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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. 2 Corinthians 1:20ἡμῶν · is spoken
    For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
  2. 2 Corinthians 1:21ἡμᾶς · [both] us; ἡμᾶς · us
    Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
  3. 2 Corinthians 1:22ἡμᾶς · on us; ἡμῶν · our
    …placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
  4. 2 Corinthians 1:23Ἐγὼ · I
    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
  5. 2 Corinthians 2:2ἐγὼ · I; με · me; ἐμοῦ · I
    For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
  6. 2 Corinthians 2:3με · me
    I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
  7. 2 Corinthians 2:5ἐμὲ · me
    Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
  8. 2 Corinthians 2:10ἐγὼ · I
    If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
  9. 2 Corinthians 2:12μοι · for me
    Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,
  10. 2 Corinthians 2:13μου · my; με · [because] I; μου · my
    I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
  11. 2 Corinthians 2:14ἡμᾶς; ἡμῶν · us
    But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
  12. 2 Corinthians 3:2ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῶν · our
    You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.
  13. 2 Corinthians 3:3ἡμῶν
    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  14. 2 Corinthians 3:5ἡμῶν · our
    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
  15. 2 Corinthians 3:6ἡμᾶς · us
    And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  16. 2 Corinthians 3:18ἡμεῖς · we, [who]
    And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  17. 2 Corinthians 4:3ἡμῶν · our
    And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  18. 2 Corinthians 4:6ἡμῶν · our
    For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  19. 2 Corinthians 4:7ἡμῶν · us
    Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
  20. 2 Corinthians 4:10ἡμῶν · our
    We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  21. 2 Corinthians 4:11ἡμεῖς · we; ἡμῶν · our
    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
  22. 2 Corinthians 4:12ἡμῖν · us
    So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
  23. 2 Corinthians 4:13ἡμεῖς · we
    And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
  24. 2 Corinthians 4:14ἡμᾶς
    …knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
  25. 2 Corinthians 4:16ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῶν · our
    Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
  26. 2 Corinthians 4:17ἡμῶν · our; ἡμῖν · for us
    For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  27. 2 Corinthians 4:18ἡμῶν · [So] we
    So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
  28. 2 Corinthians 5:1ἡμῶν · we
    For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
  29. 2 Corinthians 5:2ἡμῶν · our
    For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
  30. 2 Corinthians 5:5ἡμᾶς · us; ἡμῖν · us
    And it is God who has prepared us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a pledge of what is to come.
  31. 2 Corinthians 5:10ἡμᾶς · we
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
  32. 2 Corinthians 5:12ἡμῶν · us
    We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
  33. 2 Corinthians 5:14ἡμᾶς · us
    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  34. 2 Corinthians 5:16ἡμεῖς · we
    So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
  35. 2 Corinthians 5:18ἡμᾶς · us; ἡμῖν · us
    All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
  36. 2 Corinthians 5:19ἡμῖν · us
    …that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  37. 2 Corinthians 5:20ἡμῶν · us
    Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.