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 8:41 | You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) only one father, God himself.” |
| John 8:48 | The Jews answered him, saying, “Are we not correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) a demon?” |
| John 8:49 | Jesus answered, “I do (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said to him, “Now we know that you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 8:57 | So the Jews said to him, “You (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) are (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?” |
| John 9:21 | but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) is (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) an adult. He will speak for himself.” |
| John 9:23 | For this reason his parents said, “He (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) is (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) an adult, ask him.” |
| John 9:41 | Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you (eichete | εἴχετε | imperf act ind 2 pl) would not be guilty (eichete | εἴχετε | imperf act ind 2 pl) of sin; but now you are saying, ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains. |
| John 10:10 | The thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I have come that they (echōsin | ἔχωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) may (echōsin | ἔχωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) have (echōsin | ἔχωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) life, and have (echōsin | ἔχωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) it abundantly. |
| John 10:16 | I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) other sheep which are not of this fold. These too I must bring. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock, with one shepherd. |
| John 10:18 | No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) the power to lay it down, and I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) the power to take it back again. This command I received from my Father.” |
| John 10:20 | Many of them were saying, “He is demon-possessed and out of control. Why are you listening to him?” |
| John 11:17 | Now when Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had (echonta | ἔχοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) already been (echonta | ἔχοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) in the tomb for four days. |
| John 12:6 | He said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) keeper (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) of (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the money box, he used to help himself to what was put into it. |
| John 12:8 | For 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.” |
| John 12:35 | Then Jesus said to them, “The light will be with you for yet a little while. Keep walking while you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. |
| John 12:36 | While you (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus said these things, he went away and hid himself from them. |
| John 12:48 | The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him at the last day. |
| John 13:8 | Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) no share with me.” |
| John 13:10 | Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) no need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.” |
| John 13:29 | Some of them thought, since Judas used (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) keep (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor. |
| John 13:35 | By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you (echēte | ἔχητε | pres act subj 2 pl) have (echēte | ἔχητε | pres act subj 2 pl) love for one another.” |
| John 14:21 | The one who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.” |
| John 14:30 | I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) no claim on me, |
| John 15:13 | Greater love has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) no one than this, that a person lays down his life for his friends. |
