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 John 5:13 | I am writing these things to you so that you may know that you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) eternal life — you who believe in the name of the Son of God. |
| 1 John 5:14 | And this is the confidence we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) as we approach him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. |
| 1 John 5:15 | And if we know that he hears us regarding whatever we ask, we know that we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the requests that we have asked of him. |
| 2 John 1:5 | And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had (eichomen | εἴχομεν | imperf act ind 1 pl) from the beginning — that we love one another. |
| 2 John 1:9 | Everyone who goes on ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ, does (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) not have (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) God. Whoever continues in the teaching has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) both the Father and the Son. |
| 2 John 1:12 | Although (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) I (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) have (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) many other things to write to you, I do not want to use paper and ink; instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete. |
| 3 John 1:4 | I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| 3 John 1:13 | I (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 1 sg) have (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 1 sg) many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write with pen and ink. |
| Jude 1:3 | Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about our common salvation, nevertheless I (eschon | ἔσχον | aor act ind 1 sg) find (eschon | ἔσχον | aor act ind 1 sg) it necessary to write and encourage you to carry on the struggle for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. |
| Jude 1:19 | These are the ones causing division, worldly-minded, and devoid of the Spirit. |
| Revelation 1:16 | In his right hand he (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) held (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was shining like the sun at full strength. |
| Revelation 1:18 | the Living One. I was dead, but behold, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) the keys of death and of Hades. |
| Revelation 2:3 | I also know that you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) demonstrated your patience and borne hardship for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary. |
| Revelation 2:4 | But I do have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) this against you, that you have left your first love! |
| Revelation 2:6 | But you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) do (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) this: you hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. |
| Revelation 2:7 | He who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. |
| Revelation 2:10 | Do not fear what you are about to suffer. The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have (hexete | ἕξετε | fut act ind 2 pl) affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
| Revelation 2:11 | He who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. The one who conquers will not be harmed by the second death. |
| Revelation 2:12 | “To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The one who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the sharp two-edged sword has this to say: |
| Revelation 2:14 | But I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) several things against you, because you have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. |
| Revelation 2:15 | So also do you have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) those who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans. |
| Revelation 2:17 | He who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name which no one can understand except the one who receives it. |
| Revelation 2:18 | “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The Son of God, who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) eyes like a flame of fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze, has this to say: |
| Revelation 2:20 | But I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. |
| Revelation 2:24 | But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not follow (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) this teaching (who have not learned ‘the deep things of Satan,’ as they call them), to you I say, I lay on you no other burden, |
