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.
Every verse where G2192 appears in the Book of Hebrews — 36 distinct verses. 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.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 2:14 ἔχοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Hebrews 3:3 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has more honor than the house.
- Hebrews 4:14 Ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.
- Hebrews 4:15 ἔχομεν pres act ind 1pl For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
- Hebrews 5:12 ἔχετε ἔχοντες pres act ind 2pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
- Hebrews 5:14 ἐχόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
- Hebrews 6:9 ἐχόμενα pres pass ptcp acc pl neut But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
- Hebrews 6:13 εἶχεν impf act ind 3sg For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,
- Hebrews 6:18 ἔχωμεν pres act subj 1pl that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Hebrews 6:19 ἔχομεν pres act ind 1pl This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
- Hebrews 7:3 ἔχων pres act ptcp nom sg masc without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.
- Hebrews 7:5 ἔχουσιν pres act ind 3pl They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham,
- Hebrews 7:6 ἔχοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.
- Hebrews 7:24 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
- Hebrews 7:27 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg who doesn't need, like those high priests, to daily offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.
- Hebrews 7:28 ἔχοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
- Hebrews 8:1 ἔχομεν pres act ind 1pl Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
- Hebrews 8:3 ἔχειν pres act inf For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
- Hebrews 9:1 Εἶχε impf act ind 3sg Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:4 ἔχουσα ἔχουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem pres act ptcp nom sg fem having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
- Hebrews 9:8 ἐχούσης pres act ptcp gen sg fem The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
- Hebrews 10:1 ἔχων pres act ptcp nom sg masc For the law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.
- Hebrews 10:2 ἔχειν pres act inf Or else wouldn't they have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins?
- Hebrews 10:19 Ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
- Hebrews 10:34 ἔχειν pres act inf For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
- Hebrews 10:35 ἔχει pres act ind 3sg Therefore don't throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
- Hebrews 10:36 ἔχετε pres act ind 2pl For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
- Hebrews 11:10 ἔχουσαν pres act ptcp acc sg fem For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- Hebrews 11:15 εἶχον impf act ind 3pl If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return.
- Hebrews 11:25 ἔχειν pres act inf choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
- Hebrews 12:1 ἔχοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
- Hebrews 12:9 εἴχομεν impf act ind 1pl Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
- Hebrews 12:28 ἔχωμεν pres act subj 1pl Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can't be shaken, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
- Hebrews 13:10 Ἔχομεν ἔχουσιν pres act ind 1pl pres act ind 3pl We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
- Hebrews 13:14 ἔχομεν pres act ind 1pl For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.
- Hebrews 13:18 ἔχομεν pres act ind 1pl Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
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.
