For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
ἔχω
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Gloss:
(tr.) to have, hold, keep; (intr.) to be
Definition:
pluperfect., ἐσχήκειν, to hold, Rev. 1:16; to seize, possess a person, Mk. 16:8; to have, possess, Mt. 7:29, et al. freq.; to have, have ready, be furnished with, Mt. 5:23; Jn. 5:36; 6:68; to have as a matter of crimination, Mt. 5:23; Mk. 11:25; to have at command, Mt. 27:65; to have the power, be able, Mt. 18:25; Lk. 14:14; Acts 4:14; to have in marriage, Mt. 14:4; to have, be affected by, subjected to, Mt. 3:14; 12:10; Mk. 3:10; Jn. 12:48; 15:22, 24; 16:21, 22; Acts 23:29; 1 Tim. 5:12; Heb. 7:28; 1 Jn. 1:8; 4:18; χάραν ἔχειν, to feel gratitude, be thankful, 1 Tim. 1:12; 2 Tim. 1:3; Phlm. 7; to hold, esteem, regard, Mt. 14:5; Lk. 14:18, 19; to have or hold as an object of knowledge, faith, or practice, Jn. 5:38, 42; 14:21; 1 Jn. 5:12; 2 Jn. 9; to hold on in entire possession, to retain, Rom. 15:4; 2 Tim. 1:13; Heb. 12:28; intrans. with adverbs or adverbial expression, to be, to fare, Mt. 9:12; Mk. 2:17; 5:23; Lk. 5:31; Jn. 4:52; Acts 7:1; 12:15; 15:36; 21:13; 2 Cor. 10:6; 12:14; 1 Tim. 5:25; 1 Pet. 4:5; τὸ νῦν ἔχον, for the present; in NT ἔχειν ἐν γαστρι, to be pregnant, Mt. 1:18; as also ἔχειν κοιτην, Rom. 9:10; ἔχειν δαιμόνιον, to be possessed, Mt. 11:18; of time, to have continued, to have lived, Jn. 5:5, 6; 8:57; of space, to embrace, be distant, Acts 1:12; mid. pr. to hold by, cling to; hence, to border upon, be next, Mk. 1:38; Lk. 13:33; Acts 20:15; 21:26; to tend immediately to, Heb. 6:9
Greek-English Concordance for ἔχω
Luke 12:4 | “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who can kill the body, and after that have (echontōn | ἐχόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) nothing more that they can do. |
Luke 12:5 | I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the one who (echonta | ἔχοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc), after he kills, has (echonta | ἔχοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear this one! |
Luke 12:17 | And he thought to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, for I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) no place to store my crops?’ |
Luke 12:19 | Then I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) many good things laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, be merry.”’ |
Luke 12:50 | I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is completed! |
Luke 13:6 | Then he told this parable: “A man had (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. |
Luke 13:11 | and there was a woman there who (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) had (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) had (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) a spirit of weakness for eighteen years. She was bent over and not able to straighten up at all. |
Luke 13:33 | Nevertheless I must continue on my way today and tomorrow and the next (echomenē | ἐχομένῃ | pres mid ptcp dat sg fem) day; because it is not possible for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem.” |
Luke 14:14 | Then you will be blessed, because they (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) do (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) a way to pay you back, for there will be a repayment for you at the resurrection of the righteous.“ |
Luke 14:18 | But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I bought a field, and I must (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) go out to see it. I ask you, have (eche | ἔχε | pres act imperative 2 sg) me excused.’ |
Luke 14:19 | And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. I ask you, have (eche | ἔχε | pres act imperative 2 sg) me excused.’ |
Luke 14:28 | “For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, whether he has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) enough to bring it to completion; |
Luke 14:35 | Neither for soil or for the dung-heap is it of any use; they throw it away. The one who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) ears to hear, let him hear.” |
Luke 15:4 | “Which man among you, who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a hundred sheep, should he lose one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? |
Luke 15:7 | I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) no need of repentance. |
Luke 15:8 | “Or what woman, who (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) has (echousa | ἔχουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) ten silver coins, should she lose one coin, would not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search diligently until she finds it? |
Luke 15:11 | Then he said, “A certain man had (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) two sons. |
Luke 16:1 | Then Jesus also said to his disciples, “There was a rich man who had (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his assets. |
Luke 16:28 | (for I have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) five brothers), that he might warn them so that they might not come as well into this place of torment.’ |
Luke 16:29 | But Abraham said, ‘They have (echousi | ἔχουσι | pres act ind 3 pl) Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ |
Luke 17:6 | And the Lord said, “If you had (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. |
Luke 17:7 | Which one of you, having (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a servant plowing or tending sheep, who, when he comes in from the field, will say to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at dinner’? |
Luke 17:9 | Does he express (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) thanks to the servant because he did the things that were commanded? |
Luke 18:22 | Upon hearing this, Jesus said to him, “One thing you still lack: sell all that you have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) and distribute the proceeds to the poor, and you will have (hexeis | ἕξεις | fut act ind 2 sg) treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” |
Luke 18:24 | Jesus looked at him, becoming very sad, and said, “How difficult it is for those who (echontes | ἔχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) have (echontes | ἔχοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) wealth to enter the kingdom of God! |
Luke 19:17 | And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, exercise authority over ten cities.’ |
Luke 19:20 | Then the other came, saying, ‘Master, look, your mina that I kept (eichon | εἶχον | imperf act ind 1 sg) laid away in a piece of cloth, |
Luke 19:24 | Then he said to his attendants, ‘Take from him the mina and give it to the one (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) who (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) has (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) the ten minas.’ |
Luke 19:25 | And they said to him, ‘Master, he has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) ten minas!’ |
Luke 19:26 | I tell you that to everyone who has (echonti | ἔχοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc), more will be given; but from the one (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) who (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) does (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) not have (echontos | ἔχοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), even what he has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) will be taken away. |
Luke 19:31 | If someone asks you why are you untying it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) need of it.’” |
Luke 19:34 | And they said, “Because the Lord has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) need of it.” |
Luke 20:24 | “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) They said, “Caesar’s.” |
Luke 20:28 | saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies, having (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a wife, but is childless, then his brother must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. |
Luke 20:33 | So the woman — in the resurrection — of which of them will she be wife? For all seven had (eschon | ἔσχον | aor act ind 3 pl) her as wife.” |
Luke 21:4 | For they all, out of their excess, put in their gifts, but she, out of her need, put in everything she (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to live on.” |
Luke 21:23 | Woe to those who (echousais | ἐχούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) are (echousais | ἐχούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. |
Luke 22:36 | He said to them, “But now let the one who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And the one (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy one. |
Luke 22:37 | For I tell you that there must be fulfilled in me what stands written: ‘And he was numbered with the lawless.’ And indeed, that which concerns me has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) its fulfillment.” |
Luke 22:71 | Then they said, “What further need do we have (echomen | ἔχομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.” |
Luke 24:39 | Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, for a ghost does (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) not have (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) flesh and bones as you see that I have.” (echonta | ἔχοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) |
Luke 24:41 | While they still could not believe it for joy and were continuing to marvel, he said to them, “Have (echete | ἔχετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you anything to eat here?” |
John 2:3 | When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) have (echousin | ἔχουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) no more wine.” |
John 2:25 | and because he (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (eichen | εἶχεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) no need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man. |
John 3:15 | so that everyone who believes in him may have (echē | ἔχῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) eternal life. |
John 3:16 | “For this is how God loved the world: he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have (echē | ἔχῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) eternal life. |
John 3:29 | It is the bridegroom who has (echōn | ἔχων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. |
John 3:36 | The one who believes in the Son has (echei | ἔχει | pres act ind 3 sg) eternal life; but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
John 4:11 | The woman said to him, “Sir, you (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) have (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) no bucket and the well is deep. How then are you going (echeis | ἔχεις | pres act ind 2 sg) to draw the living water? |
John 4:17 | The woman replied “I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) not have (echō | ἔχω | pres act ind 1 sg) a husband,’ |