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
| John 4:18 | for you (esches | ἔσχες | aor act ind 2 sg) have (esches | ἔσχες | aor act ind 2 sg) had (esches | ἔσχες | aor act ind 2 sg) five husbands, and the man you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) now have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) is not your husband. You have spoken the truth.” |
| John 4:32 | But he said to them, “I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) food to eat of which you know nothing.” |
| John 4:44 | (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) no honor in his own country). |
| John 4:52 | So he asked them what time it was when his son got (eschen | ἔσχεν | aor act ind 3 sg) better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” |
| John 5:2 | Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, in Hebrew called Bethesda, having (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) covered colonnades. |
| John 5:5 | One man who was there had (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) been (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) an invalid for thirty-eight years. |
| John 5:6 | When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) had (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) been in that condition for a long time already, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” |
| John 5:7 | The sick man answered him, “Sir, I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.” |
| John 5:24 | I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) eternal life and will not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. |
| John 5:26 | For as the Father has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) life in himself, so also has he granted the Son to (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) have (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) life in himself; |
| John 5:36 | But I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. |
| John 5:38 | and his word 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) residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. |
| John 5:39 | “You study the Scriptures because you think that by them you (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) will (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) have (echein | ἔχειν | pres act inf ) eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, |
| John 5:40 | but you refuse to come to me that you (echēte | ἔχητε | pres act subj 2 pl) may (echēte | ἔχητε | pres act subj 2 pl) have (echēte | ἔχητε | pres act subj 2 pl) life. |
| John 5:42 | but I know you — I know 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) the love of God in you. |
| John 6:9 | “There is a little boy here who has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” |
| John 6:40 | For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who considers the Son and comes to believe in him should have (echē | ἔχῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.” |
| John 6:47 | I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) eternal life. |
| John 6:53 | Jesus therefore said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) will (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) no life in you. |
| John 6:54 | The one who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day; |
| John 6:68 | Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) the words of eternal life, |
| John 7:20 | The crowd answered, “You (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) a demon! Who is trying to kill you?” |
| John 8:6 | (They said this as a trap, so they could have (echōsin | ἔχωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. |
| John 8:12 | Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have (hexei | ἕξει | fut act ind 3 sg) the light of life.” |
| John 8:26 | I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) many things to say about you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say to the world only that which I have heard from him.” |
