ἔχω

echō

Greek G2192 Verb 708 occurrences in 626 verses

ἔχω to have/be

ἔχω,

[in LXX for אָצֵל (ἐχόμενος), יֵשׁ,בַּעַל, etc., 59 words in all ;]

(on the Aktionsart of the various tenses, see M, Pr., 110, 145, 150, 183), to have, as in cl., in various senses and constructions.

I. Trans.;

1. 1. to have, hold, hold fast, etc.;

(a) to hold, as, in the hand: Rev.5:8 14:6, al.; ἐν τ. χειρί, Rev.1:16 10:2, al.;

(b) of arms and clothing, = φέρω, φορέω, to bear, wear: Mat.3:4 22:12, al.; so frequently present ptcp. (LS, see word, A, I, 6; Bl., 74, 2), Mrk.11:13, Jhn.18:10, Rev.9:17, al.;

(d) to hold fast, keep: Luk.19:20; metaphorically, of the mind and conduct, Mrk.16:8 (cf. Job.21:6, Isa.13:8; Deiss., BS, 293; Field, Notes, 44f.), Jhn.14:21, Rom.1:28, 1Ti.3:9, 2Ti.1:13, Rev.6:9, al.;

(e) to involve: Heb.10:35 (LXX), Jas.1:4, 1Jn.4:18; (f) = Lat. habere (Bl., §34, 5; 73, 5), to hold, consider: with accusative and predic. ptcp., Luk.14:18; with accusative, before ὡς, Mat.14:5; εἰς (Hebraism), Mat.21:46; on (Bl., §70, 2), Mrk.11:32.

2. to have, possess;

(a) in general, with accusative of thing(s): Mat.19:22, Mrk.10:22, Luk.12:19, Jhn.10:16, 1Co.11:22, al.; of wealth or poverty, absol., ἔχειν (neg. οὐκ, μή), Mat.13:12 25:29, 2Co.8:12; ἐκ τ. ἔχειν, according to your means, 2Co.8:11;

(b) of relationship, association, and: πατέρα, Jhn.8:41; γυναῖκα (MM, xiv), 1Co.7:2; φίλον, Luk.11:5; βασιλέα, Jhn.19:15; ποιμένα, Mat.9:36; with dupl. accusative, Mat.3:9, al.;

(d) with accusative, as periphrasis of verb: μνεῖαν ἔ. (= μεμνῆσθαι), 1Th.3:6; ἀγάπην, Jhn.13:35; γνῶσιν, 1Co.8:1; πεποίθησιν, 2Co.3:4; θλίψιν, Jhn.16:33, etc. (Thayer, see word, I, 2, f., g.);

(e) of duty, necessity, etc.: ἀνάγκην, 1Co.7:37; νόμον, Jhn.19:7; ἐπιταγήν, 1Co.7:25; ἀγῶνα, Php.1:30; κρίμα, 1Ti.5:12;

(f) of complaints and disputes; κατά, with genitive of person(s), Mat.5:23, Mrk.11:25; id. before ὅτι, Rev.2:4, 20; with accusative before πρός, Act.24:19, al.;

(g) with inf.,

(α) (cl.) to be able (Field, Notes, 14): Mat.18:25, Mrk.14:8 (sc. ποιῆσαι), Luk.12:4, Act.4:14, al;

(β) of necessity (BL, §69, 4): Luk.12:50, Act.23:17-19 28:19.

II. Intrans. (BL, §53, 1), to be in a certain condition: ἑτοίμως ἔ., with inf., Act.21:13, 2Co.12:14; ἐσχάτως (which see), Mrk.5:23; κακῶς, to be ill, Mat.4:24, al.; καλῶς, Mk 16:[18]; κομψότερον, Jhn.4:52; πῶς, Act.15:36; impers., ἄλλως εἴχει, it is otherwise, 1Ti.5:25; οὕτως, Act.7:1, al.; τὸ νῦν ἔχον, as things now are (Tob.7:11), Act.24:25.

III. Mid., -ομαι, to hold oneself fast, hold on or cling to, be next to: with genitive, τ. ἐχόμενα σωτηρίας, Heb.6:9 (Rendall, in l.); ptcp., ὁ ἐχόμενος, near, next: of place, Mrk.1:38; of time, τ. ἐχομένη (ἡμέρα, expressed or understood), Luk.13:33, Act.20:15 21:26; (σαββάτῳ), Act.13:44. (Cf. ἀν-, προσ-αν-, ἀντ-, ἀπ-, ἐν-, ἐπ-, κατ-, μετ-, παρ-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπερ-, ὑπ-έχω.)

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Concordance 626 verses

Luke 12:4 ἐχόντων

I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
Luke 12:5 ἔχοντα

But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
Luke 12:17 ἔχω

So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
Luke 12:19 ἔχεις

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Luke 12:50 ἔχω

But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
Luke 13:6 εἶχέν

Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
Luke 13:11 ἔχουσα

and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
Luke 13:33 ἐχομένῃ

Nevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
Luke 14:14 ἔχουσιν

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Luke 14:18 ἔχωἔχε

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’
Luke 14:19 ἔχε

Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’
Luke 14:28 ἔχει

Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Luke 14:35 ἔχων

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Luke 15:4 ἔχων

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Luke 15:7 ἔχουσιν

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:8 ἔχουσα

Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
Luke 15:11 εἶχεν

Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.
Luke 16:1 εἶχεν

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
Luke 16:28 ἔχω

for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
Luke 16:29 Ἔχουσι

But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
Luke 17:6 ἔχετε

And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
Luke 17:7 ἔχων

Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
Luke 17:9 ἔχει

Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told?
Luke 18:22 ἔχειςἕξεις

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Luke 18:24 ἔχοντες

Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!
Luke 19:17 ἔχων

His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
Luke 19:20 εἶχον

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
Luke 19:24 ἔχοντι

Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
Luke 19:25 ἔχει

‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
Luke 19:26 ἔχοντιἔχοντοςἔχει

He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Luke 19:31 ἔχει

If anyone asks, ‘Why are you untying it?’ tell him, ‘The Lord needs it.’”
Luke 19:34 ἔχει

“The Lord needs it,” they answered.
Luke 20:24 ἔχει

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
Luke 20:28 ἔχων

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
Luke 20:33 ἔσχον

So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
Luke 21:4 εἶχεν

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
Luke 21:23 ἐχούσαις

How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
Luke 22:36 ἔχωνἔχων

“Now, however,” He told them, “the one with a purse should take it, and likewise a bag; and the one without a sword should sell his cloak and buy one.
Luke 22:37 ἔχει

For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
Luke 22:71 ἔχομεν

“Why do we need any more testimony?” they declared. “We have heard it for ourselves from His own lips.”
Luke 24:39 ἔχειἔχοντα

Look at My hands and My feet. It is I Myself. Touch Me and see—for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
Luke 24:41 Ἔχετέ

While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
John 2:3 ἔχουσιν

When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
John 2:25 εἶχεν

He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.
John 3:15 ἔχῃ

that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
John 3:16 ἔχῃ

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:29 ἔχων

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
John 3:36 ἔχει

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 4:11 ἔχειςἔχεις

“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
John 4:17 ἔχωἔχω

“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.