ὢν

on

being

the first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist (used only when emphatic):--am, have been, X it is I, was. See also εἶ, εἴην, εἶναι, εἰσί, ἦν, ἔσομαι, ἐσμέν, ἐστέ, ἐστί, κέρδος, ἴσθι, ὦ.

G1510

John 11:49 · Word #8

Lexicon G1510

Lemmaεἰμί
Transliterationeimí
Strong'sG1510
In-contextbeing
Literalbeing

Morphology V PRS ACT PTCP NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state of being
Tense PRS — Present — Ongoing or repeated action
Voice ACT — Active — The subject performs the action
Mood PTCP — Participle — A verbal adjective
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaεἰμί
Strong'sG1510

SIBI-P1 G1510-32

the being-one (present active participle, nominative masculine singular)

Rootεἰμί (eimi)
Core Meaningsto be, to exist, to be present, to happen, to belong
Semantic Rangeto exist, to be, to be present, to be in a state or condition, to belong to, to occur; as a participle, "being," "existing," "the one who is"
Conceptual SignificanceAs the fundamental verb of existence, εἰμί underlies biblical expressions of identity and divine self-revelation (e.g., "I am"). The participial form ὢν can function as a substantive title ("the One who is"), echoing themes of ongoing, self-sustaining existence central to biblical theology.
Morphological NotesGr,V,PPA,NMS = verb, present tense (ongoing), active voice, participle, nominative masculine singular. From εἰμί (to be). Other listed forms (e.g., ὃν, ὧν) belong to the relative pronoun ὅς (G3739), accusative masculine singular or genitive plural, but ὢν specifically parses as a present active participle of εἰμί.
Rendering RationaleThe form ὢν is the present active participle of εἰμί, nominative masculine singular, indicating ongoing existence or state. "The being-one" preserves the durative present sense (ongoing being) and reflects its masculine singular nominative form, often functioning substantivally as a title or identifier.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root εἰμί (to be, to exist, to be present, to happen, to belong)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G1510-02 ei you are (existing)
G1510-03 eie may he/she/it be
G1510-04 eimi I am (I exist)

Word Usage (2460 occurrences of G1510)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:18 ἦν en was
Matthew 1:19 ὢν on being
Matthew 1:20 ἐστιν estin is
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