echō G2192

ἔχω (echō) means “to have/be” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἔχω Greek · G2192 706 tagged occurrences in 623 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2192

ἔχω · echō · to have/be

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.; (with) 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.; (with) 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.) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I have, hold, possess.

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How translators render G2192

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
has	63
have	51
vvv	38
with	38
you have	27
i have	24
we have	21
had	20
he has	16
having	15
to have	12
they had	10
do you have	6
does not have	6
he had	6
who had	6
you will have	6
are	5
holds	5
is	5
who has	5
without	5
i	4
since we have	4
they have	4
was	4
were	4
held	3
in	3
who	3
will	3
you	3
you may have	3
you will always have	3
do not have	2
does	2
had been	2
have we	2
he held	2
he is	2
hold to	2
holding	2
i am	2
i do	2
i had	2
it did not have	2
may have	2
or	2
pregnant	2
shall have	2
she had	2
there is	2
they also had	2
they may have	2
they were holding	2
they would not be guilty of sin	2
we do not have	2
who have	2
who were	2
whose	2
will you get	2
you do	2
you do not have	2
you have had	2
you own	2
your	2
a pregnant woman	1
allow	1
am	1
and devoid of	1
and had	1
and i have	1
and keep	1
and leaves	1
and thus will incur	1
and under	1
and would	1
are on it	1
are treated with	1
as keeper	1
as you hold out	1
away	1
be	1
bearing	1
because you have	1
being	1
belongs	1
bringing	1
can	1
conduct	1
containing	1
could have	1
did	1
did not have	1
did you reap	1
do	1
do not use	1
do we	1
do we need	1
do you need	1
do you still have no	1
does he	1
each of us has	1
enjoying	1
experienced	1
felt	1
following day	1
for me	1
for pregnant	1
had already spent	1
has come	1
has given us	1
have it	1
he already has	1
he did	1
he goes to	1
he had made	1
he had spent	1
he has the resources	1
he is possessed	1
he may have something	1
he owned	1
he was	1
he will have	1
his	1
his son had recovered	1
hold on	1
holding on	1
i am struggling	1
i felt	1
i have laid away	1
i have this	1
i hold	1
i may have	1
i might have	1
i still have	1
i take	1
i would not be	1
if he has	1
if we have	1
involves	1
is guilty of	1
is ours	1
is reaching	1
it does not result	1
it is composed	1
it was	1
keep	1
keeping	1
kept	1
let us be filled with	1
may be	1
means	1
neighboring	1
next	1
next day	1
obtain	1
of	1
of you	1
one has	1
one who had	1
our	1
possessed by	1
regard	1
rely on	1
share	1
she could	1
she held	1
she was pregnant	1
shining with	1
should have	1
since i have	1
since you are encountering	1
spare me	1
take	1
the city had	1
the lamb had	1
the people regarded	1
the riders had	1
there was	1
they are	1
they are doing	1
they cannot	1
they do	1
they had upheld	1
they must hold	1
they never	1
they only had	1
they regarded	1
they themselves have	1
they were ruled by	1
they will be made	1
they will have	1
they would have had	1
things that accompany	1
this beast had	1
to acknowledge	1
to allow him	1
to be with child	1
to experience	1
to have a basis	1
to maintain	1
was unable	1
was with them	1
we all have	1
we already possess	1
we also have	1
we both have	1
we do have	1
we have all had	1
we have gained	1
we have had	1
we lack	1
we may	1
we may be	1
we may have	1
we might have	1
we set for you	1
were married	1
were possessed	1
were unable	1
what he does not have	1
who are	1
who have taken	1
who was in	1
will be	1
will be with child	1
will face	1
will have	1
wore	1
you are	1
you can answer	1
you consider	1
you do have	1
you gave us	1
you harbor	1
you have preserved	1
you have received	1
you hold	1
you might receive	1
you need	1
you now have	1
you possess	1
you reap	1
you will suffer	1
you would have	1
you would not be	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
having	80
have	75
hath	69
had	45
ye have	34
i have	32
we have	29
he hath	18
he that hath	17
thou hast	17
they had	13
which had	13
he had	10
to have	9
they have	8
have ye	7
have we	6
hast	5
which have	5
shall have	4
that hath	4
they might have	4
thou shalt have	4
ye might have	4
and had	3
i had	3
it had	3
need	3
that are	3
that were	3
they	3
was	3
we	3
were	3
which hath	3
and the next	2
hast thou	2
hath it	2
him that had	2
hold	2
holding	2
i might have	2
i should have	2
i thank	2
may have	2
needeth	2
she had	2
that have	2
that we have	2
they shall	2
they that are	2
they that have	2
we any	2
we had	2
we may have	2
when	2
which hast	2
who hath	2
ye had	2
ye may have	2
ye need	2
ye shall have	2
a shew	1
am	1
an heart	1
and	1
and have	1
authority	1
count i	1
counted	1
depart	1
doth he	1
following	1
for me	1
had they	1
had ye	1
hath he	1
he could	1
he had been	1
he have	1
he may have	1
he must	1
he which hath	1
hold fast	1
i am	1
i may have	1
i must needs	1
is of	1
it hath	1
it was	1
journey	1
lacked	1
let us have	1
lieth	1
may	1
might	1
might have	1
needest	1
old	1
one that had	1
one that hath	1
possessed	1
save	1
seeing	1
shall be	1
shall he have	1
she being	1
she could	1
she hath	1
should have	1
should have had	1
sick people	1
such as have	1
that had	1
that he hath	1
that i have	1
that it was	1
that were possessed	1
that ye have	1
the next	1
the same hath	1
them that had	1
they cannot	1
they could	1
they counted	1
they do	1
they held	1
they might have had	1
they rest	1
they that are sick	1
they that be whole	1
they took	1
things that accompany	1
those who	1
thou	1
thou art	1
thou count	1
thou hast had	1
though i might be	1
to enjoy	1
to him that had	1
to him that hath	1
to him that is	1
to let	1
to retain	1
trembled	1
uncircumcised	1
unto	1
unto him which hath	1
unto them that are	1
using	1
we might have	1
which	1
will	1
with	1
with child	1
ye go	1

Verses containing G2192

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John 4:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
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John 4:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
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John 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
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John 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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John 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
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John 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
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John 5:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
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John 5:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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 5:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
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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 5:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
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John 5:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
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John 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
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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 6:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
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John 6:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
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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 6:68 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
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John 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
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John 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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John 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
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John 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
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John 8:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
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John 8:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
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John 8:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
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John 8:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”
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John 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
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John 9:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That was why his parents said, “He is old enough. Ask him.”
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John 9:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
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John 10:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
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John 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
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John 10:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
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John 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
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John 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
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John 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.
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John 12:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
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John 12:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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John 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
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John 12:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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John 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
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John 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
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John 13:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.
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John 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
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John 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
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John 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
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John 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
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John 15:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
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John 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.
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John 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
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