Idou ἰδού

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Idou
ἰδού
Transliterationidou
Strong's numberG2400
LanguageGreek
Part of speechinterjection
Glosslook!
Occurrences208 in 200 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (59)

Idou (Greek ἰδού, Strong's G2400) is a Greek interjection meaning “look!”. It occurs 208 times in 200 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἰδού,
[in LXX chiefly for הִנֵּה,]
prop. imperat. 2 aor. mid. of ὁράω, used as a demonstrative particle, with frequency much greater in LXX and NT than in cl. (see M, Pr., 11),
lo, behold, see: Mat.10:16 11:8 13:3, Mrk.3:32, Luk.2:48, 1Co.15:51, Jas.5:9, Ju 14, Rev.1:7, al.; after genitive absol., Mat.1:20 2:1, 13 12:46, al.; καὶ ἰδού, Mat.2:9 (and freq.), Luk.1:20 10:25, Act.12:7, al.; in elliptical sentences, taking the place of copula or predicate (like הִנֵּה in Heb.), Mat.3:17, Luk.5:12 22:31, 47 Act.8:27, 36 al.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbehold (181), lo (29), see (3)
BSBlook (50), behold (28), see (18), here (10), saw (7), suddenly (6), here is (4), consider (3), there (2), surely (2), take notice (2), here i am (2), and 17 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Idou, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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