Strong G1473ἐγώ

I/we

Transliteration
egō
Pronunciation
eg-o'
Morphology
Greek Personal Pronoun (1st person)

Definition

A primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic): - I me. For the other cases and the plural see G1691 G1698 G1700 G2248 G2249 G2254 G2257 etc.

Detailed 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 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).
__(b) The 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.
__(d) τί 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.
__(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: Mat.2:8, Luk.2:48, Jhn.6:56, Rom.3:7, 1Co.7:40, al.; κἀγώ... καί, both... and, Jhn.7:28.
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In the Bible

Strong G1473 appears in 1,880 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • me591
  • my423
  • i377
  • us302
  • our279
  • we154
  • unto108
  • mine26
  • when8
  • have5
  • be4
  • ours4

First verses

  1. Matthew 1:23
    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  2. Matthew 2:6
    And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
  3. Matthew 2:8
    And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
  4. Matthew 2:15
    And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
  5. Matthew 3:11
    I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
  6. Matthew 3:14
    But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
  7. Matthew 3:15
    And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
  8. Matthew 3:17
    And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  9. Matthew 4:9
    And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
  10. Matthew 4:19
    And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
  11. Matthew 5:11
    Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  12. Matthew 5:22
    But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
  13. Matthew 5:28
    But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  14. Matthew 5:32
    But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
  15. Matthew 5:34
    But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
  16. Matthew 5:39
    But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  17. Matthew 5:44
    But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
  18. Matthew 6:9
    After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
  19. Matthew 6:11
    Give us this day our daily bread.
  20. Matthew 6:12
    And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγώ,
I: pronoun of the first person:—Epic dialect mostly ἐγών before vowels (so in Doric dialect, before consonants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 85, 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 81, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 748, 754), rarely in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 932 (Lyric poetry))]; Boeotian dialect ἱών [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 51.4)]:— strengthened ἔγωγε, I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more frequently in Attic dialect than in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]: Doric dialect ἐγώνγα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 736, “Lys.” 986, _dative_ ἐμίνγα “IG” 22.1126.7 (Amphict. Delph.))]: Boeotian dialect ἱώνγα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 21)]; ἱώνει [Refs (Ead. 10)]; ἰώγα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 898)]: Laconian dialect and Tarentum dialect ἐγώνη, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Conjunctionibus;” 255.29.)]
II oblique cases from a different root, genitive ἐμοῦ, enclitic μο; Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἐμέο, ἐμεῦ, μευ, also ἐμέθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.525, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 177 (Lyric poetry))]; Aeolic dialect ἔμεθεν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.7; ἐμεῖο “IG” 3.1337; μεθέν 5th c.BC: Sophron Comicus 20)]; Doric dialect ἐμέος, ἐμεῦς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 144)]; Boeotian dialect ἐμοῦς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 37; also ἐμῶς, ἐμίο, ἐμίω, ἐμίως 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 74.17:)] — _dative_ ἐμοί, enclitic μοι (which may be compared with Sanskrit genitive me in κλῦθί μοι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.115, +others); ὅ μοι πόσις “Schwyzer” 683 (5th c.AD: Cypria))]; Doric dialect ἐμίν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 99, “AJA” 29.461 (Rhodian, 5th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 733, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.30)]; Tarentum dialect ἐμίνη [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Rhinthon Comicus 13: _accusative_ ἐμέ)], enclitic μ; [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Cypria μι “Inscription Cyprian dialect” 59,60 H.)]
III dual, nominative and accusative, νῶι, we two, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.34, etc.)]; accusative νῶιν Zenod.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.377)]; Attic dialect νώ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 278b (also 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.219, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.475); νῶε 5th-6th c.BC: Antimachus Colophonius Elegiacus et Epicus 39, 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 5: _genitive_, _dative_ νῶι; νῷν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 3)]; νῶι dative, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 773)]; νῶιν, ={ἡμῖν}, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.213, etc.)]
IV plural, nominative ἡμεῖς (ἡμέες falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.6, +others, rejected by 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 93.1))]; Aeolic dialect ἄμμες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.303, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 18.3, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.144)]; Doric dialect ἁμές [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 65, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 42, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 168:— _genitive_ ἡμῶν (also ἥμων 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 130.23))]; Ionic dialect ἡμέων [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.112, etc.; ἡμείων 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.170, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.46)]; Aeolic dialect ἀμμέων [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 88, “Milet.” 3 No.152.29)]; ἄμμων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]74, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 95.3)]; Doric dialect ἁμέων [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 66)]; ἁμῶν [[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus] 266, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 168, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.158)]; Cretan dialect, Boeotian dialect ἁμίων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 528.5, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 95.21:— _dative_ ἡμῖν, in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus also ἡμίν)] (ῐ) (or ἧμιν Aristarch.ad [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.214, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 95.3))]; also rarely in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 37, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 386 (uncertain))]; Aeolic dialect ἄμμῐν, ἄμμῐ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.384, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 80, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.155, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 156 (Lyric poetry), “Milet.” 3 No.152; ἄμμεσιν 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 100)]; Doric dialect also ἁμίν or ἇμιν, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 77, 78, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 347 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1081)]; with ῑ, [Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 821, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.145:— _accusative_ ἡμᾶς (also ἧμᾰς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.372))]; Ionic dialect ἡμέας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.211, “SIG” 273.25 (Milet., 4th c.BC))]; ἥμεας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.294 (cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.140))]; Aeolic dialect ἄμμε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.59, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 115)], Theocr.8.25; Doric dialect ἁμέ [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1 (Abu Simbel, 6th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 173, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 759 codices, “Lys.” 95.)]—On these dialectic varieties, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (see 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 50)] ff. (Cf. Sanskrit ahám (ἐγών), accusative plural asmā´n; for νώ cf. Sanskrit nau):—frequently in answers, as an affirmative, especially in form ἔγωγε, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1248, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 149b, etc.)]; οὗτος ἐ. here am [Refs 5th c.BC+ (I, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.26; ὅδ᾽ ἐκεῖνος ἐ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 138 (Lyric poetry))]; rarely with Article, τὸν ἐμέ myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 166a, “Sph.” 239b (but ὁ ἐ.)] the Self, the Ego, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 444))]; τίς ὢν οὗτος ὁ ἐγὼ τυγχάν; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1119a; τί ἐστι φίλο; ἄλλος ἐ. 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.166 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus)]; τί τοῦτ᾽ ἐμο; ἡμῖν τί τοῦτ᾽ ἔστ; Latin quid mea hoc refert ? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 498, etc.)]; ἐγ; in a question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1336, +others)]; ἡμεῖς the self, ἔνθα δὴ ἡμεῖς μάλιστα [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 1.1.7.)]