ἔχω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

ἔχω

Definition

trans: I have, hold;
intrans: I am

Erasmian

Modern

Root

σεχ

Frequency

708

2400

Forms

(εἶχον), ἕξω, ἔσχον, ἔσχηκα, -, -

Mnemonics

I have an echo, echo, echo.

Mnemonics

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Biblical Concordance

Romans 12:6	having (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) gifts that differ according to the grace given to us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in proportion to your faith;
Romans 13:3	For rulers are not a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong. Would you have no fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive (hexeis \| ἕξεις \| fut act ind 2 sg) his approval
Romans 14:22	The faith that you have (echeis \| ἔχεις \| pres act ind 2 sg), keep (eche \| ἔχε \| pres act imperative 2 sg) as your own conviction before God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to condemn himself for what he approves.
Romans 15:4	For whatever was written at an earlier time was written for our instruction, that through endurance and the encouragement of the scriptures we (echōmen \| ἔχωμεν \| pres act subj 1 pl) might (echōmen \| ἔχωμεν \| pres act subj 1 pl) have (echōmen \| ἔχωμεν \| pres act subj 1 pl) hope.
Romans 15:17	In Christ Jesus, then, I have (echō \| ἔχω \| pres act ind 1 sg) reason to boast of my work for God.
Romans 15:23	but now I (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no longer have (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a reason for remaining in these regions, and for many years I (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) have (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) desired to come to visit you.
1 Corinthians 2:16	For, “Who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him?” But we have (echomen \| ἔχομεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:7	For who sees anything superior in you? What do you have (echeis \| ἔχεις \| pres act ind 2 sg) that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
1 Corinthians 4:15	For though you (echēte \| ἔχητε \| pres act subj 2 pl) have (echēte \| ἔχητε \| pres act subj 2 pl) innumerable guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 5:1	It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man is (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) living (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) in (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) sin (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) with (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) his father’s wife.
1 Corinthians 6:1	When (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) any of you has (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a legal dispute against another, how dare he go to law before heathen judges and not before the saints?
1 Corinthians 6:4	So if you (echēte \| ἔχητε \| pres act subj 2 pl) have (echēte \| ἔχητε \| pres act subj 2 pl) ordinary cases, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
1 Corinthians 6:7	Already it is altogether a defeat for you, that you (echete \| ἔχετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) have (echete \| ἔχετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:19	Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have (echete \| ἔχετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) received from God, and you are not your own?
1 Corinthians 7:2	But because of cases of sexual immorality, each man should (echetō \| ἐχέτω \| pres act imperative 3 sg) have (echetō \| ἐχέτω \| pres act imperative 3 sg) his own wife and each woman her own husband.
1 Corinthians 7:7	I wish that all men were as I myself am. But each has (echei \| ἔχει \| pres act ind 3 sg) his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.
1 Corinthians 7:12	To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If some brother has (echei \| ἔχει \| pres act ind 3 sg) a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:13	And if some woman has (echei \| ἔχει \| pres act ind 3 sg) a husband who is not a believer, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him.
1 Corinthians 7:25	Now concerning virgins: I (echō \| ἔχω \| pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō \| ἔχω \| pres act ind 1 sg) no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord and is trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:28	But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. However those who do marry will (hexousin \| ἕξουσιν \| fut act ind 3 pl) have (hexousin \| ἕξουσιν \| fut act ind 3 pl) worldly trouble, and I am trying to spare you.
1 Corinthians 7:29	And I say this, my brothers: the time has grown short. From now on those who (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) have (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) wives should be as though (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) they (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) had (echontes \| ἔχοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc) none,
1 Corinthians 7:37	However, the man who stands firm in his resolve is (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) under (echōn \| ἔχων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no compulsion but has (echei \| ἔχει \| pres act ind 3 sg) control over his desire, and has determined this in his heart to keep her as his virgin, he will do well.
1 Corinthians 7:40	But in my opinion she will be happier if she remains as she is. And I believe that I too have (echein \| ἔχειν \| pres act inf ) the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 8:1	Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “we (echomen \| ἔχομεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) all have (echomen \| ἔχομεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 8:10	For if someone should see you who have (echonta \| ἔχοντα \| pres act ptcp acc sg masc) knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?