Bible Dictionaries
Being
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
* When not part of another verb (usually the participle), or part of a phrase, this word translates one of the following: (a) the present participle of eimi, "to be," the verb of ordinary existence; (b) the participle of ginomai, "to become," signifying origin or result; (c) the present participle of huparcho, "to exist," which always involves a preexistent state, prior to the fact referred to, and a continuance of the state after the fact. Thus in Philippians 2:6 , the phrase "who being (huparchon) in the form of God," implies His preexistent Deity, previous to His birth, and His continued Deity afterwards. In Acts 17:28 the phrase "we have our being" represents the present tense of the verb to be, "we are." Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Being'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/b/being.html. 1940.