ἐγὼ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἐγὼ

   e-GÔ

   I
2. clause🔊 ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος

   ho-ti de ek tou KOS-mou ouk e-STE al e-GÔ ek-se-le-KSA-mên hy-MAS ek tou KOS-mou di-A TOU-to mi-SEI hy-MAS ho KOS-mos

   but because from the world not you are but I {I} chose you from the world because of this the world {It} hates you
3. sentence🔊 εἰ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε ὁ κόσμος ἂν τὸ ἴδιον ἐφίλει· ὅτι δὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ ἐστέ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου διὰ τοῦτο μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος

   ei ek tou KOS-mou Ê-te ho KOS-mos AN to I-di-on e-PHI-lei ho-ti de ek tou KOS-mou ouk e-STE al e-GÔ ek-se-le-KSA-mên hy-MAS ek tou KOS-mou di-A TOU-to mi-SEI hy-MAS ho KOS-mos

   if from the world you were the world would {It} would love the its own but because from the world not you are but I {I} chose you from the world because of this the world {It} hates you

Exegesis

The strong adversative allʼ {ἀλλʼ | all} pivots to the speaker’s decisive agency, with ego {ἐγώ | e-go} placed for emphasis before exelexamen {ἐξελεξάμην | ek-se-le-xa-men}, making the act of choosing the interpretive center of the sentence.

Root and etymology

leg🔊 λέγωlambda epsilon gamma omega

“to say, speak”

• 🔊 λόγοςlogosword, messageJohn 1:1
• 🔊 λόγιονlogionsayingRomans 3:2