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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Concordance 626 verses
- 1 Corinthians 9:4 ἔχομεν
Have we no right to food and to drink?
- 1 Corinthians 9:5 ἔχομεν
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
- 1 Corinthians 9:6 ἔχομεν
Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
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If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility.
- 1 Corinthians 11:4 ἔχων
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
- 1 Corinthians 11:10 ἔχειν
For this reason a woman ought to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.
- 1 Corinthians 11:16 ἔχομεν
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
- 1 Corinthians 11:22 ἔχετεἔχοντας
Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!
- 1 Corinthians 12:12 ἔχει
The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 12:21 ἔχωἔχω
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”
- 1 Corinthians 12:23 ἔχει
and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,
- 1 Corinthians 12:24 ἔχει
whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
- 1 Corinthians 12:30 ἔχουσιν
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.
- 1 Corinthians 13:2 ἔχωἔχωἔχω
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
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If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
- 1 Corinthians 14:26 ἔχειἔχειἔχειἔχειἔχει
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.
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I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34 ἔχουσιν
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
- 2 Corinthians 1:9 ἐσχήκαμεν
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
- 2 Corinthians 1:15 σχῆτε
Confident of this, I planned to visit you first, so that you might receive a double blessing.
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I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
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For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:13 ἔσχηκα
I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
- 2 Corinthians 3:4 ἔχομεν
Such confidence before God is ours through Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 3:12 Ἔχοντες
Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1 ἔχοντες
Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- 2 Corinthians 4:7 Ἔχομεν
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
- 2 Corinthians 4:13 Ἔχοντες
And in keeping with what is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 ἔχομεν
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- 2 Corinthians 5:12 ἔχητε
We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10 ἔχοντες
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 ἔχοντες
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 ἔσχηκεν
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- 2 Corinthians 8:11 ἔχειν
Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12 ἔχῃἔχει
For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- 2 Corinthians 9:8 ἔχοντες
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- 2 Corinthians 10:6 ἔχοντες
And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 ἔχοντες
Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
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See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
- Galatians 2:4 ἔχομεν
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
- Galatians 4:22 ἔσχεν
For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
- Galatians 4:27 ἐχούσης
For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
- Galatians 6:4 ἕξει
Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
- Galatians 6:10 ἔχομεν
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.
- Ephesians 1:7 ἔχομεν
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Ephesians 2:12 ἔχοντες
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Ephesians 2:18 ἔχομεν
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- Ephesians 3:12 ἔχομεν
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
- Ephesians 4:28 ἔχῃἔχοντι
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.