2192. echó
Lexical Summary
echó: To have, to hold, to possess

Original Word: ἔχω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: echó
Pronunciation: eh'-kho
Phonetic Spelling: (ekh'-o)
KJV: 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
NASB: have, has, had, having, holding, hold, possessed
Word Origin: [a primary verb]

1. to hold (such as possession, ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
{used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote}

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to have, hold

Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; (used in certain tenses only); a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, 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.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. verb
Definition
to have, hold
NASB Translation
ability (1), able (1), accompany (1), acknowledge* (1), am (2), become (1), been (3), being (1), being under (1), bringing (1), conceived* (1), consider (2), considered (2), could (2), derive (1), deriving (1), devoid* (1), enjoyed (1), experiencing (1), felt (1), following (1), get (2), gripped (1), had (80), has (134), have (283), have had (2), having (50), held (1), hold (5), holding (7), holds (2), ill* (5), incurring (1), involves (1), keep (3), keeping (3), kept (1), maintain (1), maintained (1), maintaining (1), meets (1), nearby (1), next (2), obliged* (1), obtain (2), obtained (1), owned (3), possess (2), possessed (4), possesses (1), receive (1), received (1), recover* (1), regard (2), regarded (1), reigns* (1), remember* (1), retain (1), seize (1), show (1), think* (1), unable* (1), under (1), under* (1), use (1), without* (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2192: ἔχω

ἔχω; future ἕξω; imperfect εἶχον (1 person plural ἐιχαμεν, 2 John 1:5 T Tr WH), 3 person plural ἐιχαν (Mark 8:7 L T Tr WH; Revelation 9:8 L T Tr WH; but cf. (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 38; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WHs Appendix, p. 165); Buttmann, 40 (35)) and εἴχοσαν (L T Tr WH in John 15:22, 24; but cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) in Theol. Studien und Kritiken 1858, pp. 485ff 491; see his N. T. Gr., p. 43 (37); (Sophocles Lexicon, Introduction, p. 39; Tdf. Proleg., p. 124; WHs Appendix, p. 165; cf. δολιόω)); present middle participle ἐχόμενος; to have — with 2 aorist active ἔσχον; perfect ἔσχηκα;

I. Transitively.

1. to have equivalent to to hold;

a. to have (hold) in the hand: τί ἐν τῇ χειρί, Revelation 1:16; Revelation 6:5; Revelation 10:2; Revelation 17:4; and simply, Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3, 6; Revelation 14:6, etc.; Hebrews 8:3.

b. in the sense of wearing (Latingestare); of garments, arms and the like: τό ἔνδυμα, Matthew 3:4; Matthew 22:12; κατά κεφαλῆς ἔχων, namely, τί, having a covering hanging down from the head, i. e. having the head covered (Buttmann, § 130, 5; Winer's Grammar, § 47, k. cf. 594 (552)), 1 Corinthians 11:4; θώρακας, Revelation 9:17; μάχαιραν, John 18:10; add Matthew 26:7; Mark 14:3; of a tree having (bearing) leaves, Mark 11:13; ἐν γαστρί ἔχειν, namely, ἔμβρυον, to be pregnant (cf. Winers Grammar, 594 (552); Buttmann, 144 (126)) (see γαστήρ, 2). Metaphorically, ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχειν τό ἀπόκριμα, 2 Corinthians 1:9; τήν μαρτυρίαν, 1 John 5:10; ἐν καρδία ἔχειν τινα, to have (carry) one in one's heart, to love one constantly, Philippians 1:7.

c. tropically, to have (hold) possession of the mind; said of alarm, agitating emotions, etc.: ἐίχειν αὐτάς τρόμος καί ἔκστασις, Mark 16:8 (Job 21:6; Isaiah 13:8, and often in secular authors; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 1294f; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. I. 8)).

d. to hold fast, keep: μνᾶ σου, ἥν εἶχον ἀποκειμένην ἐν σουδαρίῳ, Luke 19:20; tropically, τόν Θεόν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει, Romans 1:28; to keep in mind, τάς ἐντολάς, John 14:21 (see ἐντολή, under the end); τήν μαρτυρίαν, Revelation 6:9; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 19:10; τό μυστήριον τῆς πίστεως ἐν καθαρά συνειδήσει, 1 Timothy 3:9; ὑποτύπωσιν ὑγιαινόντων λόγων, 2 Timothy 1:13.

e. to have (in itself or as a consequence), comprise, involve: ἔργον, James 1:4; James 2:17; κόλασιν, 1 John 4:18; μισθαποδοσίαν, Hebrews 10:35 (Wis. 8:16). See examples from Greek authors in Passow, under the word, p. 1296f; (Liddell and Scott, see A. I. 8 and 10).

f. by a Latinism equivalent toaestimo, to regard, consider, hold as (but this sense is still denied by Meyer, on Luke as below; Matthew 14:5): τινα with the accusative of the predicate, ἔχε με παρῃτημένον, have me excused, Luke 14:18; τινα ὡς προφήτην, Matthew 14:5; Matthew 21:26 (ἔχειν Ἰαννην καί Ἰαμβρην ὡς Θεούς, Ev. Nicod. 5); τινα ἔντιμον (see ἔντιμος), Philippians 2:29; τήν ψυχήν μου (G omits μου) τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ, Acts 20:24 R G; τινα εἰς προφήτην (a Hebraism (see εἰς, B. II. 3 c. Ψ. at the end)), for a prophet, Matthew 21:46 L T Tr WH, cf. Buttmann, § 131, 7; τινα, ὅτι ὄντως (T Tr WH ὄντως, ὅτι etc.) προφήτης ἦν, Mark 11:32, cf. Buttmann, § 151, 1 a.; (Winer's Grammar, § 66, 5 a.).

2. to have equivalent to to own, possess;

a. external things such as pertain to property, riches, furniture, utensils, goods, food, etc.: as τόν βίον, Luke 21:4; 1 John 3:17; κτήματα, Matthew 19:22; Mark 10:22; θησαυρόν, Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; ἀγαθά, Luke 12:19; πρόβατα Luke 15:4; John 10:16; δραχμάς, Luke 15:8; πλοῖα, Revelation 18:19; κληρονομίαν, Ephesians 5:5; (cf. Matthew 21:38 LT Tr WH, where R G κατάσχωμεν); μέρος followed by ἐν with the dative of the thing, Revelation 20:6; θυσιαστήριον, Hebrews 13:10; ὅσα ἔχεις, Mark 10:21; Mark 12:44; Matthew 13:44, 46; Matthew 18:25; μηδέν, 2 Corinthians 6:10; τί δέ ἔχεις, etc. 1 Corinthians 4:7; with a predicate accusative added, εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά, Acts 2:44; absolutely ἔχειν, to have property, to be rich: οὐκ and μή ἔχειν (A. V. to have not), to be destitute, be poor, Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29; Mark 4:25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:26; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 2 Corinthians 8:12 (Nehemiah 8:10; 1 Esdr. 9:51, 54; Sir. 13:5; examples from Greek authors in Passow, under the word, p. 1295b; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, A. I. l; cf. Winer's Grammar, 594 (552))); ἐκ τοῦ ἔχειν, in proportion to your means (see ἐκ, II. 13 at the end), 2 Corinthians 8:11.

b. Under the head of possession belongs the phrase ἔχειν τινα as commonly used of those joined to anyone by the bonds of nature, blood, marriage, friendship, duty, law, compact, and the like: πατέρα, John 8:41; ἀδελφούς, Luke 16:28; ἄνδρα (a husband), John 4:17; Galatians 4:27; γυναῖκα, 1 Corinthians 7:2, 12f, 29; τέκνα, Matthew 21:28; Matthew 22:24; 1 Timothy 3:4; Titus 1:6; υἱούς, Galatians 4:22; σπέρμα, offspring, Matthew 22:25; χήρας, 1 Timothy 5:16; ἀσθενοῦντας, Luke 4:40; φίλον, Luke 11:5; παιδαγωγούς, 1 Corinthians 4:15; ἔχειν κύριον, to have (be subject to) a master, Colossians 4:1; δεσπότην, 1 Timothy 6:2; βασιλέα, John 19:15; with ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν added, Revelation 9:11; ἔχει τόν κρίνοντα αὐτόν, John 12:48; ἔχειν οἰκονόμον, Luke 16:1; δοῦλον, Luke 17:7; ἀρχιερέα, Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 8:1; ποιμένα, Matthew 9:36; ἔχων ὑπ' ἐμαυτόν στρατιώτας, Luke 12:8; ἔχειν τόν υἱόν καί τόν πατέρα, to be in living union with the Son (Christ) and the Father by faith, knowledge, profession, 1 John 2:23; (1 John 5:12); 2 John 1:9. With two accusatives, one of which serves as a predicate: πατέρα τόν Ἀβραάμ, Abraham for our father, Matthew 3:9; add, Acts 13:5; Philippians 3:17; Hebrews 12:9; ἔχειν τινα γυναῖκα, to have (use) a woman (unlawfully) as a wife, Matthew 14:4; Mark 6:18; 1 Corinthians 5:1 (where see Meyer) (of lawful marriage, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 5, 4).

c. of attendance or companionship: ἔχειν τινα μεθ' ἑαυτοῦ, Matthew 15:30; Matthew 26:11; Mark 2:19; Mark 14:7; John 12:8.

d. ἔχειν τί to have a thing in readiness, have at hand, have in store: οὐκ ἔχομεν εἰ μή πέντε ἄρτους, Matthew 14:17; add, Matthew 15:34; John 2:3 (not Tdf.); ; 1 Corinthians 11:22; 1 Corinthians 14:26; οὐκ ἔχω, παραθήσω αὐτῷ, Luke 11:6; ποῦ συνάξω τούς καρπούς μου, Luke 12:17; τί (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 58) φάγωσι, Mark 8:1f; ἔχειν τινα, to have one at hand, be able to make use of: Μωϋσέα καί τάς προφήτας, Luke 16:29; παράκλητον, 1 John 2:1; μάρτυρας, Hebrews 12:1; οὐδένα ἔχω etc. Philippians 2:20; ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα etc. John 5:7.

e. a person or thing is said ἔχειν those things which are its parts or are members of his body: as χεῖρας, πόδας, ὀφθαλμούς, Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:43, 45, 47; οὖς, Revelation 2:7, 11, etc.; ὦτα, Matthew 11:15; Mark 7:16 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mark 8:18; μέλη, Romans 12:4; 1 Corinthians 12:12; σάρκα καί ὀστέα, Luke 24:39; ἀκροβυστίαν, Acts 11:3; an animal is said ἔχειν head, horns, wings, etc.: Revelation 4:7; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 8:9; Revelation 9:8ff; 12:3, etc.; a house, city, or wall, ἔχειν θεμελίους, Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 21:14; στάσιν, Hebrews 9:8; (add ἐπιστολήν ἔχουσαν (R G περιέχουσαν) τόν τύπον τοῦτον, Acts 23:25).

f. one is said to have the diseases or other ills with which he is affected or afflicted: μάστιγας, Mark 3:10; ἀσθενείας, Acts 28:9; wounds, Revelation 13:14; θλῖψιν, John 16:33; 1 Corinthians 7:28; Revelation 2:10. Here belong the expressions δαιμόνιον ἔχειν, to be possessed by a demon, Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33; Luke 8:27; John 7:20; John 8:48f, 52; John 10:20; Βηλζεβουλ, Mark 3:22; πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον, Mark 3:30; Mark 7:25; Luke 4:33; Acts 8:7; πνεῦμα πονηρόν, Acts 19:13; πνεῦμα ἀσθενείας, i. e. a demon causing infirmity, Luke 13:11; πνεῦμα ἄλαλον, Mark 9:17; λεγεῶνα, Mark 5:15.

g. one is said to have intellectual or spiritual faculties, endowments, virtues, sensations, desires, emotions, affections, faults, defects, etc.: σοφίαν, Revelation 17:9; γνῶσιν, 1 Corinthians 8:1, 10; χαρίσματα, Romans 12:6; προφητείαν, 1 Corinthians 13:2; πίστιν, Matthew 17:20; Matthew 21:21; Mark 11:22; Luke 17:6; Acts 14:9; Romans 14:22; 1 Timothy 1:19; Philemon 1:5; πεποίθησιν, 2 Corinthians 3:4; Philippians 3:4; παρρησίαν, Philemon 1:8; Hebrews 10:19; 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:21; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:14; ἀγάπην, John 5:42; John 13:35; John 15:13; 1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 13:1ff; 2 Corinthians 2:4; Philippians 2:2; Philemon 1:5; 1 Peter 4:8; ἐλπίδα (see ἐλπίς, 2, p. 206a middle); ζῆλον, zeal, Romans 10:2; envy, jealousy (ἐν τῇ καρδία), James 3:14; χάριν τίνι, to be thankful to one, Luke 17:9; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 1:3; θυμόν, Revelation 12:12; ὑπομονήν, Revelation 2:3; φόβον, 1 Timothy 5:20; χαράν, Philemon 1:7 (Rec.st χάριν); 3 John 1:4 (WH text χάριν); λύπην, John 16:21; 2 Corinthians 2:3; Philippians 2:27; ἐπιθυμίαν, Philippians 1:23; ἐπιποθίαν, Romans 15:23; μνείαν τίνος, 1 Thessalonians 3:6. συνείδησιν καλήν, ἀγαθήν, ἀπρόσκοπον: Acts 24:16; 1 Timothy 1:19; 1 Peter 3:16; Hebrews 13:18; συνείδησιν ἁμαρτιῶν, Hebrews 10:2; ἀγνωσίαν Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 15:34; ἀσθένειαν, Hebrews 7:28; ἁμαρτίαν, John 9:41; John 15:22, etc. h. of age and time: ἡλικίαν, mature years (A. V. to be of age), John 9:21, 23; ἔτη, to have (completed) years, be years old, John 8:57; with ἐν τίνι added: in a state or condition, John 5:5 (Winers Grammar, 256 (240) note{3}; Buttmann, § 147, 11); in a place, τέσσαρας ἡμέρας ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ, John 11:17; beginning or end, or both, Hebrews 7:3; Mark 3:26; Luke 22:37 (see τέλος, 1 a.). i. ἔχειν τί is said of opportunities, benefits, advantages, conveniences, which one enjoys or can make use of: βάθος γῆς, Matthew 13:5; γῆν πολλήν, Mark 4:5; ἰκμάδα, Luke 8:6; καιρόν, Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 11:15; Revelation 12:12; ἐξουσίαν, see ἐξουσία, passim; εἰρήνην διά τίνος, Romans 5:1 (where we must read ἔχομεν, not (with T Tr WH L marginal reading (cf. WH. Introductory § 404)) ἔχωμεν); ἐλευθερίαν, Galatians 2:4; πνεῦμα Θεοῦ, 1 Corinthians 7:40; πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ, Romans 8:9; νοῦν Χριστοῦ, 1 Corinthians 2:16; ζωήν, John 5:40; John 10:10; John 20:31; τήν ζωήν, 1 John 5:12; ζωήν αἰώνιον, Matthew 19:16; John 3:15f, 36 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 266 (249)); ; 1 John 5:13; ἐπαγγελίας, 2 Corinthians 7:1; Hebrews 7:6; μισθόν, Matthew 5:46; Matthew 6:1; 1 Corinthians 9:17; τά αἰτήματα, the things which we have asked, 1 John 5:15; ἔπαινον, Romans 13:3; τιμήν, John 4:44; Hebrews 3:3; λόγον σοφίας, a reputation for wisdom, Colossians 2:23 (see λόγος, I. 5 at the end); καρπόν, Romans 1:13; Romans 6:21f; χάριν, benefit, 2 Corinthians 1:15 (where Tr marginal reading WH text χαράν); χάρισμα, 1 Corinthians 7:7; προσαγωγήν, Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:12; ἀνάπαυσιν, Revelation 4:8; Revelation 14:11; ἀπόλαυσιν τίνος, Hebrews 11:25; πρόφασιν, John 15:22; καύχημα, that of which one may glory, Romans 4:2; Galatians 6:4; καύχησιν, Romans 15:17. k. ἔχειν τί is used of one on whom something has been laid, on whom it is incumbent as something to be borne, observed, performed, discharged: ἀνάγκην, 1 Corinthians 7:37; ἀνάγκην followed by an infinitive, Luke 14:18; Luke 23:17 (R L brackets Tr marginal reading brackets); Hebrews 7:27; χρείαν τίνος (see χρεία, 1); εὐχήν ἐφ' ἑαυτῶν, Acts 21:23; νόμον, John 19:7; ἐντολήν, 2 John 1:5; Hebrews 7:5; ἐπιταγήν, 1 Corinthians 7:25; διακονίαν, 2 Corinthians 4:1; πρᾶξιν, Romans 12:4; ἀγῶνα, Philippians 1:30; Colossians 2:1; ἔγκλημα, Acts 23:29; κρίμα, 1 Timothy 5:12. l. ἔχειν τί is used of one to whom something has been intrusted: τάς κλείς, Revelation 1:18; Revelation 3:7; τό γλωσσόκομον, John 12:6; John 13:29. m. in reference to complaints and disputes the following phrases are used: ἔχω τί (or without an accusative, cf. Buttmann, 144 (126)) κατά τίνος, to have something to bring forward against one, to have something to complain of in one, Matthew 5:23; Mark 11:25; followed by ὅτι, Revelation 2:4; ἔχω κατά σου ὀλίγα, ὅτι etc. Revelation 2:14 (here L WH marginal reading omit ὅτι), Revelation 2:20 (here G L T Tr WH omit ὀλίγα); ἔχω τί πρός τινα, to have some accusation to bring against one, Acts 24:19; συζήτησιν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, Acts 28:29 (Rec.); ζητήματα πρός τινα, Acts 25:19; λόγον ἔχειν πρός τινα, Acts 19:38; πρᾶγμα πρός τινα, 1 Corinthians 6:1; μομφήν πρός τινα, Colossians 3:13; κρίματα μετά τίνος, 1 Corinthians 6:7. n. phrases of various kinds: ἔχειν τινα κατά πρόσωπον, to have one before him, in his presence (A. V. face to face; see πρόσωπον, 1 a.), Acts 25:16; κοίτην ἐκ τίνος, to conceive by one, Romans 9:10; τοῦτο ἔχεις, ὅτι etc. thou hast this (which is praiseworthy (cf. Winer's Grammar, 595 (553))) that etc. Revelation 2:6; ἐν ἐμοί οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν, hath nothing in me which is his of right, equivalent to no power over me (German erhatmirnichtsan), John 14:30; ἐστιν ... σαββάτου ἔχον ὁδόν, a sabbath-day's journey distant (for the distance is something which the distant place has, as it were), Acts 1:12; cf. Kypke at the passage o. ἔχω, with an infinitive (Winers Grammar, 333 (313); Buttmann, 251 (216)), α. like the Latinhabeoquod with the subjunctive, equivalent to to be able: ἔχω ἀποδοῦναι, Matthew 18:25; Luke 7:42; Luke 14:14; τί ποιῆσαι, Luke 12:4; οὐδέν εἶχον ἀντειπεῖν, they had nothing to oppose (could say nothing against it), Acts 4:14; κατ' οὐδενός εἶχε μείζονος ὀμόσαι, Hebrews 6:13; add, John 8:6 (Rec.); Acts 25:26 (cf. Buttmann, as above); Ephesians 4:28; Titus 2:8; 2 Peter 1:15; the infinitive is omitted and to be supplied from the context: ἔσχεν, namely, ποιῆσαι, Mark 14:8; see examples from Greek authors in Passow, under the word, p. 1297a; (Liddell and Scott, see A. III. 1). β. is used of what there is a certain necessity for doing: βάπτισμα ἔχω βαπτισθῆναι, Luke 12:50; ἔχω σοι τί εἰπεῖν, ; ἀπαγγεῖλαι, Acts 23:17, 19; λαλῆσαι, ; κατηγορῆσαι, Acts 28:19; πολλά γράφειν, 2 John 1:12; 3 John 1:13.

II. Intransitively.

a. (Latinmehabeo) to hold oneself or find oneself so and so, to be in such or such a condition: ἑτοίμως ἔχω, to be ready, followed by an infinitive, Acts 21:13; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 1 Peter 4:5 (not WH); ἐσχάτως (see ἐσχάτως), Mark 5:23; κακῶς, to be sick, Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:16; Matthew 9:12; ( L Tr text WH text), etc.; καλῶς, to be well, Mark 16:18; κομψότερον, to be better, John 4:52; πῶς, Acts 15:36; ἐν ἑτοίμῳ, followed by an infinitive, 2 Corinthians 10:6.

b. impersonally: ἄλλως ἔχει, it is otherwise, 1 Timothy 5:25; οὕτως, Acts 7:1; Acts 12:15; Acts 17:11; Acts 24:9; τό νῦν, ἔχον, as things now are, for the present, Acts 24:25 (Tobit 7:11, and examples from later secular authors in Kypke, Observations, 2, p. 124; cf. Vig. ed. Herm., p. 9; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 463 (432))).

III. Middle έ᾿χομαι τίνος (in Greek writings from Homer down), properly, to hold oneself to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to; to be closely joined to a person or thing (cf. Winers Grammar, 202 (190); Buttmann, 192 (166f), 161 (140)): τά ἐχόμενα τῆς σωτηρίας, Vulg.viciniorasaluti, connected with salvation, or which lead to it, Hebrews 6:9, where cf. Bleek; ἐχόμενος, near, adjoining, neighboring, bordering, next: of place, κωμοπόλεις, Mark 1:38 (νῆσος, Isocrates paneg. § 96; οἱ ἐχόμενοι, neighbors, Herodotus 1, 134); of time, τῇ ἐχομένῃ namely, ἡμέρα, the following day, Luke 13:33; Acts 20:15 (1 Macc. 4:28; Polybius 3, 112, 1; 5, 13, 9); with ἡμέρα added, Acts 21:26; σαββάτῳ, Acts 13:44 (where R T Tr WH text ἐρχομένῳ); ἐνιαυτῷ, 1 Macc. 4:28 (with variant ἐρχομένῳ ἐνιαυτῷ); τοῦ ἐχομενου ἔτους, Thucydides 6, 3. (Compare: ἀνέχω, προσανέχω, ἀντέχω, ἀπέχω, ἐνέχω, ἐπέχω, κατέχω, μετέχω, παρέχω, περιέχω, προέχω, προσέχω, συνέχω, ὑπέρχω, ὑπέχω.)

Topical Lexicon
Overview

Strong’s Greek 2192 permeates the New Testament with the idea of possession, relationship, condition, or control. Whether describing what the Lord eternally bestows, what believers gratefully receive, or what the ungodly vainly cling to, the verb frames countless doctrinal, ethical, and pastoral statements.

Seminal Theological Themes

1. Spiritual possession in Christ
2. Personal attributes believers are to “have” and “hold”
3. Stewardship of material goods
4. Authority and power—divine and delegated
5. States of need, sickness, or bondage
6. Eschatological inheritance or loss

Possessing Salvation and Eternal Life

John’s Gospel makes 2192 central to soteriology. “Everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). The present-tense “have” underscores eternal life as a present possession, not merely a future hope (John 3:36; John 6:47). 1 John echoes: “Whoever has the Son has life” (1 John 5:12).

Holding Faith, Hope, Love

Exhortations link 2192 with cardinal virtues. “If you have faith like a mustard seed…” (Matthew 17:20); “Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God” (Romans 5:1). Love is tested: “If I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2). Hope is guarded: “We who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us” (Hebrews 6:18).

Having the Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts

Believers “have an anointing from the Holy One” (1 John 2:20). The Spirit-distributed gifts are manifold: “The body is one and has many members… the ear should not say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong’” (1 Corinthians 12:12-23). The command “do not quench the Spirit” implies stewardship over what we have received.

Authority and Position in Christ

The Son “has life in Himself” (John 5:26) and “has all things in His hand” (John 3:35). He delegates: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me” (Matthew 28:18) and “I have other sheep… they too will listen to My voice” (John 10:16). Disciples are urged, “Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22) as they exercise derived authority (Luke 10:19).

Stewardship of Material Goods

The verb frequently speaks of earthly possessions. Rich seekers are told, “Go, sell what you have” (Matthew 19:21). The early church “had all things in common” (Acts 2:44). Generosity is expected: “Let the one who steals steal no longer; rather let him labor… so that he may have something to share” (Ephesians 4:28). Withholding help is condemned: “Whoever has this world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart… how can the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17).

States of Need, Sickness, or Bondage

2192 names physical conditions: those “having diseases” came to Jesus (Matthew 4:24). Demoniacs “had an unclean spirit” (Mark 5:3). Such usage contrasts the helpless state without Christ to the wholeness found in Him.

Warnings and Judgment

Parables draw sharp lines: “Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away” (Matthew 13:12). Churches are warned, “You have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead” (Revelation 3:1). False teachers “have the teaching of Balaam” (Revelation 2:14). Refusal to come to Christ leaves a man empty: “You refuse to come to Me to have life” (John 5:40).

Pastoral Exhortations to Hold Fast

Paul charges Timothy, “Hold to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me” (2 Timothy 1:13). James urges steadfastness: “Let endurance have its perfect work” (James 1:4). Hebrews repeatedly presses believers to “hold fast the confession” they have (Hebrews 4:14; 10:19-23).

Corporate Possession: The Church as Body

The church “has many members, and not all members have the same function” (Romans 12:4). Diversity of gifts builds unity when each “has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation” used for edification (1 Corinthians 14:26).

Eschatological Inheritance

Overcomers “have part in the first resurrection” (Revelation 20:6). The New Jerusalem “has the glory of God” (Revelation 21:11). Conversely, those without Christ “will not have any share in the tree of life” (cf. Revelation 22:19).

Historical Application in Early Church

Acts records believers who “had everything in common” and none “had any need” (Acts 4:34). Possessive language frames disputes (Acts 5:4), missionary qualifications (Acts 3:6), and civil proceedings (Acts 24:23).

Contemporary Ministry Implications

• Emphasize the believer’s present possession of eternal life and peace.
• Teach stewardship—what one “has” is held in trust for God’s purposes.
• Cultivate faith, hope, and love as qualities to “have” continually.
• Guard doctrinal purity by “having” the pattern of sound words.
• Encourage corporate sharing of gifts so every congregation “has” what is needed for growth.

Related Old Testament Background

Hebrew equivalents (יֵשׁ, בָּעַל, אָחַז) similarly carry ideas of possession and covenantal holding—Israel “had” the LORD as her God (Deuteronomy 26:17-18). The New Testament deepens the motif, centering all true possession in Christ.

Conclusion

Across narrative, epistle, and apocalypse, 2192 consistently calls every reader to consider what he or she truly “has.” In Christ, believers hold life, hope, and an unfading inheritance; apart from Him, all possessions prove transient.

Forms and Transliterations
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Matthew 1:18 V-PPA-NFS
GRK: ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἐκ πνεύματος
INT: in womb to have [child] through [the] Spirit

Matthew 1:23 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται
INT: in womb [child] will have and will bear

Matthew 3:4 V-IIA-3S
GRK: ὁ Ἰωάννης εἶχεν τὸ ἔνδυμα
NAS: John himself had a garment of camel's
KJV: the same John had his raiment
INT: John had the garment

Matthew 3:9 V-PIA-1P
GRK: ἑαυτοῖς Πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν Ἀβραάμ
NAS: to yourselves, We have Abraham
KJV: yourselves, We have Abraham
INT: yourselves [For] father we have Abraham

Matthew 3:14 V-PIA-1S
GRK: Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ
NAS: Him, saying, I have need
KJV: I have need
INT: I need have by you

Matthew 4:24 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ποικίλαις νόσοις
NAS: to Him all who were ill, those suffering
KJV: sick people that were taken with
INT: sick who were by various diseases

Matthew 5:23 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ἀδελφός σου ἔχει τι κατὰ
NAS: that your brother has something
KJV: thy brother hath ought against
INT: brother of you has something against

Matthew 5:46 V-PIA-2P
GRK: τίνα μισθὸν ἔχετε οὐχὶ καὶ
NAS: do you have? Do not even
KJV: what reward have ye? do not
INT: what reward have you do not also

Matthew 6:1 V-PIA-2P
GRK: μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τῷ
NAS: by them; otherwise you have no
KJV: of them: otherwise ye have no reward
INT: reward no you have with the

Matthew 6:8 V-PIA-2P
GRK: ὧν χρείαν ἔχετε πρὸ τοῦ
KJV: what things ye have need of,
INT: of what things need you have before

Matthew 7:29 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὡς ἐξουσίαν ἔχων καὶ οὐχ
NAS: for He was teaching them as [one] having authority,
KJV: them as [one] having authority, and
INT: as authority having and not

Matthew 8:9 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἐξουσίαν τασσόμενος ἔχων ὑπ' ἐμαυτὸν
KJV: under authority, having soldiers under
INT: authority I appoint having under myself

Matthew 8:16 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας ἐθεράπευσεν
NAS: and healed all who were ill.
KJV: healed all that were sick:
INT: who sick were he healed

Matthew 8:20 V-PIA-3P
GRK: ἀλώπεκες φωλεοὺς ἔχουσιν καὶ τὰ
NAS: to him, The foxes have holes
KJV: unto him, The foxes have holes, and
INT: foxes holes have and the

Matthew 8:20 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἔχει ποῦ τὴν
NAS: but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay
KJV: the Son of man hath not where
INT: of man nowhere has [place] where the

Matthew 9:6 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς
NAS: of Man has authority
KJV: the Son of man hath power on
INT: that authority has the Son

Matthew 9:12 V-PIA-3P
GRK: Οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ἰσχύοντες
KJV: unto them, They that be whole
INT: Not need have they who are strong

Matthew 9:12 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες
KJV: a physician, but they that are sick.
INT: they who sick are

Matthew 9:36 V-PPA-NNP
GRK: πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα
KJV: as sheep having no shepherd.
INT: sheep not having a shepherd

Matthew 11:15 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἔχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω
NAS: He who has ears
KJV: He that hath ears to hear,
INT: He that has ears let him hear

Matthew 11:18 V-PIA-3S
GRK: λέγουσιν Δαιμόνιον ἔχει
NAS: and they say, He has a demon!'
KJV: and they say, He hath a devil.
INT: they say A demon he has

Matthew 12:10 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἄνθρωπος χεῖρα ἔχων ξηράν καὶ
KJV: a man which had [his] hand
INT: a man hand having withered And

Matthew 12:11 V-FIA-3S
GRK: ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἕξει πρόβατον ἕν
NAS: you who has a sheep,
KJV: you, that shall have one sheep,
INT: man who will have sheep one

Matthew 13:5 V-IIA-3S
GRK: ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν
NAS: places, where they did not have much
KJV: stony places, where they had not much
INT: where not they had soil much

Matthew 13:5 V-PNA
GRK: τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς
NAS: up, because they had no
KJV: because they had no
INT: not having depth of soil

Strong's Greek 2192
711 Occurrences


ἔχε — 4 Occ.
ἔχῃ — 11 Occ.
ἔχητε — 11 Occ.
ἔχει — 104 Occ.
ἔχειν — 30 Occ.
ἔχεις — 28 Occ.
ἔχετε — 51 Occ.
ἐχέτω — 3 Occ.
ἔχω — 48 Occ.
ἔχωμεν — 4 Occ.
ἔχων — 86 Occ.
ἔχωσιν — 5 Occ.
ἔχοι — 2 Occ.
ἔχοιεν — 1 Occ.
ἔχομεν — 43 Occ.
ἐχόμενα — 1 Occ.
ἐχομένας — 1 Occ.
ἐχομένῃ — 3 Occ.
ἔχον — 4 Occ.
ἔχοντα — 28 Occ.
ἔχοντας — 16 Occ.
ἔχοντες — 47 Occ.
ἔχοντι — 10 Occ.
ἐχόντων — 9 Occ.
ἔχοντος — 5 Occ.
ἔχουσα — 15 Occ.
ἔχουσαι — 3 Occ.
ἐχούσαις — 3 Occ.
ἔχουσαν — 6 Occ.
ἐχούσῃ — 1 Occ.
ἐχούσης — 2 Occ.
Ἔχουσι — 3 Occ.
ἔχουσιν — 33 Occ.
Εἶχε — 1 Occ.
εἶχεν — 24 Occ.
εἶχες — 1 Occ.
εἴχετε — 3 Occ.
εἴχομεν — 2 Occ.
εἶχον — 19 Occ.
εἴχοσαν — 2 Occ.
ἔσχηκα — 1 Occ.
ἐσχήκαμεν — 2 Occ.
ἔσχηκεν — 1 Occ.
ἐσχηκότα — 1 Occ.
ἔσχεν — 5 Occ.
ἔσχες — 1 Occ.
ἔσχομεν — 1 Occ.
ἔσχον — 5 Occ.
ἕξει — 6 Occ.
ἕξεις — 4 Occ.
ἕξετε — 1 Occ.
ἕξουσιν — 2 Occ.
σχῆτε — 1 Occ.
σχῶ — 5 Occ.
σχῶμεν — 2 Occ.

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