ἐγώ
egō
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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- Acts 21:12 ἡμεῖς
When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
- Acts 21:13 μουἐγὼ
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Acts 21:16 ἡμῖν
Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
- Acts 21:17 ἡμῶνἡμᾶς
When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
- Acts 21:18 ἡμῖν
The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
- Acts 21:23 ἡμῖν
Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
- Acts 21:25 ἡμεῖς
As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
- Acts 21:37 μοι
As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
- Acts 21:39 Ἐγὼμοι
But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
- Acts 22:1 μου
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Acts 22:3 Ἐγώ
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.
- Acts 22:5 μοι
as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.
- Acts 22:6 μοιἐμέ
About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
- Acts 22:7 μοιμε
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
- Acts 22:8 ἘγὼἐμέἘγώ
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
- Acts 22:9 ἐμοὶμοι
My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Acts 22:10 με
Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
- Acts 22:11 μοι
Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.
- Acts 22:13 ἐμὲμοι
came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.
- Acts 22:14 ἡμῶν
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Acts 22:17 μοιμουμε
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
- Acts 22:18 μοιἐμοῦ
and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
- Acts 22:19 ἐγὼ
‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
- Acts 22:21 μεἐγὼ
Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Acts 22:27 μοι
The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
- Acts 22:28 ἘγὼἘγὼ
“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
- Acts 23:1 ἐγὼ
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
- Acts 23:3 μεμε
Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
- Acts 23:6 ἐγὼἐγὼ
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 23:11 ἐμοῦ
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Acts 23:15 ἡμεῖς
Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”
- Acts 23:18 με
So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
- Acts 23:19 μοι
The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”
- Acts 23:22 ἐμέ
So the commander dismissed the young man and instructed him, “Do not tell anyone that you have reported this to me.”
- Acts 23:30 μοι
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
- Acts 24:4 ἡμῶν
But in order not to burden you any further, I beg your indulgence to hear us briefly.
- Acts 24:8 ἡμεῖς
By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”
- Acts 24:11 μοι
You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship.
- Acts 24:12 με
Yet my accusers did not find me debating with anyone in the temple or riling up a crowd in the synagogues or in the city.
- Acts 24:13 μου
Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.
- Acts 24:17 μου
After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
- Acts 24:18 με
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
- Acts 24:19 ἐμέ
who ought to appear before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
- Acts 24:20 μου
Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,
- Acts 24:21 ἐγὼ
unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
- Acts 25:9 ἐμοῦ
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
- Acts 25:10 με
Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
- Acts 25:11 μουμε
If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
- Acts 25:15 μου
While I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and elders of the Jews presented their case and requested a judgment against him.
- Acts 25:18 ἐγὼ
But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
