“might (could, would, or should) be”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
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might (could, would, or should) 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
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Etymology
optative (i.e. English subjunctive) present of G1510 (εἰμί) (including the other person);
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