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Strong's G3450 · Greek

ἐγώ

mou · moo

the simpler form of 1700; of me


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐγώ (G3450)

2572 ἐγώ , gen, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με ), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς , pers. pron. I . The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mt 3:11 , Mk 1:8 , Lk 3:16 , al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Mt 10:16 , Jo 10:17 ; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי , cf. I Ki 3:8 ), Ac 9:10 ; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי ), I am , Jo 1:23 (LXX) , Ac 7:32 (LXX) . The enclitic forms (v. supr.) are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν τ. πατρί μου , Jo 14:20 ; μου τ. λόγους , Mt 7:24 ; ὀπίσω μου , Mt 3:11 ; ἰσχυρότερός μου , ib. ; λέγει μοι , Re 5:5 ; also with the prep. πρός , as Mk 9:19 , al. The full forms ( ἐμοῦ , etc.) are used with the other prepositions, as δι' ἐμοῦ, ἐν ἐμοί, εἰς ἐμέ , etc., also for emphasis, as Lk 10:16 , Jo 7:23 , Mk 14:7 , al. The gen. μου and ἡμῶν are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: τ. λαόν μου , Mt 2:6 ; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ , Mk 9:24 . τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ( = Heb. וָלָךְ מַה־לִי , Jg 11:12 , al.), i.e. what have we in common : Mt 8:29 , Mk 1:24 5:7 , Lk 8:28 , Jo 2:4 ; τί γάρ μοι , I Co 5:2 . The interchange of ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς , common in π. , appears in Pauline Epp. (v. M, Pr. , 86f., M, Th. , 131f.). κἀγώ (= καὶ ἐγώ , and I, even I, I also : Mt 2:8 , Lk 2:48 , Jo 6:56 , Ro 3:7 , I Co 7:40 , al.; κἀγώ . . . καί , both . . . and , Jo 7:28 .

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