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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2400 - ἰδού

Transliteration

idoú

Phonetics

id-oo'

Origin

second person singular imperative middle voice of (G1492)

Parts of Speech

particle

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

behold, see, lo

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 56 ‑ אָבַל (aw‑bal'); 431 ‑ אֲלוּ (al‑oo'); 576 ‑ אֲנָא (an‑aw', an‑aw'); 718 ‑ אֲרוּ (ar‑oo'); 1887 ‑ הֵא (hay); 1972 ‑ הָלָא (haw‑law'); 2005 ‑ הֵן (hane); 2009 ‑ הִנֵּה (hin‑nay'); 2088 ‑ זֶה (zeh); 2372 ‑ חָזָה (khaw‑zaw); 3541 ‑ כֹּה (ko); 5844 ‑ עָטָה (aw‑taw'); 7200 ‑ רָאָה (raw‑aw'); 7535 ‑ רַק (rak);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (212)

Matthew 62

Mark 11

Luke 59

John 5

Acts 23

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 7

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 30

BSB (181)

Matthew 66

Mark 16

Luke 57

John 23

Acts 23

Romans 2

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 2

Hebrews 4

James 6

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

CSB (155)

Matthew 58

Mark 6

Luke 49

John 3

Acts 18

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 4

Hebrews 3

James 6

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 24

ESV (183)

Matthew 60

Mark 10

Luke 59

John 3

Acts 23

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 6

1 Peter 1

Revelation 27

KJV (213)

Matthew 62

Mark 12

Luke 59

John 5

Acts 23

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 7

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 30

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (198)

Matthew 62

Mark 7

Luke 57

John 4

Acts 22

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 5

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

N95 (165)

Matthew 45

Mark 8

Luke 45

John 4

Acts 19

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 4

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

NAS (164)

Matthew 45

Mark 8

Luke 45

John 4

Acts 19

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 4

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 25

NLT (122)

Matthew 36

Mark 5

Luke 31

John 4

Acts 17

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 3

Galatians 3

Hebrews 2

James 7

Jude 1

Revelation 25

WEB (211)

Matthew 61

Mark 12

Luke 59

John 5

Acts 23

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 7

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 29

YLT (193)

Matthew 59

Mark 7

Luke 55

John 3

Acts 22

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 6

Galatians 1

Hebrews 4

James 6

1 Peter 1

Jude 1

Revelation 26

ASV (212)

and behold 1

behold 178

isaiah the prophet, behold 1

lo 23

nbsp 6

now 1

said, lo 1

there 1

BSB (181)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

CSB (155)

are 1

away 1

came 1

consider 4

fact 2

here 3

here's 1

immediately 1

is 1

just 2

listen 9

look 68

moment 1

note 4

now 2

out 1

remember 1

saw 1

see 11

suddenly 19

then 1

there 5

this 2

unexpectedly 1

was 11

were 1

ESV (183)

at 1

behold 137

came 1

for 1

here 6

how 1

is 1

look 15

look at him 1

see 15

there 1

was 3

KJV (213)

behold 181

lo 29

see 3

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (198)

after 1

assure 1

behold 183

here 3

look 8

then 1

yet 1

N95 (165)

assure 1

behold 145

here 3

lo 1

long 1

look 8

see 1

then 1

there 1

when 1

why 1

yet 1

NAS (164)

assure 1

behold 142

here 3

long 1

look 11

see 1

then 1

there 1

when 1

why 1

yet 1

NLT (122)

am 1

approached 1

as 1

at 1

be 1

but 5

consider 1

day 1

declare 1

here 2

indeed 1

instead 1

just 1

listen 7

look 40

met 1

moment 1

more 1

no 4

noticed 1

now 11

of 1

remember 1

saw 4

see 1

startling 1

still 1

suddenly 9

that 2

then 1

there 4

therefore 1

this 1

time 2

up 3

watch 1

went 1

what 1

when 2

where 1

WEB (211)

* 5

behold 179

indeed 1

long 1

look 1

saw 1

see 3

YLT (193)

and lo 2

behold 2

lo 185

one unto another, 'lo 1

saying - 'lo 1

then, lo 1

things, lo 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ANT

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BEZ

INJ- 2

V-AAM-2S 232

BGB

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BMT

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BYZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ELZ

INJ 2

PRT 198

NA26

I 2

X 198

SBL

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SCV

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

STV

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

TIS

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

INJ 199

TRG

INJ 2

PRT 187

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἰδοῦ

(ἴδου Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. in Theod. 2.140),

I aor.2 imper. Med. of ὁράω; but,

II ἰδού (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.417, al.), as Adv., lo! behold! (even with words of hearing, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά S. Aj. 870 (lyr.), cf. El. 1410):

1 with Nouns and Prons., ἰ. χελιδών Klein Meistersign. 133 (Attic vase, vi B.C.), etc.; ἰ. ἐγώ here am I, LXX Genesis 27:1,al.; ἰ. ἡ μνᾶ σοι Luke 19:20; οὐκ ἰ. Ἀαρών; LXX Exodus 4:14.

2. with Verbs, in the imper., ἰ. θεᾶσθε S. Tr. 1079, Ar. Ach. 366; esp. in offering a thing, take it ! ἰ. δέχου παῖ S. Ph. 776. in ind. of all tenses, ἰ. πείθομαι E. Or. 143 (lyr.): freq. in LXX and NT with past tenses, Genesis 24:15,al., Matthew 27:51, al.; in the middle of a sentence, Luke 13:16.

3. with questions, ἰ., τί ἔστιν; Ar. Nu. 825, Eq. 157.

4. in repeating another's words quizzingly, as ἰδού γ' ἄκρατον wine, quotha ! ib. 87; ἰ. λέγειν ib. 344; ἰδού γε κλέπτειν Id. Th. 206, cf. Ec. 136.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἰδού, a demonstrative particle (in Greek writings from Sophocles down), found in the N. T. especially in the Gospels of Matthew and of Luke, used very often in imitation of the Hebrew הִנֵּה, and giving a peculiar vivacity to the style by bidding the reader or hearer to attend to what is said: "Behold! See! Lo!" It is inserted in the discourse after a genitive absolutely, Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:1, 13; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 12:46; Matthew 17:5; Matthew 26:47; Matthew 28:11. καί ἰδού is used, when at the close of a narrative something new is introduced, Matthew 2:9; Matthew 3:16; Matthew 4:11; Matthew 8:2, 24, 29, 32, 34; Matthew 9:2f, 20; Matthew 12:10; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 17:3; Matthew 19:16; Matthew 26:51; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 28:2, 7; Luke 1:20, 31, 36; Luke 2:9 (R G L Tr brackets),; ; Acts 12:7; Acts 16:1; when a thing is specified which is unexpected yet sure, 2 Corinthians 6:9 (καί ἰδίου ζῶμεν, and nevertheless we live), cf. Matthew 7:4; when a thing is specified which seems impossible and yet occurs, Luke 11:41; Acts 27:24. The simple ἰδού is the exclamation of one pointing out something, Matthew 12:2, 47 (WH here in marginal reading only); Matthew 13:3; Matthew 24:26; Mark 3:32; Luke 2:34; and calling attention, Mark 15:35 (T Tr WH ἴδε); Luke 22:10; John 4:35; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 2 Corinthians 5:17; James 5:9; Jude 1:14; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 9:12; Revelation 11:14; Revelation 16:15; Revelation 22:7 (Rec.); in other places it is equivalent to observe or consider: Matthew 10:16; Matthew 11:8; Matthew 19:27; Matthew 20:18; Matthew 22:4; Mark 10:28, 33; Mark 14:41; Luke 2:48; Luke 7:25; Luke 18:28, 31, etc.; also καί ἰδού, Matthew 28:20; Luke 13:30; ἰδού γάρ, Luke 1:44, 48; Luke 2:10; Luke 6:23; Luke 17:21; Acts 9:11; 2 Corinthians 7:11; ἰδού where examples are adduced: James 3:4ff; 5:4,7,11; for the Hebrew הִנְנִי, so that it includes the copula: Luke 1:38; equivalent to here I am: Acts 9:10; Hebrews 2:13. ἰδού is inserted in the midst of a speech, Matthew 23:34 (here WH marginal reading Ἰδού (see the commentaries)); Luke 13:16; Acts 2:7; Acts 13:11; Acts 20:22, 25. The passages of the O. T. containing the particle which are quoted in the New are these: Matthew 1:23; Matthew 11:10; Matthew 12:18; Matthew 21:5; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27; John 13:15; Romans 9:33; Hebrews 2:13; Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 10:7, 9; 1 Peter 2:6. Like the Hebrew הִנֵּה, ἰδού and καί ἰδού stand before a nominative which is not followed by a finite verb, in such a way as to include the copula or predicate (cf. Buttmann, 139 (121f)): e. g., was heard, Matthew 3:17; is, is or was here, exists, etc., Matthew 12:10 L T Tr WH, 41; Mark 13:21 R G L; Luke 5:12, 18; Luke 7:37; Luke 11:31; Luke 13:11 (R G add ἦν); ; John 19:26 (Rec., 27 R G); Acts 8:27, 36; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 6:2, 5, 8; Revelation 7:9 (not L); ; is approaching, Matthew 25:6 G L T Tr WH (Rec. adds ἔρχεται); but also in such a way as to have simply a demonstrative force: Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἰδού ,

[in LXX chiefly for H576,]

prop. imperat. 2 aor. mid, of ὁράω , used as a demonstrative particle, with frequency much greater in LXX and NT than in cl. (v. M, Pr., 11),

lo, behold, see: Matthew 10:16; Matthew 11:8; Matthew 13:3, Mark 3:32, Luke 2:48, 1 Corinthians 15:51, James 5:9, Judges 1:14, Revelation 1:7, al.; after gen. absol., Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:1; Matthew 2:13; Matthew 12:46, al.; καὶ ἰδού , Matthew 2:9 (and freq.), Luke 1:20; Luke 10:25, Acts 12:7, al,; in elliptical sentences, taking the place of copula or predicate (like H576 in Heb.), Matthew 3:17, Luke 5:12; Luke 22:31; Luke 22:47, Acts 8:27; Acts 8:36, al.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Moulton (Proleg. p. 11) has shown that the frequency with which ἰδού (originally the imper. of εἰδόμην and accented ἰδοῦ) is used by certain NT writers is due to the fact that they were accustomed to the constant use of an equivalent interjection in their own tongue : cf. Wellhausen Einl. .2 p. 22. As showing, however, that the interjection was used in the Κοινή where no Hebraistic influence is predicable, we may cite P Oxy VII. 1066.5 (iii/A.D.) εἰδ [ο ]ὺ οὖν ἀπέστιλά σοι αὐτήν, with reference to the return of a file, ib. 1069.11 very illiterate (iii/A.D.) εἰδοὺ γὰρ καὶ τὸ πορφύρειν μετὰ τῶν συ [ν ]έργων κεῖντε, ";see, the purple is put with the tools"; (cf. l..6), ib. X. 1291.7 (A.D. 30) οὐδ [εί ]ς μοι ἤνεγκεν ἐπιστολήν περὶ ἄρτων, ἀλλ᾽ εὐθέως, ἠ (= εἰ) ἔπεμψας διὰ Κολλούθου ἐπιστολήν, εἰδοὺ ἀρτάβηι σοι γίνεται, ";no one has brought me a letter about the bread, but if you send a letter by Colluthus, an artaba will come to you immediately"; (Edd.), ib. 1295.3 (ii/iii A.D.) ἰδοὺ μὲν ἐγὼ οὐκ ἐμιμησάμην σε τοῦ ἀπ (οσπ)ᾶν τὸν υἱόν μου, ";see, I have not imitated you by taking away my son"; (Edd.). A curious verbal parallel to Luke 13:16 occurs in the Christian letter BGU III. 94.36 (iv/v A.D.) γινώσκιν ἐ [θ ]έλω ὅτι εἶπέν σοι ὁ πραγματευτ [ὴς ὅ ]τι. . ᾑ μήτηρ σου Κοφαήνα ἀσθενῖ, εἰδοῦ, δέκα τρῖς μῆνες : cf, P Oxy I. 131.12 (vi/vii A.D.) καὶ ἰδοὺ τρία ἔτη σήμερον ἀπ᾽ ὅτε ἀπέθανεν. For ἰδού followed by a noun in the nom. without a finite verb, as in Luke 22:36, cf. an old Attic inscr. ἰδοὺ χελίδων, cited by Meisterhans Gr, p. 203, § 84, 2. See also Epict. iv. 11. 35 ἰδοὺ νέος ἀξιέραστος, ἰδοὺ πρεσβύτης ἄξιος τοῦ ἐρᾶν καὶ ἀντερᾶσθαι (cited by Sharp Epict. p. 100). MGr ἐδῶ, ";here"; : cf. the French ici from the popular Lat. ecce hic.

List of Word Forms

ιδου ιδού ἰδοὺ idou idoù