ἐμός

ἐμός, ή, όν possess. pron. (via ἐμέ; Hom.+; s. B-D-F §285; W-S. §22; Rob. 684; 770) pert. to me (the speaker), esp. as possessor, agent, or object of an action, my, mine

ⓐ as adj.

α. in attrib., often without special emphasis, freq. used

א. for the possess. gen., where μου could be used in nearly all cases Mt 18:20; J 3:29; 10:27; 15:11; Ro 10:1; with emphasis τῇ ἐμῇ χειρί w. my own hand (cp. PSI 223, 6 ὁλόγραφον χειρὶ ἐμῇ) 1 Cor 16:21; Gal 6:11; Col 4:18; 2 Th 3:17; Phlm 19. ὁ ἐμὸς καιρός my time=the time when I am to be fully revealed J 7:6, 8. ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ ἐμή 8:56 and sim.—IRo 7:2; 9:3; Hs 5, 3, 3.

ב. for the obj. gen. (Aeschyl., Pers. 699 τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me; X., Cyr. 3, 1, 28; 8, 3, 32; Antiphon 5, 41; Jos., Ant. 1, 100) εἰς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάμνησιν in memory of me (but s. PSchorlemmer, Die Hochkirche 1925, nos. 4; 5; ELohmeyer, JBL 56, ’37, 244f) 1 Cor 11:24f; Lk 22:19. πίστις ἐμή faith in me PtK 3 p. 15, 21.

β. pred. J 7:16; 14:24; 16:15. οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν τοῦτο δοῦναι it is not for me to give Mt 20:23; Mk 10:40 (Pla., Leg. 2, 664b ἐμὸν ἂν εἴη λέγειν; Lucian, Jupp. Conf. 10 οὐκ ἐμὸν τοῦτο; Jos., Ant. 2, 335 σόν ἐστι ἐκπορίζειν).

ⓑ subst. τὸ ἐμόν my property (cp. Jos., Ant. 18, 199) Mt 25:27; J 16:14f. For this τὰ ἐμά (cp. Phalaris, Ep. 16; Jos., Ant. 13, 57; ApcSed 6:4; Tat. 26, 2) Mt 20:15 (perh. on my own premises WHatch, ATR 26, ’44, 250–53); Lk 15:31 (Ps.-Callisth. 1, 38, 5 τὰ σὰ ἡμέτερα γενής.); J 17:10.—οἱ ἐμοί (Ael. Aristid. 50, 5 K.=26 p. 503 D.; Sb 1911 [ins]; POslo 25, 10 [217 A.D.] et al. s. Pres.; Jos., Vi. 291) Rv 13:14 v.l.—GKilpatrick, The Poss. Pron. in the NT: JTS 42, ’41, 184–86.—DELG s.v. ἐγώ. M-M.