ἔχω
echō
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.;
(c) of a woman, ἐν γαστρὶ ἔ, to be with child: Mrk.13:17, Rom.9:10;
(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.;
(c) of parts or members: ὦτα, Mat.19:15; μέλη, Rom.12:4; θεμελίους,
(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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- John 4:18 ἔσχεςἔχεις
In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
- John 4:32 ἔχω
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
- John 4:44 ἔχει
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
- John 4:52 ἔσχεν
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
- John 5:2 ἔχουσα
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
- John 5:5 ἔχων
One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
- John 5:6 ἔχει
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
- John 5:7 ἔχω
“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.”
- John 5:24 ἔχει
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.
- John 5:26 ἔχειἔχειν
For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
- John 5:36 ἔχω
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.
- John 5:38 ἔχετε
nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
- John 5:39 ἔχειν
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
- John 5:40 ἔχητε
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
- John 5:42 ἔχετε
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
- John 6:9 ἔχει
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
- John 6:40 ἔχῃ
For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 6:47 ἔχει
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- John 6:53 ἔχετε
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- John 6:54 ἔχει
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:68 ἔχεις
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 7:20 ἔχεις
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
- John 8:6 ἔχωσιν
They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
- John 8:12 ἕξει
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 8:26 ἔχω
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
- John 8:41 ἔχομεν
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
- John 8:48 ἔχεις
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
- John 8:49 ἔχω
“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
- John 8:52 ἔχεις
“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
- John 8:57 ἔχεις
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
- John 9:21 ἔχει
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
- John 9:23 ἔχει
That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
- John 9:41 εἴχετε
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
- John 10:10 ἔχωσινἔχωσιν
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
- John 10:16 ἔχω
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- John 10:18 ἔχωἔχω
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- John 10:20 ἔχει
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
- John 11:17 ἔχοντα
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
- John 12:6 ἔχων
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
- John 12:8 ἔχετεἔχετε
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- John 12:35 ἔχετε
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- John 12:36 ἔχετε
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
- John 12:48 ἔχει
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
- John 13:8 ἔχεις
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
- John 13:10 ἔχει
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
- John 13:29 εἶχενἔχομεν
Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
- John 13:35 ἔχητε
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 14:21 ἔχων
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- John 14:30 ἔχει
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
- John 15:13 ἔχει
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.