ἐμέ
emé
G1691
SILEX Entry
Definition
First person singular accusative pronoun: 'me' — the object form of the Greek first person pronoun. Used to refer to the speaker as the recipient of an action. In certain contexts, can be emphatic, stressing the involvement or presence of the speaker as direct object. The form is distinguished from nominative ἐγώ ('I'), and may appear independently, with prepositions, or as part of a compound phrase emphasizing the first person.
Semantic Range
me (first person singular object); me (emphatic); myself (stressed or independent); the person speaking as the object of an action or preposition
Root / Etymology
From the Greek root ἐγώ (first person singular pronoun) with a standard accusative ending. ἐμέ is considered a prolonged or emphatic form of the simple με, with the same etymological origin (Proto-Indo-European *eg(h)om 'I'). The different forms (με and ἐμέ) both function as accusative, but ἐμέ is often used where emphasis is required or independently in a clause.
Historical & Contextual Notes
In classical and Hellenistic Greek, both με and ἐμέ serve as first person singular accusative pronouns ('me'), but ἐμέ appears more often in emphatic or isolated positions (e.g., after prepositions or as the focus of a sentence). In the Septuagint and New Testament, this form can heighten emphasis, drawing attention to the speaker as the direct object (e.g., John 14:9 ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ ἑώρακεν τὸν πατέρα, 'The one having seen me has seen the Father'). English translations commonly render both με and ἐμέ as 'me,' typically not distinguishing emphasis present in the Greek. The choice between με and ἐμέ is governed more by position, focus, and sometimes poetic or rhetorical style than by strictly grammatical distinctions. By the Koine period, both forms were in common use, with the full form (ἐμέ) retaining its emphatic or independent sense.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
a prolonged form of μέ; me:--I, me, my(-self).
Word Forms
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Occurrences in Scripture
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