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G1699 ἐμός (emós)
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ἐμός, ή, όν Poss.pr. mine

Strong's Definition

from the oblique cases of 1473 (1698, 1700, 1691); my

KJV Usage: of me, mine (own), my

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐμός, -7, -dv, (fr. ἐμοῦ), possess. pron. of the first pers., mine; a. that which I have; what I possess: Jn. iv. 34; xiii. 35; [xv. 11 ἡ χαρὰ ἡ ἐμὴ (see μένω, I. 1 b. a.) ]; xviii. 36; Ro. x. 1; Philem. 12, and often; τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί, with my own hand [B. 117 (102) note], 1 Co. xvi. 21; Gal. vi. 11; Col. iv. 18; as a predicate, Jn. vii. 16; xiv. 24; xvi. 15; substantively, τὸ ἐμόν that which is mine, mine own, esp. my money, Mt. xxv. 27; divine truth, in the knowledge of which I excel, Jn. xvi. 15; univ. in plur. τὰ ἐμά my goods, Mt. xx. 15; Lk. χν. 81. b. proceeding from me: οἱ ἐμοὶ λόγοι, Mk. viii. 38; Lk. ix. 26 [here Tr mrg. br. λόγ.] ; ὁ λόγος ὁ ἐμός, Jn. viii. 37; ἡ ἐντολὴ ἡ ἐμή, In. xv. 12; ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχή, Jn. vii. 16, and in other exx. 6. pertaining or relating to me; a. appointed for me: 6 καιρὸς ὁ ἐμός, Jn. vii. 6. B. equiv. to a gen. of the object: ἡ ἐμὴ ἀνάμνησις, Lk. xxii. 19: 1 Co. xi. 24; exx. fr. Grk. writ. are given by W. § 22, 7; [Kuhner ὃ 454, Anm. 11; Kriiger 8 47, 7, 8]. y. ἔστιν ἐμόν it is mine, equiv. to, it rests with me: Mt. xx. 23; Mk. x. 40. In connecting the article with this pron. the N. T. writ. do not deviate fr. Attic usage; cf. B. § 124, 6.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐμός emos 76x

my, mine, Jn. 7:16; 8:37

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐμός, -ή, -όν poss. prop. of first pers., representing the em­phasized gen. ἐμοῦ,

mine, subjectively and objectively, i.e. belonging to, proceeding from or related to me: Mt 18:20, Mk 8:38, Jo 3:29 (most freq. in this gospel), al.; absol., τὸ ἐμόν, τὰ ἐμά, Mt 20:15 25:27, Lk 15:31, Jo 10:14 16:14, 15 17:10; = gen. obj. (cl.), εἰς τ. ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν, Lk 22:19, I Co 11:24, 25; c. gen. expl., τ. ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου, I Co 16:21, Col 4:18, II Th 3:17

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐμός. Commenting on P Petr I. 121° cited s.v. ἐμαυτοῦ ad zniz., Mahafty draws attention tothe substitution of cases of ἐμαυτοῦ for ἐμός in the Ptolemaic papyri. The only exception he notes is P Petr I. 1415 (B.c. 237) (=TIII. p. 12) τ]ῆι €pAlt γ]υναικί, A later example (A.D. 192) is found on an ostracon published in ZAZ, p. 186 δὸς TH ἐμῆ παιδίσκη, where Deissmann remarks that ἐμῆ is unemphatic, as, for example, in Rom 1o!: cf. also P Oxy VIII. 115935 (late ili/A.D.) περὶ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἐμῶν συνέργων, ‘with regard to * PSI IIT. 2235 (a.p. 580) ὁλόγραφον χειρὶ ἐμῇ my tools.’

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐμός (emos) — mine. ἐμός, ή, όν, possessive pronoun of 1st pers.: (ἐγώ, ἐμοῦ):— mine; contraction with the Article, οὑμός, τοὐμόν, τοὐμοῦ, τὠμῷ, τἀμά, Trag. (not Comedy texts, τἀμὰ γὰρ διοίχεται is paratragoedia in [Refs 5th c.BC+], rarely in Prose, οὑμός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὑμός even in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and (accusative to some Grammars ) τὠμῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—poetry ἀμός (which see):

I. with a substantive:

I.1. subjectively, mine, of me, ἐμὰ δάκρυα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; χεῖρες ἐμαί[Refs 8th c.BC+]: with the Article, τὸν ἐμὸν χόλον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Poets sometimes joined with genitive, to strengthen the possessive notion, ἐμὸν αὐτοῦ mine own,[Refs 8th c.BC+]

I.1. b mine, i.e. favourable to me, τεκμήρια ἐμά, οὐ τούτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. objectively, relating to me, against me, ἐμὴ ἀγγελίη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τἀμὰ νουθετήματα warnings to me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὠμῷ πόθῳ by love for me, [Refs]; αἱ ἐμαὶ διαβολαί slanders against me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δωρεὰ ἐμή a gift to me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sometimes with another genitive added, τὰς ἐμὰς Λαΐου διαφθοράς murder of L. by me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν αἷμα πατρός his blood shed by me, [Refs]; τὰ ἐμὰ δῶρα Κύπριδος (Dind. for Κύπρις) her gifts to me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. without a substantive, mine, οὐ γὰρ ἐμὸν παλινάγρετον my word, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μὲν ἐμόν [ἐστι] 'tis my counsel, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in Trag. and Prose, it is my duty, my business, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. ἐμοί my friends, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ἐμὸς Ἡράκλειτος my dear Heraclitus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. τὰ ἐμά my property, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of servants. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also τὰ ἐμά or τὸ ἐμόν, my part, my affairs, my interest, οὕτω τὸ ἐμὸν ἔχει things stand thus with me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence in Trag. and Attic dialect, my conduct (almost periphrastic for ἐγώ), [Refs 5th c.BC+] for my part, as far as concerns me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.4. ἡ ἐ. (i.e. γῆ) my country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also (i.e. γνώμη) my opinion, ἐὰν ἡ ἐ. νικᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά γε τὴν ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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