“(may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with G1487 (εἰ) and its comparative, as well as with other particles) be”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
(may, might, can, could, would, should, must, etc.; also with G1487 (εἰ) and its comparative, as well as with other particles) be
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to be, to exist, Jn. 1:1; 17:5; Mt. 6:30; Lk. 4:25, freq.; ἐστί[ν], it is possible, proper, Heb. 9:5; a simple linking verb (“copula”) to the subject and predicate, and therefore in itself affecting the force of the sentence only by its tense, mood, etc., Jn. 1:1; 15:1, freq.; it also forms a frequent circumlocution with the participles of the present and perfect of other verbs, Mt. 19:22; Mk. 2:6
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
the subjunctive of G1510 (εἰμί);
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“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”