ἐγώ G3450
I, first-person pronoun (additional forms; variant entry for G3165/G3427)
Yet another entry for the first-person pronoun, reflecting the complex manuscript and dialectal tradition. The basic semantic content remains: ἐγώ in the nominative for emphatic 'I,' with oblique cases from the μ- stem. The multiplication of Strong's numbers for this common pronoun likely reflects different inflectional forms or variant manuscript readings across New Testament passages.
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐγώ, I: pronoun of the first person:—Epic dialect mostly ἐγών before vowels (so in Doric dialect, before consonants, Refs 5th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect ἱών Refs 2nd c.AD+:— strengthened ἔγωγε, I at least, for my part, indeed, for myself (more frequently in Attic dialect than in Refs 8th c.BC+: Doric dialect ἐγώνγα Refs 7th c.BC+: Boeotian dialect ἱώνγα Refs 6th c.BC+; ἱώνει Refs; ἰώγα Refs 5th…