ἡμεῖς

emeis

a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic):--I, me. For the other cases and the plural see ἐμέ, ἐμοί, ἐμοῦ, ἡμᾶς, ἡμεῖς, ἡμῖν, ἡμῶν, etc.

G1473

2 Corinthians 11:21 · Word #6

Lexicon G1473

Lemmaἐγώ
Transliterationegṓ
Strong'sG1473

Morphology PRO.P 1P NOM PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech PRO.P — Personal Pronoun — Refers to persons
Person 1P — 1st person — The speaker ("I" / "we")
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐγώ
Strong'sG1473

SIBI-P1 G1473-04

we ourselves

Rootἐγώ (egō)
Core MeaningsI, me, self-reference, personal identity
Semantic Rangewe, us (as subject), we ourselves, our group, we in contrast to others; often used for emphasis or contrast with another party.
Conceptual SignificanceThe explicit use of the first-person plural often signals corporate identity—such as the apostles, a believing community, or Israel—and can underscore authority, solidarity, or contrast between ‘we’ and ‘you’ in theological argumentation.
Morphological NotesGr,RP,,,1N,P = personal pronoun, first person, nominative case, plural number; functioning as the emphatic subject of a clause.
Rendering RationaleThe lemma ἐγώ is the first-person personal pronoun, used explicitly for emphasis. The form ἡμεῖς is nominative plural, marking the subject and stressing the speakers’ self-identification; “we ourselves” preserves both the plural subject force and the emphatic nuance inherent in the expressed pronoun.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ἐγώ (I, me, self-reference, personal identity)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G1473-01 ego I myself
G1473-02 emas us (first-person plural, direct object)
G1699-02 emas us (we-ones, as direct object)

Word Usage (2574 occurrences of G1473)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 1:23 ἡμῶν emon us
Matthew 2:6 μου mou my
Matthew 2:8 μοι moi to me
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