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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. Romans 1:8μου · my
    First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
  2. Romans 1:9μού · my; μου · my
    God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
  3. Romans 1:10μου · my
    …in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
  4. Romans 1:12ἐμοῦ · I
    …that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
  5. Romans 1:15ἐμὲ · I
    That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
  6. Romans 2:16μου · my
    …on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
  7. Romans 3:5ἡμῶν · our
    But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
  8. Romans 3:8ἡμᾶς · we
    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  9. Romans 4:1ἡμῶν · our
    What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
  10. Romans 4:12ἡμῶν · our
    And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  11. Romans 4:16ἡμῶν · of us
    Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
  12. Romans 4:24ἡμᾶς · us; ἡμῶν · our
    …but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
  13. Romans 4:25ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῶν · our
    He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
  14. Romans 5:1ἡμῶν · our
    Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  15. Romans 5:5ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῖν · us
    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  16. Romans 5:6ἡμῶν · while
    For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
  17. Romans 5:8ἡμᾶς · us; ἡμῶν · While we; ἡμῶν · us
    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  18. Romans 5:11ἡμῶν · our
    Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  19. Romans 5:21ἡμῶν · our
    …so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  20. Romans 6:4ἡμεῖς · we
    We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
  21. Romans 6:6ἡμῶν · our; ἡμᾶς · [that] we
    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
  22. Romans 6:23ἡμῶν · our
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  23. Romans 7:4μου · my
    Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  24. Romans 7:5ἡμῶν · our
    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
  25. Romans 7:6ἡμᾶς · we
    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  26. Romans 7:8ἐμοὶ · me
    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
  27. Romans 7:9Ἐγὼ · I; ἐγὼ · I
    Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
  28. Romans 7:10μοι · I
    So I discovered that the very commandment that was meant to bring life actually brought death.
  29. Romans 7:11με · me
    For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
  30. Romans 7:13ἐμοὶ · to me; μοι · in me
    Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
  31. Romans 7:14ἐγὼ · I
    We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  32. Romans 7:17ἐγὼ · I; ἐμοὶ · me [ that does it ]
    In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  33. Romans 7:18ἐμοί · me; μου · my; μοι · I
    I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
  34. Romans 7:20ἐγὼ · I; ἐγὼ · I; ἐμοὶ · me [ that does it ]
    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  35. Romans 7:21ἐμοὶ · When I; ἐμοὶ · me
    So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.