What does ἐγώ · ἔπω mean in the Bible?
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Greek · G1473, G2036
ἐγὼ εἶπα
:--I, me. · to speak or say (by word or writing)
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ἐγώ G1473 :--I, me.
Pronunciation egṓ
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ἔπω G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
Pronunciation épō
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What does ἐγὼ εἶπα (egō eipa) mean in the Bible?
ἐγώ · ἔπω is a Greek phrase meaning ":--I, me.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1473, G2036?
G1473, G2036 is connected to 2,572 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. :--I, me.
Source Gloss
:--I, me.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 2572 Case pattern Genitive (1073) Number pattern Singular (1711)
Nominative · Singular Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:14 · Matt 5:22 · Matt 5:28 · Matt 5:32 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 5:39 · Matt 5:44 · Matt 8:7 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 10:16 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 12:27 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:27 · Matt 20:15 343×
Nominative · Plural Matt 6:12 · Matt 9:14 · Matt 17:19 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 28:14 · Mark 9:28 · Mark 10:28 · Mark 14:58 · Luke 3:14 · Luke 9:13 · Luke 18:28 · Luke 23:41 · Luke 24:21 · John 1:16 · John 4:22 · John 6:42 127×
Genitive · Singular Matt 2:6 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 3:11 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:19 · Matt 5:11 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:23 · Matt 7:24 · Matt 7:26 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:9 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 10:18 673×
Genitive · Plural Matt 1:23 · Matt 6:9 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 20:33 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 27:25 · Matt 28:13 · Mark 9:40 · Mark 11:10 · Mark 12:7 · Mark 12:11 400×
Dative · Singular Matt 2:8 · Matt 4:9 · Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:22 · Matt 9:9 · Matt 10:32 · Matt 11:6 · Matt 11:27 · Matt 14:8 · Matt 14:18 · Matt 15:25 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 16:24 · Matt 17:17 317×
Dative · Plural Matt 3:15 · Matt 6:11 · Matt 6:12 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 15:15 · Matt 15:33 · Matt 19:27 · Matt 20:12 · Matt 21:25 · Matt 22:17 · Matt 22:25 · Matt 24:3 · Matt 25:8 · Matt 25:9 · Matt 25:11 167×
Accusative · Singular Matt 3:14 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 10:33 · Matt 10:37 · Matt 10:40 · Matt 11:28 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:30 · Matt 15:8 · Matt 15:9 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 16:15 · Matt 18:5 · Matt 18:6 · Matt 18:21 · Matt 18:32 378×
Accusative · Plural Matt 6:13 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 8:31 · Matt 9:27 · Matt 13:56 · Matt 17:4 · Matt 20:7 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 20:31 · Matt 27:4 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 1:24 · Mark 5:12 · Mark 6:3 · Mark 9:5 · Mark 9:22 167×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 922 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 922
Voice
active 922
Mood
indicative 775 subjunctive 58 participle 39 imperative 34 infinitive 16
NT Occurrences
Matthew 2:13 εἴπω aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 2:5 εἶπαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 2:8 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:15 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 3:7 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:3 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:3 εἰπὲ aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 4:4 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 4:9 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 5:11 εἴπωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:22 εἴπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:22 εἴπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:10 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:13 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:19 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:21 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:32 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:4 εἴπῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 8:8 εἰπὲ aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 9:12 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:15 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:2 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:22 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:3 εἶπαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:4 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 9:5 εἰπεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 9:5 εἰπεῖν aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 10:27 εἴπατε aorist active imperative imperative Matthew 11:25 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:3 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:4 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:11 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:2 εἶπαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:24 εἶπον aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:25 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:3 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:32 εἴπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:32 εἴπῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 12:39 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:47 εἶπεν aorist active indicative completed
+882 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain