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
| Matthew 21:38 | But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and take (schōmen | σχῶμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) his inheritance.’ |
| Matthew 21:46 | And although they wanted to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds because they (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 3 pl) held (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 3 pl) him to be a prophet. |
| Matthew 22:12 | And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And the man was speechless. |
| Matthew 22:24 | They said, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.’ |
| Matthew 22:25 | Now there were seven brothers among us; the first one married and died, and since (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) he had (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no children, he left his wife to his brother. |
| Matthew 22:28 | Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they (eschon | ἔσχον | aor act ind 3 pl) all had (eschon | ἔσχον | aor act ind 3 pl) married her.” |
| Matthew 24:19 | But woe to women (echousais | ἐχούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) who (echousais | ἐχούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) are (echousais | ἐχούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) pregnant and to mothers who are nursing babies in those days! |
| Matthew 25:25 | and being afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) what is yours.’ |
| Matthew 25:28 | So take the talent away from him, and give it to the one who has (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) the ten talents. |
| Matthew 25:29 | For to everyone who has (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) will more be given, and he will have an abundance; but from him who (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) has (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) not, even what he has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) will be taken from him. |
| Matthew 26:7 | a woman came to him with (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) an alabaster flask of very expensive perfume that she poured over his head as he reclined at table. |
| Matthew 26:11 | You (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) will (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) always have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) the poor with you, but you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) will (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) not always have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) me. |
| Matthew 26:65 | Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) of witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy. |
| Matthew 27:16 | At that time they were holding (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 3 pl) in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. |
| Matthew 27:65 | Pilate said to them, “Take (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) a guard of soldiers; go and make it as secure as you know how.” |
| Mark 1:22 | And they were astonished at his teaching, his for he was for teaching them as one (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) having (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) authority, and not as their scribes. |
| Mark 1:32 | At evening when the sun had gone down, the sun people were bringing to him all who were (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) sick were (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) as well as the demon-possessed. |
| Mark 1:34 | So he healed many who (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) were (echontas | ἔχοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc) sick with various diseases, and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. |
| Mark 1:38 | And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the nearby (echomenas | ἐχομένας | pres mid ptcp acc pl fem) towns, so that also, there I may preach there also, to that because that is what I came to do.” |
| Mark 2:10 | But so that you may know that authority has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Son of Man has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) authority on the earth to forgive sins” — he said to the paralytic, |
| Mark 2:17 | When Jesus heard Jesus this he said to them, “Those who are in good health have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) no need have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) “Those who are in good health of a doctor, but those who (echontes | ἔχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) are (echontes | ἔχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) physically ill. who are (echontes | ἔχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) I have not come to call the pious, but sinners, to repentance.” |
| Mark 2:19 | And Jesus said to them, Jesus No, “Do the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? is fast No, as long as they have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) the bridegroom with them, not they do not fast. |
| Mark 2:25 | He said to them, “Have you never read what David did David when in need he was (eschen | ἔσχεν | aor act ind 3 sg) in need and became hungry, he and those who were with him? |
| Mark 3:1 | Jesus entered again into a synagogue, and was there. a man with (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a withered with (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) hand was there. |
| Mark 3:3 | And he said to the man with (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) the withered hand, had (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) “Get up and step forward.” |
