ἐγώ

egō

Greek G1473 Personal pronoun 2,585 occurrences in 1,832 verses
ἐγώ I/we

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.

(c) 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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  1. John 1:26 Ἐγὼ

    “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

  2. John 1:27 μουἐγὼ

    He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

  3. John 1:30 ἐγὼμουμουμου

    This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

  4. John 1:31 ἐγὼ

    I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

  5. John 1:33 μεμοι

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

  6. John 1:43 μοι

    The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

  7. “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

  8. John 2:4 ἐμοὶμου

    “Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

  9. John 2:16 μου

    To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

  10. His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

  11. John 2:18 ἡμῖν

    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

  12. John 3:11 ἡμῶν

    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

  13. John 3:28 μοιἐγὼ

    You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

  14. John 3:30 ἐμὲ

    He must increase; I must decrease.

  15. John 4:7 μοι

    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

  16. John 4:9 ἐμοῦ

    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

  17. John 4:10 μοι

    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

  18. John 4:12 ἡμῶνἡμῖν

    Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

  19. John 4:14 ἐγὼ

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

  20. John 4:15 μοι

    The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

  21. John 4:20 ἡμῶν

    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

  22. John 4:21 μοι

    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

  23. John 4:22 ἡμεῖς

    You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

  24. John 4:25 ἡμῖν

    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

  25. John 4:26 Ἐγώ

    Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

  26. John 4:29 μοι

    “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

  27. John 4:32 Ἐγὼ

    But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

  28. Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

  29. John 4:38 ἐγὼ

    I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

  30. John 4:39 μοι

    Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

  31. John 4:49 μου

    “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

  32. John 5:7 μεἐγὼἐμοῦ

    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

  33. John 5:11 μεμοι

    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

  34. John 5:17 μου

    But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

  35. John 5:24 μουμε

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

  36. John 5:30 ἐγὼμε

    I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

  37. John 5:31 ἐγὼμου

    If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

  38. John 5:32 ἐμοῦἐμοῦ

    There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

  39. John 5:34 ἐγὼ

    Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

  40. John 5:36 ἐγὼμοιἐμοῦμε

    But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

  41. John 5:37 μεἐμοῦ

    And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

  42. John 5:39 ἐμοῦ

    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

  43. yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

  44. John 5:43 ἐγὼμουμε

    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

  45. John 5:45 ἐγὼ

    Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

  46. John 5:46 ἐμοίἐμοῦ

    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

  47. John 6:20 Ἐγώ

    But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

  48. Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

  49. John 6:31 ἡμῶν

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

  50. John 6:32 μου

    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

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