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ἐγώ

egōI/weHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentPronoun2,585 occurrences27 books1,832 verses

Definition

ἐγώ, genitive, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς,

of person(s) pron.

I.

(a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Matthew 10:16, John 10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. 1 Kings 3:8), Acts 9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, John 1:23 (LXX), Acts 7:32 (LXX).

(b) The enclitic forms (see supr.) are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν τ. πατρί μου, John 14:20; μου τ. λόγους, Matthew 7:24; ὀπίσω μου, Matthew 3:11; ἰσχυρότερός μου, ib.; λέγει μοι, Revelation 5:5; also with the prep. πρός, as Mark 9:19, al. The full forms (ἐμοῦ, etc.) are used with the other prepositions, as δι᾽ ἐμοῦ, ἐν ἐμοί, εἰς ἐμέ, etc., also for emphasis, as Luke 10:16, John 7:23, Mark 14:7, al.

(with) The genitive μου and ἡμῶν are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: τ. λαόν μου, Matthew 2:6; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ, Mark 9:24.

(d) τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ( = Heb. מַה־לִי וָלָךְ, Judges 11:12, al.), i.e. what have we in common: Matthew 8:29, Mark 1:24; 5:7, Luke 8:28, John 2:4; τί γάρ μοι, 1 Corinthians 5:2.

(e) The interchange of ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς, common in π., appears in Pauline Epp. (see M, Pr., 86f., M, Th., 131f.).

(f) κἀγώ (= καὶ ἐγώ), and I, even I, I also: Matthew 2:8, Luke 2:48, John 6:56, Romans 3:7, 1 Corinthians 7:40, al.; κἀγώ . . . καί, both . . . and, John 7:28.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἐγώ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

2,585 total
  1. John 3:11ἡμῶν · our
    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
  2. John 3:28μοι; ἐγὼ · I
    You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
  3. John 3:30ἐμὲ · I
    He must increase; I must decrease.
  4. John 4:7μοι · Me
    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
  5. John 4:9ἐμοῦ · me
    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
  6. John 4:10μοι
    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  7. John 4:12ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῖν · us
    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
  8. John 4:14ἐγὼ · I
    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  9. John 4:15μοι · me
    The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
  10. John 4:20ἡμῶν · Our
    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
  11. John 4:21μοι · Me
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  12. John 4:22ἡμεῖς · we
    You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
  13. John 4:25ἡμῖν · to us
    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
  14. John 4:26Ἐγώ · I
    Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
  15. John 4:29μοι · me
    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
  16. John 4:32Ἐγὼ · I
    But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
  17. John 4:34με · Me
    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  18. John 4:38ἐγὼ · I
    I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
  19. John 4:39μοι · me
    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
  20. John 4:49μου · my
    “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
  21. John 5:7με · me; ἐγὼ · I; ἐμοῦ · me
    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
  22. John 5:11με · me; μοι · me
    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
  23. John 5:17μου · My
    But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
  24. John 5:24μου · My; με · Me
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  25. John 5:30ἐγὼ · I; με · Me
    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
  26. John 5:31ἐγὼ · I; μου · My
    If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
  27. John 5:32ἐμοῦ · Me; ἐμοῦ · Me
    There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
  28. John 5:34ἐγὼ · I
    Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
  29. John 5:36ἐγὼ · I; μοι · Me; ἐμοῦ · Me; με · Me
    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
  30. John 5:37με · Me; ἐμοῦ · Me
    And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
  31. John 5:39ἐμοῦ · Me
    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
  32. John 5:40με · Me
    …yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
  33. John 5:43ἐγὼ · I; μου · My; με · Me
    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
  34. John 5:45ἐγὼ · I
    Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
  35. John 5:46ἐμοί · Me
    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.