to have/be
echo denotes possessing or holding something, including possessions, qualities, relationships, and stated conditions.
The verb most often marks possession or the possession of an attribute, gift, or quality; it also describes persons in a relationship or condition and the holding of matters, needs, or inward commitments. Its present, participial, and other supplied forms occur in clauses about what a person possesses, lacks, retains, or has before them.
Senses in use
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Possessing possessions, gifts, or qualities · dominant
Present active forms mark what someone possesses: in 1 Corinthians 14:26 the APB renders each person at the gathering as having a psalm, teaching, revelation, tongue, or interpretation. In 1 John 5:12, the present participle and indicative distinguish the person who has the Son and life from the person who does not; 1 Timothy 6:16 similarly predicates immortality of one person.
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Being in a personal relationship or circumstance · common
The verb can frame a person's relation or situation. In 1 Corinthians 7:12 and 1 Corinthians 7:13, the APB renders a brother as having an unbelieving wife and a woman as having an unbelieving husband; in 1 Corinthians 6:1, a present active participle describes someone having a matter against another.
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Holding or lacking an inward commitment or need · occasional
The verb occurs with inward or evaluative complements. In 1 Corinthians 12:21, the APB renders the eye and head as saying they have no need of other members; in 1 Timothy 1:19, a present participle stands with faith and a good conscience, and in 1 John 2:28 an aorist subjunctive looks to having boldness when he is revealed.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the verb with forms of “have,” as in possessions, needs, relationships, and qualities. Its wording confirms the clauses' overall possession language rather than establishing a separate rendering for every form.