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I/we

ἐγώStrong’s G1473

egō

Appears in 671 verses of the New Testament

In short

Egō is the Greek word usually translated “myself”, “me myself” and “me”. It appears in 671 verses of the New Testament.

“The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.”
2 Thessalonians 3:17 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “myself”, “me myself” and “me”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i myself 359
  • me myself 151
  • me 105
  • and i myself 43
  • myself 31
  • i myself also 26
  • my 24
  • to me myself 23

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 215
  • Matthew 67
  • Acts 65
  • Luke 57
  • 1 Corinthians 40
  • Romans 35

26 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 671 verses, by book
John 215
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1 Thessalonians 2
2:183:5
2 Thessalonians 1
3:17
1 Timothy 4
1:111:151:162:7
James 1
2:18
1 Peter 1
1:16
2 Peter 2
1:151:17
1 John 2
1:32:2
2 John 1
1:1
3 John 2
1:11:4
Greek dictionary

ἐγώ egō · I/we

ἐγώ, genitive, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς, of person(s) pron. I. (a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Luk.3:16, al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Mat.10:16, Jhn.10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. 1Ki.3:8), Act.9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, Jhn.1:23 (LXX), Act.7:32 (LXX). …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “me” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

ME, pronoun

pers.; the objective case of I, answering to the oblique cases of ego, in Latin. [Latin mihi.] Follow me; give to me; go with me The phrase 'I followed me close, ' is not in use. Before think, as in methinks, me is properly in the dative case, and the verb is impersonal; the construction is, it appears to me

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.