Egō ἐγώ

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Egō
ἐγώ
Transliterationegō
Strong's numberG1473
LanguageGreek
Part of speechpersonal pronoun
GlossI/we
Occurrences865 in 676 verses
Most frequent inJohn (216)

Egō (Greek ἐγώ, Strong's G1473) is a Greek personal pronoun meaning “I/we”. It occurs 865 times in 676 verses of the New Testament.

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.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVi (364), my (3), me (2), do i (1), am (1)
BSBme (711), my (493), i (394), us (338), our (291), we (157), mine (11), ours (5), i am (4), than i (3), our behalf (3), could we (1), and 27 other renderings

Verses

Egō occurs in 676 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (67): 2:8, 3:11, 3:14, 5:11, 5:22, 5:28, 5:32, 5:34, 5:39, 5:44, 7:23, 8:7, 8:9, 10:16, 10:18, 10:32, 10:33, 10:37, 10:39, 10:40, 11:6, 11:10, 11:28, 11:29, 12:27, 12:28, 12:30, 14:27, 15:5, 15:8, 16:18, 16:23, 16:25, 17:27, 18:5, 18:6, 18:20, 18:21, 18:26, 18:29, 18:33, 20:15, 20:22, 20:23, 21:24, 21:27, 21:30, 22:32, 23:34, 24:5, 25:27, 25:40, 25:41, 25:45, 26:10, 26:11, 26:15, 26:22, 26:23, 26:25, 26:31, 26:33, 26:38, 26:39, 26:40, 26:42, 28:20

Mark (31): 1:2, 1:8, 5:7, 6:16, 6:50, 7:6, 7:11, 8:35, 8:38, 9:25, 9:37, 9:42, 10:29, 10:38, 10:39, 10:40, 11:29, 11:33, 12:26, 13:6, 13:9, 14:6, 14:7, 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:27, 14:29, 14:36, 14:58, 14:62

Luke (58): 1:3, 1:18, 1:19, 1:43, 2:48, 3:16, 4:6, 4:7, 4:18, 5:8, 7:7, 7:8, 7:23, 7:27, 8:28, 8:46, 9:9, 9:24, 9:26, 9:48, 10:3, 10:16, 10:35, 11:7, 11:9, 11:19, 11:20, 11:23, 12:8, 12:13, 13:27, 15:17, 15:29, 15:31, 16:3, 16:9, 19:22, 19:23, 20:3, 20:8, 21:8, 21:15, 22:19, 22:21, 22:27, 22:28, 22:29, 22:32, 22:37, 22:42, 22:53, 22:70, 23:14, 23:28, 23:43, 24:39, 24:44, 24:49

John (216): 1:20, 1:23, 1:26, 1:27, 1:30, 1:31, 1:33, 1:34, 2:4, 3:28, 3:29, 3:30, 4:9, 4:14, 4:26, 4:32, 4:34, 4:38, 5:7, 5:17, 5:30, 5:31, 5:32, 5:34, 5:36, 5:37, 5:39, 5:43, 5:45, 5:46, 5:47, 6:20, 6:35, 6:37, 6:38, 6:40, 6:41, 6:44, 6:45, 6:47, 6:48, 6:51, 6:54, 6:56, 6:57, 6:63, 6:70, 7:6, 7:7, 7:8, 7:16, 7:17, 7:23, 7:28, 7:29, 7:34, 7:36, 7:38, 8:11, 8:12, 8:14, 8:15, 8:16, 8:18, 8:19, 8:21, 8:22, 8:23, 8:24, 8:26, 8:28, 8:29, 8:31, 8:37, 8:38, 8:42, 8:43, 8:45, 8:49, 8:50, 8:51, 8:54, 8:55, 8:56, 8:58, 9:9, 9:39, 10:7, 10:8, 10:9, 10:10, 10:11, 10:14, 10:15, 10:17, 10:18, 10:25, 10:26, 10:27, 10:28, 10:30, 10:32, 10:34, 10:38, 11:25, 11:26, 11:27, 11:42, 12:8, 12:26, 12:30, 12:32, 12:44, 12:45, 12:46, 12:47, 12:48, 12:49, 12:50, 13:7, 13:8, 13:14, 13:15, 13:18, 13:19, 13:20, 13:26, 13:33, 13:35, 13:38, 14:1, 14:3, 14:4, 14:6, 14:9, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:14, 14:15, 14:16, 14:19, 14:20, 14:21, 14:24, 14:26, 14:27, 14:28, 14:30, 15:1, 15:2, 15:4, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:11, 15:12, 15:14, 15:16, 15:18, 15:19, 15:20, 15:23, 15:24, 15:26, 15:27, 16:3, 16:4, 16:7, 16:9, 16:14, 16:15, 16:16, 16:17, 16:23, 16:26, 16:27, 16:32, 16:33, 17:4, 17:6, 17:9, 17:10, 17:11, 17:12, 17:13, 17:14, 17:16, 17:18, 17:19, 17:20, 17:21, 17:22, 17:23, 17:24, 17:25, 17:26, 18:5, 18:6, 18:8, 18:20, 18:21, 18:26, 18:34, 18:35, 18:36, 18:37, 18:38, 19:6, 19:10, 19:11, 20:15, 20:21

Acts (66): 2:11, 3:22, 7:7, 7:32, 7:37, 8:19, 8:24, 9:5, 9:10, 9:16, 10:20, 10:21, 10:26, 10:28, 11:5, 11:12, 11:17, 13:25, 13:33, 13:41, 15:19, 17:3, 17:23, 18:6, 18:10, 18:15, 20:22, 20:24, 20:25, 20:29, 20:34, 21:13, 21:39, 22:3, 22:6, 22:8, 22:9, 22:13, 22:18, 22:19, 22:21, 22:28, 23:1, 23:6, 23:11, 24:6, 24:10, 24:19, 24:20, 24:21, 25:9, 25:18, 25:20, 25:25, 26:2, 26:5, 26:9, 26:10, 26:13, 26:15, 26:17, 26:18, 26:29, 27:23, 28:17, 28:18

Romans (36): 1:12, 1:15, 3:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:10, 7:13, 7:14, 7:17, 7:18, 7:20, 7:21, 7:24, 7:25, 9:3, 10:1, 10:19, 10:20, 11:1, 11:3, 11:4, 11:13, 11:19, 11:27, 12:19, 14:11, 15:3, 15:4, 15:14, 15:18, 15:30, 16:2, 16:4, 16:7, 16:13, 16:22

1 Corinthians (40): 1:12, 1:15, 2:1, 2:3, 3:1, 3:4, 3:6, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:15, 5:3, 5:4, 6:12, 7:7, 7:8, 7:10, 7:12, 7:28, 7:40, 9:3, 9:6, 9:15, 9:19, 9:26, 10:30, 10:33, 11:1, 11:23, 11:24, 11:25, 14:11, 15:8, 15:9, 15:10, 15:11, 16:4, 16:10, 16:18, 16:21

2 Corinthians (32): 1:17, 1:19, 1:23, 2:1, 2:2, 2:3, 2:5, 2:10, 6:17, 7:7, 8:23, 9:4, 10:1, 11:7, 11:9, 11:10, 11:16, 11:18, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:29, 12:5, 12:6, 12:8, 12:9, 12:11, 12:13, 12:15, 12:16, 12:20, 13:3

Galatians (21): 1:2, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:24, 2:3, 2:6, 2:8, 2:9, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 4:12, 5:2, 5:10, 5:11, 6:11, 6:14, 6:17

Ephesians (7): 1:15, 3:1, 3:8, 4:1, 5:32, 6:19, 6:21

Philippians (19): 1:7, 1:12, 1:21, 1:26, 1:30, 2:16, 2:19, 2:22, 2:23, 2:27, 2:28, 3:1, 3:4, 3:9, 3:13, 4:9, 4:10, 4:11, 4:21

Colossians (5): 1:23, 1:25, 1:29, 4:7, 4:18

1 Thessalonians (2): 2:18, 3:5

2 Thessalonians (1): 3:17

1 Timothy (4): 1:11, 1:15, 1:16, 2:7

2 Timothy (10): 1:8, 1:11, 1:13, 2:2, 4:1, 4:6, 4:8, 4:11, 4:15, 4:17

Titus (4): 1:3, 1:5, 3:14, 3:15

Philemon (9): 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 1:19, 1:20

Hebrews (8): 1:5, 2:13, 5:5, 8:9, 10:7, 10:30, 12:26, 13:6

James (1): 2:18

1 Peter (1): 1:16

2 Peter (2): 1:15, 1:17

1 John (2): 1:3, 2:2

2 John (1): 1:1

3 John (2): 1:1, 1:4

Revelation (31): 1:8, 1:9, 1:11, 1:12, 1:17, 2:6, 2:20, 2:22, 2:23, 2:28, 3:4, 3:9, 3:10, 3:18, 3:19, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 5:4, 10:8, 17:1, 17:7, 21:2, 21:6, 21:9, 21:15, 22:8, 22:12, 22:13, 22:16, 22:18

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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