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egō G1473

ἐγώ (egō) means “I/we” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐγώ Greek · G1473 836 tagged occurrences in 654 verses

Pronunciation guide: eg-o' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G1473

ἐγώ · egō · I/we

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. (with) 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. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I, the first-person pronoun.

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How translators render G1473

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
me 612
my 467
i 365
us 261
our 235
we 136
of our 52
to me 52
to us 26
for us 23
vvv 22
for me 16
i am 15
of my 13
of us 10
of mine 7
with me 7
with us 6
of me 5
to my 5
in me 4
mine 4
ours 4
on me 3
than i 3
that i 3
will i 3
am i 2
and we 2
by my 2
me that does it 2
me to stumble 2
on our behalf 2
we exist 2
when i 2
while we 2
about me 1
against me 1
against us 1
as for me 1
as i 1
as ours 1
as surely as i 1
as we 1
at my side 1
at us 1
because i 1
before me 1
both us 1
business of mine is it 1
but i 1
but our 1
by us 1
could we find 1
do i 1
do we 1
does our 1
for both us 1
for my 1
from me 1
have i 1
he did to us 1
his 1
i do 1
i do not have 1
i face 1
i had 1
i myself 1
i still have 1
i was 1
i will 1
if we 1
in my 1
in my apostleship 1
in our 1
is spoken 1
it is my 1
it is to us 1
it is we 1
it was i 1
let us 1
may our 1
me again 1
me alone 1
me discuss 1
me on my journey 1
me say 1
me to it 1
my example 1
my own 1
my tax 1
myself 1
of 1
of our lives 1
of the body 1
on my behalf 1
on our 1
on us 1
our behalf 1
our instruction 1
our own 1
over to me 1
should my 1
since we 1
sir 1
so we 1
that we 1
the 1
the rest of us 1
then make my 1
to our 1
to us about this 1
to us as well 1
to us who 1
us to be 1
want with me 1
we are 1
we are one 1
we do it for a crown 1
we have 1
we have only 1
we must give 1
we ourselves 1
we should go 1
we who 1
we who are 1
when we 1
while 1
while i 1
who has been a mother to me 1
whom we 1
will we escape 1
your 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
me 646
my 500
i 398
us 306
our 249
we 146
unto me 67
of our 48
unto us 36
to me 30
mine 17
of me 16
for us 14
to us 13
of us 12
with me 11
of my 10
for me 7
with us 6
on me 5
mine own 4
of mine 4
ours 4
that i 4
when i 4
as we 3
my sake 3
on us 3
that we 3
unto my 3
when we 3
as i 2
have i 2
in me 2
our sakes 2
to my 2
unto our 2
upon me 2
us-ward 2
we have 2
while i 2
you 2
are we 1
as we are 1
at me 1
because i 1
by me 1
do i 1
from 1
have we 1
have we to do 1
in our 1
is my 1
love 1
my face 1
myself 1
now 1
on mine 1
on our 1
our behalf 1
our company 1
should we have 1
so great 1
than i 1
that i am 1
thou me 1
though i 1
to awake 1
to our 1
upon us 1
we ourselves 1
we to do 1
which concern mine 1
while we 1
with our 1

Verses containing G1473

Page 10 of 14. 654 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Romans 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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  2. Romans 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.

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  3. Romans 16:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

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  4. Romans 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.

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  5. Romans 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.

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  6. Romans 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”

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  8. 1 Corinthians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

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  9. 1 Corinthians 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

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  12. 1 Corinthians 3:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?

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  13. 1 Corinthians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 4:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

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  15. 1 Corinthians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.

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  16. 1 Corinthians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.

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  17. 1 Corinthians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

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  18. 1 Corinthians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

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  20. 1 Corinthians 6:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

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  22. 1 Corinthians 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 7:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 9:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

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  28. 1 Corinthians 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?

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  29. 1 Corinthians 9:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.

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  32. 1 Corinthians 10:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

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  33. 1 Corinthians 10:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

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  34. 1 Corinthians 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

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  35. 1 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

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  36. 1 Corinthians 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

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  37. 1 Corinthians 11:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”

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  38. 1 Corinthians 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

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  39. 1 Corinthians 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

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  40. 1 Corinthians 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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  41. 1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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  42. 1 Corinthians 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

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  43. 1 Corinthians 16:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And if it is advisable for me to go also, they can travel with me.

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  44. 1 Corinthians 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.

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  45. 1 Corinthians 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they refreshed my spirit and yours as well. Show your appreciation, therefore, to such men.

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  46. 1 Corinthians 16:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This greeting is in my own hand—Paul.

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  47. 2 Corinthians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?

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  48. 2 Corinthians 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

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  49. 2 Corinthians 1:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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  50. 2 Corinthians 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.

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