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

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2 Corinthians 2:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?
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2 Corinthians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be grieved 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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2 Corinthians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
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2 Corinthians 2:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And if I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven it in the presence of Christ for your sake,
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2 Corinthians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
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2 Corinthians 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.
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2 Corinthians 8:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, the glory of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.
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2 Corinthians 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
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2 Corinthians 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?
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2 Corinthians 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.
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2 Corinthians 11:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.
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2 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
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2 Corinthians 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
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2 Corinthians 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
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2 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.
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2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
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2 Corinthians 11:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
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2 Corinthians 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
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2 Corinthians 12:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
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2 Corinthians 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
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2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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2 Corinthians 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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2 Corinthians 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
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2 Corinthians 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
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2 Corinthians 12:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
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2 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.
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Galatians 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and all the brothers with me, To the churches of Galatia:
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Galatians 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
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Galatians 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
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Galatians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
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Galatians 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
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Galatians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus.
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Galatians 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they glorified God because of me.
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Galatians 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
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Galatians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
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Galatians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles.
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Galatians 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
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Galatians 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I rebuild what I have already torn down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.
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Galatians 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.
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Galatians 2:20 · BSB · 3 occurrences
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
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Galatians 4:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I beg you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
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Galatians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
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Galatians 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
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Galatians 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
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Galatians 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!
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Galatians 6:14 · BSB · 3 occurrences
But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Galatians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
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Ephesians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
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