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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John 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
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John 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
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John 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’
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John 1:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
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John 1:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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John 1:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
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John 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
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John 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
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John 3:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
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John 3:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He must increase; I must decrease.
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John 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
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John 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
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John 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
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John 4:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
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John 4:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
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John 4:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
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John 5:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“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.”
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John 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
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John 5:30 · BSB · 4 occurrences
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
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John 5:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
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John 5:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
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John 5:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
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John 5:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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John 5:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
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John 5:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
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John 5:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
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John 5:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
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John 5:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
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John 5:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
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John 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
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John 6:35 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
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John 6:37 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
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John 6:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
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John 6:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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John 6:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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John 6:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
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John 6:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
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John 6:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am the bread of life.
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John 6:51 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
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John 6:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
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John 6:56 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
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John 6:57 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
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John 6:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
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John 6:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
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John 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
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John 7:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
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John 7:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
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John 7:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
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John 7:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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John 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
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