ἔχω
to have
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Future
- Action expected in future time.
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Perfect
- A completed past action with continuing present results.
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
- Optative
- Expresses a wish or a remote possibility.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
35 verses where G2192 appears in the Present tense in the Book of Acts. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Acts
- Acts 1:12 ἔχον pres act ptcp acc sg neut Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
- Acts 2:47 ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Acts 3:6 ἔχω pres act ind 1sg But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
- Acts 7:1 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
- Acts 8:7 ἐχόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
- Acts 9:14 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name."
- Acts 11:3 ἔχοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
- Acts 12:15 ἔχειν pres act inf They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
- Acts 14:9 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg He was listening to Paul speaking, who, fastening eyes on him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole,
- Acts 15:21 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath."
- Acts 15:36 ἔχουσιν pres act ind 3pl After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
- Acts 16:16 ἔχουσαν pres act ptcp acc sg fem It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
- Acts 17:11 ἔχοι pres act opt 3sg Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
- Acts 19:13 ἔχοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
- Acts 19:38 ἔχουσι pres act ind 3pl If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
- Acts 20:15 ἐχομένῃ pres pass ptcp dat sg fem Sailing from there, we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we touched at Samos and stayed at Trogyllium, and the day after we came to Miletus.
- Acts 21:13 ἔχω pres act ind 1sg Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
- Acts 21:23 ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow.
- Acts 21:26 ἐχομένῃ pres pass ptcp dat sg fem Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
- Acts 23:17 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."
- Acts 23:18 ἔχοντά pres act ptcp acc sg masc So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."
- Acts 23:19 ἔχεις pres act ind 2sg The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
- Acts 23:25 ἔχουσαν pres act ptcp acc sg fem He wrote a letter like this:
- Acts 23:29 ἔχοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- Acts 24:9 ἔχειν pres act inf The Jews also joined in the attack, affirming that these things were so.
- Acts 24:15 ἔχων pres act ptcp nom sg masc having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Acts 24:16 ἔχειν pres act inf Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
- Acts 24:19 ἔχοιεν pres act opt 3pl They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
- Acts 24:23 ἔχειν pres act inf He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.
- Acts 24:25 ἔχον pres act ptcp acc sg neut As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."
- Acts 25:16 ἔχοι pres act opt 3sg To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
- Acts 25:26 ἔχω σχῶ pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 1sg Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.
- Acts 27:39 ἔχοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc When it was day, they didn't recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay with a beach, and they decided to try to drive the ship onto it.
- Acts 28:9 ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Then when this was done, the rest also who had diseases in the island came, and were cured.
- Acts 28:19 ἔχων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek verb εχω centers on the idea of “to have.” Its English rendering has broadened — “have” classically, “has” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 624 verses in 27 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 1:18. Lexicons map it across 4 senses. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2192 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 624
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 624 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #25
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 25 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 624 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Revelation 91 verses 15%
- John 75 verses 12%
- Luke 65 verses 10%
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 624 distinct verses.
- Gospels 266 verses · 43%
- Johannine 193 verses · 31%
- Pauline corpus 143 verses · 23%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 108 verses · 17%
- Revelation 91 verses · 15%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 45 verses · 7%
- Hebrews 36 verses · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Have 90×, Having 82×, Hath 80×
- American Standard Version: Having 92×, Hath 87×, Have 80×
- Berean Standard Bible: Has 68×, Have 67×, With 35×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Having 208×, Have 145×, Has 57×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2192 across 701 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 23 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2192 across 700 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 90 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2192 across 624 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 157 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 46 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2192 across 824 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 56 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 4 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to have (hold) in the hand…
- to have i.e. own, possess
- to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition
- to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
Word origin
Origin: including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o, used in certain tenses only), a primary verb
A primary verb (including an alternate form σχέω scheō skheh'-o used in certain tenses only); to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability contiguity relation or condition ): - be (able X hold possessed with) accompany + begin to amend can (+ -not) X conceive count diseased do + eat + enjoy + fear following have hold keep + lack + go to law lie + must needs + of necessity + need next + recover + reign + rest return X sick take for + tremble + uncircumcised use.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 61 distinct written forms G2192 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 1 rarer form follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2192, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- εξης hexēs G1836 next in order
- εξις héxis G1838 habit
- εσχατος éschatos G2078 last
- ευνουχος eunoûchos G2135 eunuch
- ισχυς ischýs G2479 strength
- οχλος óchlos G3793 multitude
- οχυρωμα ochýrōma G3794 fortress
- σχεδον schedón G4975 near
- σχημα schēma G4976 appearance
- σχολη scholḗ G4981 leisure
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word εχω appears 266 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 252 verses in 30 books.
- 266
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 252
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:29 ἔχω
- Exodus 2:1 ἔχω
- Leviticus 6:3 ἔχω
- Numbers 2:2 ἔχω
- Deuteronomy 2:25 ἔχω
- Joshua 5:8 ἔχω
- Judges 4:11 ἔχω
- 1 Samuel 4:18 ἔχω
- 2 Samuel 11:5 ἔχω
- 1 Kings 1:9 ἔχω
- 2 Kings 8:12 ἔχω
- 1 Chronicles 2:30 ἔχω
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2192) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 252. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:29 ἔχω God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 1:30 ἔχω To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so.
- Genesis 7:22 ἔχω All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
- Genesis 8:11 ἔχω The dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
- Genesis 16:4 ἔχω He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- Genesis 16:5 ἔχω Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you."
- Genesis 16:11 ἔχω The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because Yahweh has heard your affliction.
- Genesis 18:10 ἔχω He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
- Genesis 18:31 ἔχω He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- Genesis 19:15 ἔχω When the morning arose, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."
- Genesis 23:8 ἔχω He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
- Genesis 24:15 ἔχω It happened, before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.
- Genesis 24:45 ἔχω Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
- Genesis 34:14 ἔχω and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
- Genesis 37:24 ἔχω and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it.
- Genesis 38:23 ἔχω Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you haven't found her."
- Genesis 38:24 ἔχω It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
- Genesis 38:25 ἔχω When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-- the signet, and the cords, and the staff."
- Genesis 41:23 ἔχω and, behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
- Genesis 41:38 ἔχω Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"
- Genesis 43:26 ἔχω When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
- Genesis 43:27 ἔχω He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"
- Genesis 44:19 ἔχω My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'
- Genesis 49:25 ἔχω Even by the God of your father, who will help you, By the Almighty, who will bless you, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies below, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
- Exodus 2:1 ἔχω A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
- Exodus 21:22 ἔχω "If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
- Exodus 26:3 ἔχω Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.
- Exodus 28:43 ἔχω They shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they go in to the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they don't bear iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him.
- Exodus 33:12 ἔχω Moses said to Yahweh, "Behold, you tell me, 'Bring up this people:' and you haven't let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'
- Exodus 36:2 ἔχω Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:
- Leviticus 6:3 ἔχω or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
- Leviticus 11:21 ἔχω Yet you may eat these: of all winged creeping things that go on all fours, which have legs above their feet, with which to hop on the earth.
- Leviticus 21:23 ἔχω He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.'"
- Leviticus 22:20 ἔχω But whatever has a blemish, that you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.
- Leviticus 22:22 ἔχω Blind, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 25:30 ἔχω If it isn't redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not be released in the Jubilee.
- Numbers 2:2 ἔχω "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses: at a distance from the tent of meeting shall they encamp around it."
- Numbers 2:5 ἔχω Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar.
- Numbers 2:7 ἔχω The tribe of Zebulun: and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon.
- Numbers 2:12 ἔχω "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. The prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
- Numbers 2:14 ἔχω "The tribe of Gad: and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
- Numbers 2:17 ἔχω "Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so shall they set out, every man in his place, by their standards.
- Numbers 2:20 ἔχω "Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
- Numbers 2:22 ἔχω "The tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
- Numbers 2:27 ἔχω "Those who encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran.
- Numbers 2:29 ἔχω "The tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
- Numbers 2:34 ἔχω Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.
- Numbers 7:9 ἔχω But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
- Numbers 16:3 ἔχω and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you, seeing all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them: why then lift yourselves up above the assembly of Yahweh?
- Numbers 19:2 ἔχω This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, [and] on which never came yoke.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2192) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
