Greek · G1473 · unreviewed

ἐγώ

:--I, me.

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ἐγώ G1473

Pronunciation egṓ

What does ἐγώ (egṓ) mean in the Bible?

ἐγώ (egṓ) is a Greek word meaning ":--I, me.". ἐγώ, genitive, etc.

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Meaning

:--I, me.

Extended definition

of person(s) pron. I.

aThe nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Luk.3:16, al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Mat.10:16, Jhn.10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. 1Ki.3:8), Act.9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, Jhn.1:23 (LXX), Act.7:32 (LXX).

bThe enclitic forms (see supr.) are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν τ. πατρί μου, Jhn.14:20; μου τ. λόγους, Mat.7:24; ὀπίσω μου, Mat.3:11; ἰσχυρότερός μου, ib.; λέγει μοι, Rev.5:5; also with the prep. πρός, as Mrk.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 Luk.10:16, Jhn.7:23, Mrk.14:7, al. __(with) The genitive μου and ἡμῶν are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: τ. λαόν μου, Mat.2:6; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ, Mrk.9:24.

dτί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ( = Heb. מַה־לִי וָלָךְ, Jdg.11:12, al.), i.e. what have we in common: Mat.8:29, Mrk.1:24, 5:7, Luk.8:28, Jhn.2:4; τί γάρ μοι, 1Co.5:2.

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

fκἀγώ (= καὶ ἐγώ), and I, even I, I also: Mat.2:8, Luk.2:48, Jhn.6:56, Rom.3:7, 1Co.7:40, al.; κἀγώ . . . καί, both . . . and, Jhn.7:28.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:14 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:28 · Matt 5:32 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:44 · Matt 8:7 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:27 · Matt 20:15 343×

Nominative · Plural Matt 6:12 · Matt 9:14 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 28:14 · Mark 9:28 · Mark 10:28 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 3:14 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 18:28 · Luke 23:41 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:16 · John 4:22 · John 6:42 127×

Genitive · Singular Matt 2:6 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:19 · Matt 5:11 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:23 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 10:18 673×

Genitive · Plural Matt 1:23 · Matt 6:9 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 20:33 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 27:25 · Matt 28:13 · Mark 9:40 · Mark 11:10 · Mark 12:7 · Mark 12:11 400×

Dative · Singular Matt 2:8 · Matt 4:9 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:22 · Matt 9:9 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 14:8 · Matt 14:18 · Matt 15:25 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 16:24 · Matt 17:17 317×

Dative · Plural Matt 3:15 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 15:15 · Matt 15:33 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 22:17 · Matt 22:25 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 25:9 · Matt 25:11 167×

Accusative · Singular Matt 3:14 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 10:40 · Matt 11:28 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:30 · Matt 15:8 · Matt 15:9 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 16:15 · Matt 18:5 · Matt 18:6 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 18:32 378×

Accusative · Plural Matt 6:13 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 8:31 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 13:56 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 20:7 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 20:31 · Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 5:12 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 9:5 · Mark 9:22 167×

Appears In

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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.

John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus John 13 — The Servant-Lord, the Washed Disciples, and the New Command of Love John 16 — The Spirit’s Convicting Witness, the Disciples’ Sorrow Turned to Joy, and Christ’s Victory over the World John 17 — The Son’s High Priestly Prayer: Glory, Preservation, Sanctification, Unity, Mission, and Love John 18 — The Arrested King: Betrayal, Sovereign Surrender, Denial, Trial, and the Kingdom Not of This World John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship John 8 — The Light of the World, True Freedom, and the I AM Before Abraham Luke 21 — The Widow’s Gift, Jerusalem’s Fall, and Watchfulness before the Son of Man Mark 1 — The Beginning of the Gospel: The Servant-King Appears with Authority Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 28 — The Resurrection of Jesus and the Great Commission of the Risen King

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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