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ἐμός

Vocabulary form: 
ejmovV, ejmhv, ejmovn
Definition: 

my, mine

Erasmian: 
Modern: 
Frequency: 
76
GK: 
1847
Root: 
ejmo
Mnemonic Singing: 

Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart.

Notes: 

This adjective always means "my" regardless of its case. If it is used substantivally, it always means "mine."

Mnemonics

Submitted by Watchful159 on Thu, 2016-08-25 04:39

The book of "Amos" is my favorite book.

Submitted by AWOL on Mon, 2018-09-17 09:41

The EMOS pizza is MINE!

Submitted by dblough on Thu, 2021-03-11 10:15

Hey Amos! That's mine!

Submitted by Veritas19 on Wed, 2021-10-13 14:32

Amos is my myna bird.

Biblical Concordance

1 Corinthians 16:21 This greeting is in my (emē | ἐμῇ | dat sg fem1st) own hand, Paul.
2 Corinthians 1:23 I call God as a witness against my (emēn | ἐμήν | acc sg fem1st) soul, that it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this very thing so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice, having confidence in you all that my (emē | ἐμή | nom sg fem1st) joy would be the joy of you all.
2 Corinthians 8:23 As for Titus, he is my (emos | ἐμός | nom sg masc1st) companion and fellow worker among you. As for our brothers, they are delegates of the churches, an honor to Christ.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my (emēn | ἐμήν | acc sg fem1st) former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God and was trying to destroy it.
Galatians 6:11 See with what large letters I am writing to you with my (emē | ἐμῇ | dat sg fem1st) own hand!
Philippians 1:26 so that when I (emēs | ἐμῆς | gen sg fem1st) come again to you, your boasting in Christ Jesus might abound because of me.
Philippians 3:9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my (emēn | ἐμήν | acc sg fem1st) own that comes from the Law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that is based on faith —
Colossians 4:18 I, Paul, write this greeting in my (emē | ἐμῇ | dat sg fem1st) own hand. Paul, Remember my chains. Grace be with you.
2 Thessalonians 3:17 The greeting is with my own (emē | ἐμῇ | dat sg fem1st) hand — Paul’s — which is a mark of genuineness in every letter; so I write.
Philemon 1:10 I appeal to you for my (emou | ἐμοῦ | gen sg neut1st) child, Onesimus, whose father I became while in prison.
Philemon 1:12 I am sending him back to you, that is, the one who is my own (ema | ἐμά | acc pl neut1st) heart.
Philemon 1:19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own (emē | ἐμῇ | dat sg fem1st) hand — I will pay it back. I could also mention that you owe me your very self!
2 Peter 1:15 And I will also do my best to see that you will always be able to recall these things after my (emēn | ἐμήν | acc sg fem1st) decease.
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my (ema | ἐμά | acc pl neut1st) children are walking in the truth.
Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my (emous | ἐμούς | acc pl masc1st) servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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