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G2504 κἀγώ (kagṓ)
Greek
Personal pronoun
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Quick Definition

I also, I too

Strong's Definition

so also the dative case , and accusative case and (or also, even, etc.) I, (to) me

Derivation: from G2532 (καί) and G1473 (ἐγώ);

KJV Usage: (and, even, even so, so) I (also, in like wise), both me, me also

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κἀγώ (so the recent editions usually (in opposed to the κἀγώ etc. of Griesbach, et al., cf. Herm. Vig., p. 526; Winers Grammar, § 5, 4 a.; Lipsius, Gram. Untersuch., p. 4; cf. Iota)) (by crasis from καί ἐγώ (retained e. g. in Mat_26:15 T; Luk_2:48 WH; T Tr WH; Act_10:26 T Tr WH; WH, etc.; cf. Buttmann, 10; Winers Grammar, § 5, 3; WHs Appendix, p. 145; especially Tdf. Proleg., p. 96f), for the first time in Homer, Iliad 21, 108 (variant, cf. Odyssey 20, 296 variant (h. Merc. 17, 3); cf. Ebeling, Lex. Homer, p. 619)), dative κἀμοί (καί ἐμοί Act_10:28 R G), accusative κἀμέ; 1. and I, the καί simply connecting: Joh_10:21, etc.; and I (together), Luk_2:48; distributively, and I (in like manner): Joh_6:56; Joh_15:4; Joh_17:26; and I (on the other hand), Jas_2:18 (καγο ἔργα ἔχω); Luk_22:29; Act_22:19; and I (indeed), Joh_6:57; Rom_11:3. at the beginning of a period, Latinet equidem, and I (to speak of myself): Joh_1:31; Joh_1:33; Joh_12:32; 1Co_2:1; with the καί used consecutively (see under καί, I. 2 d.), cf. our and so: Mat_11:28; Joh_20:15; Act_22:13; 2Co_6:17; κἀγώ ... καί, both ... and: κἀμέ οἴδατε, καί οἴδατε πόθεν εἰμί, both me (my person) and my origin, Joh_7:28. 2. "I also; I as well; I likewise; in like manner I:" so that one puts himself on a level with others, Mat_2:8; Mat_10:32; Luk_11:9; Luk_16:9; Joh_15:9,( Tdf.); ; Act_10:26; 1Co_7:40; 2Co_11:16; 2Co_11:18; 2Co_11:21 f; in the second member of a comparison, after ὁποῖος, ὡς, καθώς, Act_26:29; 1Co_7:8; 1Co_11:1; Rev_2:28 (); see under καί, II. 1 a. with a suppression of the mention of those with whom the writer compares himself: Eph_1:15 (as well as others); 1Th_3:5 (as well as my companions at Athens; cf. Lünemann at the passage). κἀμοί: Luk_1:3; Act_8:19; 1Co_15:8; κἀμέ: 1Co_16:4. equivalent to I in turn: Mat_16:18; Mat_21:24; Luk_20:3; Gal_6:14. 3. even I, this selfsame I, the καί pointing the statement: Rom_3:7; cf. Herm. ad Vig., p. 835. STRONGS NT 2504: κἀμέ [κἀμέ, see κἀγώ.] STRONGS NT 2504: κἀμοί [κἀμοί, see κἀγώ.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κἀγώ kagō 84x and I, I also, but I, a crasis of καί and ἐγώ , dat., κἀμοί , acc., κἀμέ

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κἀγώ , see (ἐγώ . G1473 )

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κἀγώ [page 310] For this common crasis in the NT (cf. WH Notes .2 p. 152) we may cite PSI V. 540 .17 (iii/B.C.) καλῶς ποιήσεις ?] γράψασά μοι [περὶ τούτων ? ἵ ]να καἰγὼ εἰδῶ . The editor compares P Tebt II. 412 .4 (late ii/A.D.) καλῶς ποιήσις ἄνελθε εἰς τὴν μητρόπολιν . . ἐπὶ καἰγὼ ἀνέρχομε ( l. μαι ) εἰς τὴν πόλιν , please come up to the metropolis, since I also am coming up to the city (Edd.), and the amended reading ( Archiv vi. p. 204) of P Par 51 .15 (B.C. 160) (= Selections , p. 20) ὁρῶ σοι αὐτὸν καθιστῶντα αὐτὰς κἀαγὼ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν ἐπορευόμην . See also Meisterhans Gr. p. 72, Moulton Gr. ii. p. 63, and for the LXX usage Thackeray Gr. i. p. 137 f.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

κἀγώ see: ἐγώ. ἐγώ, genitive, etc., ἐμοῦ, ἐμοί, ἐμέ (enclitic μου, μοι, με), pl. ἡμεῖς, -ῶν, -ῖν, -ᾶς, of person(s) pron. I. __(a) The nom. is usually emphatic, when expressed as subjc, as in Mat.3:11, Mrk.1:8, Luk.3:16, al. But often there is no apparent emphasis, as Mat.10:16, Jhn.10:17; ἰδοὺ ἐ. (= Heb. הִנֵּנִי, cf. 1Ki.3:8), Act.9:10; ἐ. (like Heb. אֲנִי), I am, Jhn.1:23 (LXX), Act.7:32 (LXX). __(b) The enclitic forms (see supr.) are used with nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, where there is no emphasis: ἐν τ. πατρί μου, Jhn.14:20; μου τ. λόγους, Mat.7:24; ὀπίσω μου, Mat.3:11; ἰσχυρότερός μου, ib.; λέγει μοι, Rev.5:5; also with the prep. πρός, as Mrk.9:19, al. The full forms (ἐμοῦ, etc.) are used with the other prepositions, as δι᾽ ἐμοῦ, ἐν ἐμοί, εἰς ἐμέ, etc., also for emphasis, as Luk.10:16, Jhn.7:23, Mrk.14:7, al. __(with) The genitive μου and ἡμῶν are often used for the poss. pronouns ἐμός, ἡμέτερος: τ. λαόν μου, Mat.2:6; μου τῂ ἀπιστιᾳ, Mrk.9:24. __(d) τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί ( = Heb. מַה־לִי וָלָךְ, Jdg.11:12, al.), i.e. what have we in common: Mat.8:29, Mrk.1:24, 5:7, Luk.8:28, Jhn.2:4; τί γάρ μοι, 1Co.5:2. __(e) The interchange of ἐγώ and ἡμεῖς, common in π., appears in Pauline Epp. (see M, Pr., 86f., M, Th., 131f.). __(f) κἀγώ (= καὶ ἐγώ), and I, even I, I also: Mat.2:8, Luk.2:48, Jhn.6:56, Rom.3:7, 1Co.7:40, al.; κἀγώ . . . καί, both . . . and, Jhn.7:28. (AS)

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