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GreekG1473Pronoun

ἐγώ

egō

675Occurrences
G1473Strong's #
PronounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic)

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς, of person(s) pron.
I
(a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in, But often there is no apparent emphasis; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. ); ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, (LXX), (LXX). (b) The enclitic forms are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν πατρί μου; μου λόγους; ὀπίσω μου; ἰσχυρότερός μου, ib.; λέγει μοι; also with the prep. πρός, as The full forms (ἐμοῦ, etc.) are used with the other prepositions, as δι᾽ ἐμοῦ, ἐν ἐμοί, εἰς ἐμέ, etc., also for emphasis, (with) The genitive *μου *and *ἡμῶν *are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: λαόν μου; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ. (d) *τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί *( = Heb. מַה־לִי וָלָךְ, ), i.e. what have we in common: ,; τί γάρ μοι. (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: , *κἀγώ *. . καί, both . . and.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Pronoun

Morphology Code

G:P-1

Full Description

G:P-1

Occurrences

ἐγώ appears 675 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
216
Matthew
67
Acts
66
Luke
58
1 Corinthians
40
Romans
35
2 Corinthians
32
Mark
31

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:12BSB

What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

Acts 24:19BSB

who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.

John 14:24BSB

Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

John 8:29BSB

He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

Matthew 5:34BSB

But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.