1. Prepositions & eivmi

2. Preposition: A word that indicates relationship between to words
Those who dwell on the earth
The ball went over his head
John came with his disciples
John came before Jesus

3. Prepositions
The meaning of a preposition depends upon the case of its object
Prepositions are not inflected – they always look the same way

4. Singular Plural eivmi evsme,n eiv evste, evsti,(n) eivsi,n 1st Person
2nd Person
eiv
evste,
3rd Person
evsti,(n)
eivsi,n

5. evste,

6. evsti,

7. eiv

8. eivsi,n

9. evsme,n

10. eivmi

11. Qeon evsti, o` kurioj

12. kai. ga.r evgw. a;nqrwpo,j eivmi u`po. evxousi,an
(Luke 7:8)

13. Ei=pen auvtoi/j o` VIhsou/j( VAmh. n avmh. n le,gw u`mi/n( pri
Ei=pen auvtoi/j o` VIhsou/j( VAmh.n avmh.n le,gw u`mi/n( pri.n VAbraa.m gene,sqai( evgw. eivmiÅ
(He said)
(I say)
(Before)
(Became)
(John 8:58)

14. ou-toi, eivsin ui`oi. qeou/
(Romans 8:14 – Textus Receptus)
ou-toi ui`oi. qeou/ eivsin
(Romans 8:14 – Older Manuscripts)

15. Pa,ntej ga. r ui`oi. qeou/ evste dia
Pa,ntej ga.r ui`oi. qeou/ evste dia. th/j pi,stewj evn Cristw/| VIhsou/\
All
(Nominative)
(Galatians
3:26)

16. u`mei/j evste oi` ui`oi. tw/n profhtw/n
You all
(Nom Plural)
(Acts 3:25)

17. Naqanah,l kai. le,gei auvtw/|( ~Rabbi,( su. ei= o` ui`o
Naqanah,l kai. le,gei auvtw/|( ~Rabbi,( su. ei= o` ui`o.j tou/ qeou/( su. ei= o` basileu.j tou/ VIsrah,lÅ
He said
“King”
(John 1:49)

18. su. ei= o` cristo.j o` ui`o.j tou/ qeou/ tou/ zw/ntojÅ
“living”
(Matthew 16:16)

19. o` path,r mou evsti,n evn toi/j ouvranoi/j

20. New Vocabulary

21. avlla,
But, yet, except

22. avpo,
From

23. dia,
Genative: Through
Accusative: On account of

24. eivmi,
I am

25. evk or evx
Out of

26. h`me,ra
Day

27. hvn
He/she/it was

28. qalassa
Sea

29. qanatoj
Death

30. i[na
In order that

31. `Iwa,nnhj
John

32. le,gw
I say

33. meta,
Genitive: With
Accusative: After

34. oivki,a
House

35. oi=koj
House

36. o;cloj
Multitude

37. para,
Gen: From
Dat: Beside, in the presence of
Accus: Alongside of

38. parabolh,
Parable

39. Pro,j
Toward, with

40. u`po,
Gen: by
Accus: Under

41. h=n
He was