UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: to have, to own, to possess, to belong to

Semantic entry: 57.1

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Have, Possess, Property, Owner

Definition: to have or possess objects or property (in the technical sense of having control over the use of such objects){N:001}{N:002}

Sense 2: to hold on to, to retain in the hand, to seize

Semantic entry: 18.6

Semantic domains: Attachment

Subdomains: Grasp, Hold

Definition: to hold on to an object

Sense 3: to hold a view, to have an opinion, to consider, to regard

Semantic entry: 31.1

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Have an Opinion, Hold a View

Definition: to hold a view or have an opinion with regard to something

Sense 4: to wear

Semantic entry: 49.13

Semantic domains: Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning

Definition: to wear clothes

Sense 5: to be able to, to have the capacity to

Semantic entry: 74.12

Semantic domains: Able, Capable

Definition: to possess the capacity to do something

Sense 6: to experience, to have

Semantic entry: 90.65

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Experiencer

Definition: to experience a state or condition, generally involving duration

Sense 7: to be, to bear

Semantic entry: 13.2

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: State

Definition: to be in a particular state or condition

Sense 8: to cause, to bring about, to produce

Semantic entry: 90.51

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Agent in a Causative Role Marked by Verbs

Definition: a marker of a causative relation, with otherwise almost empty semantic content

Sense 9: to have, to contain

Semantic entry: 90.27

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Content

Definition: a marker of designations of content

Sense 10: to acknowledge

Semantic entry: 31.28

Semantic domains: Hold a View, Believe, Trust

Subdomains: Acknowledge

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have in recognition) to recognize something as being what it truly is

Notes: For another interpretation of ἐπίγνωσις in RV ROM 1:28 · LV ROM 1:28 · Read together ROM 1:28, see 28.2: ἐπιγινώσκω / 28.2: ἐπίγνωσις.

Collocations: ἔχω ἐν ἐπιγνώσει

Sense 11: to share, to share with one another

Semantic entry: 57.99

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have in common) to share with one another equitably

Notes: The mutuality of sharing may be expressed in some languages as ‘each person shared with all of the rest’ or ‘each person gave to the others and received from the others.’

Collocations: ἔχω κοινός

Sense 12: to experience together with, to share in experiencing

Semantic entry: 90.83

Semantic domains: Case

Subdomains: Experiencer

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have a part in) to experience along with others

Collocations: ἔχω μέρος ἐν

Sense 13: to be able to hear, can hear

Semantic entry: 24.59

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Hear

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have ear) to be able to hear, with the implication of being expected to hear or having the obligation to hear (with a further implication of related mental activity)

Notes: In rendering the idiom ἔχω οὖς in RV REV 2:7 · LV REV 2:7 · Read together REV 2:7, the implication is that the individuals involved ought to be able to hear and pay attention.

Collocations: ἔχω οὖς

Sense 14: to be a fortuneteller

Semantic entry: 33.285

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Foretell, Tell Fortunes

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have a spirit of python, an appositional construction in Greek) to tell people for pay what would happen to them in the future

Collocations: ἔχω πνεῦμα πύθωνα

Sense 15: to be very sick, to be about to die

Semantic entry: 23.151

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to be at an extreme) to be very sick, with the implication of imminent death

Collocations: ἐσχάτως ἔχω

Sense 16: to be ill, to be sick (to some extent equivalent to the English idiom to be bad off in speaking of ill health)

Semantic entry: 23.148

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have badly, or: to fare badly) to be in a bad state, to be ill

Collocations: κακῶς ἔχω

Sense 17: to be well, to be healthy

Semantic entry: 23.129

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Health, Vigor, Strength

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have well) the state of being healthy, well (in contrast with sickness)

Notes: In a number of languages health is expressed only in terms of strength, for ‘to be well’ is ‘to be strong.’ In other languages, however, to be well or to be healthy is a negation of illness or sickness, so that in RV MRK 16:18 · LV MRK 16:18 · Read together MRK 16:18 one may translate ‘they will place their hands on those who are sick and these people will become not sick.’

Collocations: καλῶς ἔχω

Sense 18: pregnant, to be pregnant

Semantic entry: 23.50

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Birth, Procreation

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have bed, though in combination with ἔχω, κοίτη early acquired the metonymic meaning of sexual relations) to be in a state of pregnancy.

Notes: This expression contrasts with the meaning of συλλαμβάνω [source selector 000001][b], 23.49: καταβολή / 23.49: συλλαμβάνω, in that it seems to focus more upon the state of pregnancy rather than the event of conception.

Collocations: κοίτην ἔχω

Sense 19: neighboring

Semantic entry: 83.29

Semantic domains: Spacial Positions

Subdomains: At, Beside, Near, Far

Definition: (a participial form of ἔχω[a] ‘to have,’ 57.1: ἔχω / 57.1: κατάσχεσις / 57.1: κατέχω) a position contiguous to another position

Forms: ἐχόμενος

Sense 20: pregnant, to be pregnant

Semantic entry: 23.50

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Birth, Procreation

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to have in the womb) to be in a state of pregnancy.

Notes: This expression contrasts with the meaning of συλλαμβάνω [source selector 000001][b], 23.49: καταβολή / 23.49: συλλαμβάνω, in that it seems to focus more upon the state of pregnancy rather than the event of conception.|It is impossible to determine whether in RV MAT 1:23 · LV MAT 1:23 · Read together MAT 1:23 (ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν ‘she will be pregnant and bear a son’) the focus is upon the state of pregnancy or the fact of conception (see 23.49: καταβολή / 23.49: συλλαμβάνω).

Collocations: ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχω

Sense 21: the next day, on the next day

Semantic entry: 67.208

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Units of Time with Reference to Other Units or Points of Time: Yesterday, Today, Next Day

Definition: a day immediately following a previous day{N:005}

Collocations: τῇ ἐχομένῃ