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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 5:21ἡμῶν · on our behalf; ἡμεῖς · we
    God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:11ἡμῶν · We; ἡμῶν · Our
    We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide.
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:12ἡμῖν · our
    It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
  4. 2 Corinthians 6:16ἡμεῖς · we; μου · My
    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:18μοι · My
    And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
  6. 2 Corinthians 7:2ἡμᾶς
    Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
  7. 2 Corinthians 7:3ἡμῶν · our
    I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
  8. 2 Corinthians 7:4μοι · my; μοι · my; ἡμῶν · our
    Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.
  9. 2 Corinthians 7:5ἡμῶν · we; ἡμῶν · our
    For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
  10. 2 Corinthians 7:6ἡμᾶς · us
    But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
  11. 2 Corinthians 7:7ἡμῖν; ἐμοῦ · me; με · I
    …and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
  12. 2 Corinthians 7:9ἡμῶν · us
    …yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.
  13. 2 Corinthians 7:12ἡμῶν
    So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.
  14. 2 Corinthians 7:13ἡμῶν · our
    On account of this, we are encouraged. In addition to our own encouragement, we were even more delighted by the joy of Titus. For his spirit has been refreshed by all of you.
  15. 2 Corinthians 7:14ἡμῶν · our
    Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
  16. 2 Corinthians 8:4ἡμῶν · with us
    …they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
  17. 2 Corinthians 8:5ἡμῖν · to us
    And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, through the will of God.
  18. 2 Corinthians 8:6ἡμᾶς · we
    So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.
  19. 2 Corinthians 8:7ἡμῶν · we
    But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
  20. 2 Corinthians 8:9ἡμῶν · of our
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  21. 2 Corinthians 8:19ἡμῶν · us; ἡμῶν · we; ἡμῶν · our
    More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the gracious offering we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.
  22. 2 Corinthians 8:20ἡμᾶς; ἡμῶν · we
    We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.
  23. 2 Corinthians 8:22ἡμῶν · our
    And we are sending along with them our brother who has proven his earnestness to us many times and in many ways, and now even more so by his great confidence in you.
  24. 2 Corinthians 8:23ἡμῶν · our
    As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
  25. 2 Corinthians 8:24ἡμῶν
    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
  26. 2 Corinthians 9:1μοί · for me
    Now about the service to the saints, there is no need for me to write to you.
  27. 2 Corinthians 9:3ἡμῶν · our
    But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
  28. 2 Corinthians 9:4ἐμοὶ · me; ἡμεῖς · we
    Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
  29. 2 Corinthians 9:11ἡμῶν · us
    You will be enriched in every way to be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will produce thanksgiving to God.
  30. 2 Corinthians 10:1ἐγὼ · I
    Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
  31. 2 Corinthians 10:2ἡμᾶς · we
    I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
  32. 2 Corinthians 10:4ἡμῶν · our
    The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
  33. 2 Corinthians 10:7ἡμεῖς · we
    You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
  34. 2 Corinthians 10:8ἡμῶν · us
    For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
  35. 2 Corinthians 10:13ἡμεῖς · We; ἡμῖν · to us
    We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
  36. 2 Corinthians 10:15ἡμῶν · our
    Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
  37. 2 Corinthians 11:1μου · of my
    I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.