ἔχω échō

Meaning

to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)

In the King James Version: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use

Derivation: a primary verb;

Where it is used

• Hebrews 10:2 If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
• Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
• Hebrews 10:34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
• Hebrews 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
• Hebrews 10:36 You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
• Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
• Hebrews 11:15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
• Hebrews 11:25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
• Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
• Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
• Hebrews 12:28 Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
• Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
• Hebrews 13:14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• Hebrews 13:18 Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
• James 1:4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
• James 2:1 My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
• James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?
• James 2:17 So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead.
• James 2:18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.
• James 3:14 But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
• James 4:2 You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
• 1 Peter 2:12 Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
• 1 Peter 2:16 Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
• 1 Peter 3:16 keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
• 1 Peter 4:5 But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
• 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
• 2 Peter 1:15 And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.
• 2 Peter 1:19 We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
• 2 Peter 2:14 Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
• 2 Peter 2:16 But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
• 1 John 1:3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
• 1 John 1:6 If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
• 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
• 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
• 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
• 1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
• 1 John 2:20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• 1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
• 1 John 2:27 And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
• 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, remain in Christ, so that when He appears, we may be confident and unashamed before Him at His coming.
• 1 John 3:3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure.
• 1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
• 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
• 1 John 3:21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,
• 1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
• 1 John 4:17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
• 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
• 1 John 4:21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
• 1 John 5:10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
• 1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
• 1 John 5:13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
• 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
• 1 John 5:15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
• 2 John 1:5 And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.
• 2 John 1:9 Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
• 2 John 1:12 I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
• 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
• 3 John 1:13 I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.
• Jude 1:3 Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
• Jude 1:19 These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.