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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Acts 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Paul looked directly at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have conducted myself before God in all good conscience to this day.”
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Acts 23:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
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Acts 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
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Acts 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
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Acts 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the time they found me in the temple, I was ceremonially clean and was not inciting a crowd or an uproar. But there are some Jews from the province of Asia
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Source alternate reference: 24.18
Acts 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
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Acts 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
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Acts 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.
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Acts 25:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
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Acts 25:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
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Acts 26:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
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Acts 26:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
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Acts 26:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Acts 26:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.
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Acts 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.
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Acts 26:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
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Acts 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
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Acts 26:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
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Acts 26:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”
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Acts 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
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Acts 28:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
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Romans 1:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
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Romans 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
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Romans 3:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
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Romans 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
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Romans 7:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
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Romans 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
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Romans 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
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Romans 7:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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Romans 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
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Romans 7:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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Romans 7:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So this is the principle I have discovered: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.
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Romans 7:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
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Romans 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
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Romans 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
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Romans 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
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Romans 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
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Romans 10:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
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Romans 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Romans 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
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Romans 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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Romans 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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Romans 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
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Romans 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
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Romans 12:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
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Romans 14:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
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Romans 15:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
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Romans 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
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Romans 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
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Romans 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
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