Gloss
(tr.) to have, hold, keep; (intr.) to be
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἔχω
Greek transliteration
echō
Simplified transliteration
echo
Principal Parts
(εἶ\χον), ἕξω, ἔσχον, ἔσχηκα, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
2192
GK Number
2400
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
708
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1b(2)
Definition
pluperfect., ἐσχήκειν, to hold, Rev. 1:16; to seize, possess a person, Mk. 16:8; to have, possess, Mt. 7:29, et al. freq.; to have, have ready, be furnished with, Mt. 5:23; Jn. 5:36; 6:68; to have as a matter of crimination, Mt. 5:23; Mk. 11:25; to have at command, Mt. 27:65; to have the power, be able, Mt. 18:25; Lk. 14:14; Acts 4:14; to have in marriage, Mt. 14:4; to have, be affected by, subjected to, Mt. 3:14; 12:10; Mk. 3:10; Jn. 12:48; 15:22, 24; 16:21, 22; Acts 23:29; 1 Tim. 5:12; Heb. 7:28; 1 Jn. 1:8; 4:18; χάραν ἔχειν, to feel gratitude, be thankful, 1 Tim. 1:12; 2 Tim. 1:3; Phlm. 7; to hold, esteem, regard, Mt. 14:5; Lk. 14:18, 19; to have or hold as an object of knowledge, faith, or practice, Jn. 5:38, 42; 14:21; 1 Jn. 5:12; 2 Jn. 9; to hold on in entire possession, to retain, Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 1:13; Heb. 12:28; intrans. with adverbs or adverbial expression, to be, to fare, Mt. 9:12; Mk. 2:17; 5:23; Lk. 5:31; Jn. 4:52; Acts 7:1; 12:15; 15:36; 21:13; 2 Cor. 10:6; 12:14; 1 Tim. 5:25; 1 Pet. 4:5; τὸ νῦν ἔχον, for the present; in NT ἔχειν ἐν γαστρι, to be pregnant, Mt. 1:18; as also ἔχειν κοιτην, Rom. 9:10; ἔχειν δαιμόνιον, to be possessed, Mt. 11:18; of time, to have continued, to have lived, Jn. 5:5, 6; 8:57; of space, to embrace, be distant, Acts 1:12; mid. pr. to hold by, cling to; hence, to border upon, be next, Mk. 1:38; Lk. 13:33; Acts 20:15; 21:26; to tend immediately to, Heb. 6:9
Greek-English Concordance for ἔχω
| 1 Corinthians 9:4 | Do (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) we (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) not have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the right to eat and drink? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:5 | Do (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) we (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) not have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the right to the company of a believing wife, as also the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas do? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:6 | Or is it only I and Barnabas who have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) no right to refrain from working? |
| 1 Corinthians 9:17 | For if I do this willingly, I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a reward. But if unwillingly, I have been entrusted with a charge. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:4 | Any man who prays or prophesies with (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) his head covered disgraces his head, |
| 1 Corinthians 11:10 | For this reason a woman ought to (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) have (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:16 | If anyone is inclined to be quarrelsome, we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) no such practice, nor do the churches of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 11:22 | Can it be that you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) do (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) not have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) houses in which to eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) have (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:12 | For just as the physical body is one yet has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is the body of Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 12:21 | The eye cannot say to the hand, “I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) no need of you.” |
| 1 Corinthians 12:23 | and those members of the body we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) treated (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) with (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) greater modesty, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:24 | whereas our presentable members have (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) no such need. Instead, God has so arranged the body, giving greater honor to the member that lacked it, |
| 1 Corinthians 12:30 | Not all have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all are able to interpret, are they? |
| 1 Corinthians 13:1 | If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) love, I am a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:2 | And if I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) love, I am nothing. |
| 1 Corinthians 13:3 | If I give away everything I own, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act subj 1 sg) love, it benefits me nothing. |
| 1 Corinthians 14:26 | What then is the outcome, brothers? When you come together, each one has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) a hymn, a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue, an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:31 | Every day I am in danger of dying! I swear by my boasting in you, which I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:34 | Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:9 | Indeed, we had (eschēkamen | ἐσχήκαμεν | perf act ind 1 pl) the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should no longer trust in ourselves, but in the God who raises the dead. |
| 2 Corinthians 1:15 | And because of this confidence, I was intending to come to you first, so that you (schēte | σχῆτε | aor act subj 2 pl) might (schēte | σχῆτε | aor act subj 2 pl) have (schēte | σχῆτε | aor act subj 2 pl) a second benefit — |
| 2 Corinthians 2:3 | And I wrote this very thing so that when I came, I (schō | σχῶ | aor act subj 1 sg) would (schō | σχῶ | aor act subj 1 sg) not have (schō | σχῶ | aor act subj 1 sg) sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:4 | For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to let you know the love that I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) especially for you. |
| 2 Corinthians 2:13 | I (eschēka | ἔσχηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) had (eschēka | ἔσχηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) no relief for my spirit, because I could not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia. |
| 2 Corinthians 3:4 | Such is the confidence we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) through Christ toward God. |
