ἐγώ
:--I, me. · I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἐγώ G1473 :--I, me.
εἰμί G1510 I exist (used only when emphatic)
What does ἐγώ (egṓ) mean in the Bible?
ἐγώ · εἰμί is a Greek word meaning ":--I, me.". :--I, me. Affirms ongoing covenant life. This term runs through the canonical themes of Covenant, Revelation.
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Meaning
Why This Word Matters
Affirms ongoing covenant life.
Echoes divine identity language.
Echoes divine self-revelation.
Echoes divine self-identification; affirms sovereign identity.
Echoes divine name and asserts sovereign identity.
Echoes divine self-identification in Exodus 3:14. John 13:18–30
Echoes divine name revelation in Exodus 3:14. John 4:1–26
Echoes divine self-identification; central to belief. John 6:16–21
Direct echo of divine name revealed in Exodus 3:14.
Affirms divine identity amid unfolding betrayal.
Expresses self-revelation of Messiahship.
Reveals divine identity and authority.
Echoes divine self-identification.
Affirms divine self-existence.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Canonical Themes
Biblical Occurrences
Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.
Additional Occurrences
Word Pictures (Robertson)
A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.
A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain