Strong’s G2249 · Greek
ἡμεῖς
hēmeîs
Definition
we (only used when emphatic)
Etymology
nominative plural of G1473 (ἐγώ);
Where the KJV renders it
- us
- we (ourselves)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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