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Koine Greek wordlink #119409

SR GNT 1Cor 13:3 ἔχω (eⱪō) ‘love but not I may_be having nothing I am_being benefited’ Strongs=21920 Lemma=eχō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=present voice=active person=1st number=singular
Refers to Word #115150 Person=Paul

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Other uses (4) of identical word form ἔχω (V-SPA1..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἔχω’ (V-SPA1..S) is always and only glossed as ‘I may_be having’.

1Cor 13:1 ‘love but not I may_be having I have become brass resounding’ SR GNT 1Cor 13:1 word 13

1Cor 13:2 ‘and_if I may_be having prophecy and I may_have known’ SR GNT 1Cor 13:2 word 4

1Cor 13:2 ‘the knowledge and_if I may_be having all the faith’ SR GNT 1Cor 13:2 word 19

1Cor 13:2 ‘love but not I may_be having nothing I am’ SR GNT 1Cor 13:2 word 30

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eχō’ have 62 different glosses: ‘am having’, ‘are having’, ‘are having some’, ‘be having’, ‘be holding’, ‘has had’, ‘having had’, ‘is having’, ‘is holding’, ‘let_be having’, ‘may_be having’, ‘might_be having’, ‘to_be having’, ‘was having’, ‘were having’, ‘I am having’, ‘I have had’, ‘I may have’, ‘I may_be having’, ‘I was having’, ‘I had’, ‘he is having’, ‘he is having enough’, ‘he may_be having’, ‘he was having’, ‘he had’, ‘it is having’, ‘it may_be having’, ‘it was having’, ‘she is having’, ‘she was having’, ‘she had’, ‘they are having’, ‘they may_be having’, ‘they may_be having it’, ‘they were having’, ‘we are having’, ‘we are having anything’, ‘we have had’, ‘we may have’, ‘we may_be having’, ‘we were having’, ‘we had’, ‘you are having’, ‘you are having some’, ‘you were having’, ‘you had’, ‘you_all are having’, ‘you_all are having for_me’, ‘you_all may have’, ‘you_all may_be having’, ‘you_all were having’, ‘being’, ‘following’, ‘had’, ‘having’, ‘having a_child’, ‘having anything’, ‘having child’, ‘having means’, ‘holding’, ‘neighboring’.

Key: V=verb SPA1..S=subjunctive,present,active,1st person singular