Midvash

ἐγώegṓ

I.

Greek (New Testament) · G1473

Meanings

(a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:8, Luke 3:16, and elsewhere But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Matthew 10:16, John 10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. 1 Samuel 3:8), Acts 9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, John 1:23, Acts 7:32.

(b) The enclitic forms (see above) are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν τ. πατρί μου, John 14:20; μου τ. λόγους, Matthew 7:24; ὀπίσω μου, Matthew 3:11; ἰσχυρότερός μου, Matthew 3:11; λέγει μοι, Revelation 5:5; also with the preposition πρός, as Mark 9:19, and elsewhere The full forms (ἐμοῦ, etc.) are used with the other prepositions, as δι' ἐμοῦ, ἐν ἐμοί, εἰς ἐμέ, etc., also for emphasis, as Luke 10:16, John 7:23, Mark 14:7, and elsewhere

(c) The genitive μου and ἡμῶν are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: τ. λαόν μου, Matthew 2:6; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ, Mark 9:24.

(d) τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί (= Heb. וָלָךְ מַה־לִי, Judges 11:12, and elsewhere), i.e. what have we in common: Matthew 8:29, Mark 1:24, Mark 5:7, Luke 8:28, John 2:4; τί γάρ μοι, 1 Corinthians 5:2.

(e) The interchange of ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς, common in π., appears in Pauline Epp..

(f) κἀγώ (= καὶ ἐγώ, and I, even I, I also: Matthew 2:8, Luke 2:48, John 6:56, Romans 3:7, 1 Corinthians 7:40, and elsewhere; κἀγώ... καί, both... and, John 7:28.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 836 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:8 Then he told them, “Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. And when you find him, come back and tell me so that I can go and worship him, too!”
  • Matthew 3:11 “I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
  • Matthew 3:14 But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?”
  • Matthew 5:11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.
  • Matthew 5:22 But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of hell.
  • Matthew 5:28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.