Greek · Strong's G1473 · Pronoun
ἐγώ
egō
I/we
How it's translated
- i myself315
- me myself96
- me80
- and i myself33
- i myself also21
- to me myself20
- my19
- of mine12
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…
Its meaning group
Discourse Referentials › Speaker 92% of uses
Relations › Addition 7% of uses
Discourse Referentials › Speaker and Those Associated with the Speaker [exclusive and inclusive] 1% of uses
Words with a similar meaning
Between Hebrew and Greek
In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:
- אֲנִי a·ni · I 684×
- אָנֹכִי a·no·khi · I 283×
- הֵן hen · look! 147×
Where it appears
Matthewacross the New TestamentRevelation
- John216
- Matthew67
- Acts66
- Luke58
- 1 Corinthians40
- Romans35
- 2 Corinthians32
- Mark31
- Revelation31
- Galatians21
…and 16 more books.
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