · KJV
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
Acts 17:28 · KJV
For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Acts 23:15 · KJV
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Romans 6:15 · KJV
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Romans 8:12 · KJV
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
Romans 8:16 · KJV
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
Romans 12:5 · KJV
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Romans 14:8 · KJV
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
1 Corinthians 3:9 · KJV
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
1 Corinthians 10:17 · KJV
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:22 · KJV
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 15:19 · KJV
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
2 Corinthians 1:14 · KJV
As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 1:24 · KJV
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
2 Corinthians 2:15 · KJV
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2 Corinthians 2:17 · KJV
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:5 · KJV
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2 Corinthians 10:11 · KJV
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
2 Corinthians 13:6 · KJV
But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
Galatians 3:25 · KJV
But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Galatians 4:28 · KJV
Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
Galatians 4:31 · KJV
So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Ephesians 2:10 · KJV
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 4:25 · KJV
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Ephesians 5:30 · KJV
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Philippians 3:3 · KJV
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
1 Thessalonians 5:5 · KJV
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Common questions
What does Strong's G2070 mean?
G2070 is the Greek word ἐσμέν (esmén), meaning we are.
How is G2070 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it are (47 times), we (4 times), be (1 time), being (1 time), hope (1 time), among others.
How many times does G2070 appear in the Bible?
ἐσμέν (esmén) is tagged in 51 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2070 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: first person plural indicative of G1510 (εἰμί).
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