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Strong's G2192 · Greek

ἔχω

echo · ekh'-o

scheo skheh'-o; (used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἔχω (G2192)

708 ἔχω , [in LXX for אָצֵל ( ἐχόμενος ), בַּעַל , יֵשׁ , etc., 59 words in all;] (on the Aktionsart of the various tenses, v. M, Pr. , 110, 145, 150, 183), to have , as in cl., in various senses and constructions. Trans.; to have , hold , hold fast , etc.; to hold , as, in the hand: Re 5:8 14:6 , al.; ἐν τ. χειρί , Re 1:16 10:2 , al.; of arms and clothing, = φέρω , φορέω , to bear , wear : Mt 3:4 22:12 , al.; so freq. pres. ptcp. (LS, s.v., A, I, 6; Bl., § 74, 2), Mk 11:13 , Jo 18:10 , Re 9:17 , al.; of a woman, ἐν γαστρὶ ἔ ( κοίτην ἔ. ), to be with child : Mk 13:17 , Ro 9:10 ; to hold fast , keep : Lk 19:20 ; metaph., of the mind and conduct, Mk 16:8 (cf. Jb 21:6 , Is 13:8 ; Deiss., BS , 293; Field, Notes , 44 f.), Jo 14:21 , Ro 1:28 , I Ti 3:9 , II Ti 1:13 , Re 6:9 , al.; to involve : He 10:35 (LXX) , Ja 1:4 , I Jo 4:18 ; = Lat. habere (Bl., § 34, 5; 73, 5), to hold , consider : c. acc. et predic. ptcp., Lk 14:18 ; c. acc., seq. ὡς , Mt 14:5 ; εἰς (Hebraism), Mt 21:46 ; on (Bl., § 70, 2), Mk 11:32 . to have , possess ; in general, c. acc. rei: Mt 19:22 , Mk 10:22 , Lk 12:19 , Jo 10:16 , I Co 11:22 , al.; of wealth or poverty, absol., ἔχειν (neg. οὐκ , μή ), Mt 13:12 25:29 , II Co 8:12 ; ἐκ τ. ἔχειν , according to your means , II Co 8:11 ; of relationship, association, etc.: πατέρα , Jo 8:41 ; γυναῖκα (MM, xiv), I Co 7:2 ; φίλον , Lk 11:5 ; βασιλέα , Jo 19:15 ; ποιμένα , Mt 9:36 ; c. dupl. acc., Mt 3:9 , al.; of parts or members: ὦτα , Mt 19:15 ; μέλη , Ro 12:4 ; θεμελίους , c. acc., as periphrasis of verb: μνεῖαν ἔ. (= μεμνῆσθαι ), I Th 3:6 ; ἀγάπην , Jo 13:35 ; γνῶσιν , I Co 8:1 ; πεποίθησιν , II Co 3:4 ; θλίψιν , Jo 16:33 , etc. (Thayer, s.v., I, 2, f., g.); of duty, necessity, etc.: ἀνάγκην , I Co 7:37 ; νόμον , Jo 19:7 ; ἐπιταγήν , I Co 7:25 ; ἀγῶνα , Phl 1:30 ; κρίμα , I Ti 5:12 ; of complaints and disputes; κατά , c. gen. pers., Mt 5:23 , Mk 11:25 ; id. seq. ὅτι , Re 2:4 , 20 ; c. acc. seq. πρός , Ac 24:19 , al.; c. inf., (cl.) to be able (Field, Notes , 14): Mt 18:25 , Mk 14:8 (sc. ποιῆσαι ), Lk 12:4 , Ac 4:14 , al; of necessity (Bl., § 69, 4): Lk 12:50 , Ac 23:17-19 28:19 . Intrans. (Bl., § 53, 1), to be in a certain condition: ἑτοίμως ἔ. , c. inf., Ac 21:13 , II Co 12:14 ; ἐσχάτως (q.v.), Mk 5:23 ; κακῶς , to be ill , Mt 4:24 , al.; καλῶς , Mk 16:[18] ; κομψότερον , Jo 4:52 ; πῶς , Ac 15:36 ; impers., ἄλλως ἔχει , it is otherwise , I Ti 5:25 ; οὕτως , Ac 7:1 , al.; τὸ νῦν ἔχον , as things now are ( To 7:11 ), Ac 24:25 . Mid., -ομαι , to hold oneself fast , hold on or cling to , be next to : c. gen., τ. ἐχόμενα σωτηρίας , He 6:9 (Rendall, in l.); ptcp., ὁ ἐχόμενος , near , next : of place, Mk 1:38 ; of time, τ. ἐχομένῃ ( ἡμέρα , expressed or understood), Lk 13:33 , Ac 20:15 21:26 ; ( σαββάτῳ ), Ac 13:44 . (Cf. ἀν- , προσ-αν- , ἀντ- , ἀπ- , ἐν- , ἐπ- , κατ- , μετ- , παρ- , περι- , προ- , προσ- , συν- , ὑπερ- , ὑπ-έχω .)

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