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.;

(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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  1. John 15:22 εἴχοσανἔχουσιν

    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

  2. John 15:24 εἴχοσαν

    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

  3. John 16:12 ἔχω

    I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

  4. John 16:15 ἔχει

    Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

  5. John 16:21 ἔχει

    A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

  6. John 16:22 ἔχετε

    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

  7. John 16:30 ἔχεις

    Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

  8. John 16:33 ἔχητεἔχετε

    I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

  9. John 17:5 εἶχον

    And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

  10. John 17:13 ἔχωσιν

    But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

  11. John 18:10 ἔχων

    Then Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

  12. John 19:7 ἔχομεν

    “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

  13. John 19:10 ἔχωἔχω

    So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”

  14. John 19:11 εἶχεςἔχει

    Jesus answered, “You would have no authority over Me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed Me over to you is guilty of greater sin.”

  15. John 19:15 ἔχομεν

    At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.

  16. John 20:31 ἔχητε

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

  17. John 21:5 ἔχετε

    So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.

  18. Acts 1:12 ἔχον

    Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

  19. Acts 2:44 εἶχον

    All the believers were together and had everything in common.

  20. Acts 2:45 εἶχεν

    Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

  21. Acts 2:47 ἔχοντες

    praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

  22. Acts 3:6 ἔχω

    But Peter said, “Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!”

  23. Acts 4:14 εἶχον

    And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.

  24. Acts 4:35 εἶχεν

    and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.

  25. Acts 7:1 ἔχει

    Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

  26. Acts 8:7 ἐχόντων

    With loud shrieks, unclean spirits came out of many who were possessed, and many of the paralyzed and lame were healed.

  27. Acts 9:14 ἔχει

    And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”

  28. Acts 9:31 εἶχεν

    Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

  29. Acts 11:3 ἔχοντας

    and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

  30. Acts 12:15 ἔχειν

    “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

  31. Acts 13:5 εἶχον

    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

  32. Acts 14:9 ἔχει

    This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

  33. Acts 15:21 ἔχει

    For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

  34. Acts 15:36 ἔχουσιν

    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”

  35. Acts 16:16 ἔχουσαν

    One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.

  36. Acts 17:11 ἔχοι

    Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

  37. Acts 18:18 εἶχεν

    Paul remained in Corinth for quite some time before saying goodbye to the brothers. He had his head shaved in Cenchrea to keep a vow he had made, and then he sailed for Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila.

  38. Acts 19:13 ἔχοντας

    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

  39. Acts 19:38 ἔχουσι

    So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

  40. Acts 20:15 ἐχομένῃ

    Sailing on from there, we arrived the next day opposite Chios. The day after that we arrived at Samos, and on the following day we came to Miletus.

  41. Acts 21:13 ἔχω

    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.”

  42. Acts 21:23 ἔχοντες

    Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.

  43. Acts 21:26 ἐχομένῃ

    So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

  44. Acts 23:17 ἔχει

    Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

  45. Acts 23:18 ἔχοντά

    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.”

  46. Acts 23:19 ἔχεις

    The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside, and asked, “What do you need to tell me?”

  47. Acts 23:25 ἔχουσαν

    And he wrote the following letter:

  48. Acts 23:29 ἔχοντα

    I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

  49. Acts 24:9 ἔχειν

    The Jews concurred, asserting that these charges were true.

  50. Acts 24:15 ἔχων

    and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

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