#7 · 2,666× in the NT · pronoun
ἐγώ · ἡμεῖς
I / we
ἐγώ
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In the NT
ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια
I am the way and the truth
John 14:6 · dictionary form
ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου
I am the light of the world
John 8:12
ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν
forgive us our debts
Matt 6:12 · dat. pl.
Morphology
1st-person pronoun · ἐγώ (sg.), ἡμεῖς (pl.)
Nom. is used for emphasis (the verb already marks person). Acc. ἐμέ/με, ἡμᾶς.
ἐγώ / ἐμοῦ (μου) / ἐμοί (μοι) / ἐμέ (με); pl. ἡμεῖς / ἡμῶν / ἡμῖν / ἡμᾶς. Unaccented μου/μοι/με are enclitic.
Further reading
- Mounce, BBG 4th ed. ch. 11, pp. 110–118
- Smyth §325
- Hildebrandt, Mastering NT Greek ch. 8, p. 57 (CLI)
Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.