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To perceive

εἴδωStrong’s G1492

eidō

Appears in 366 verses of the New Testament

In short

Eidō is the Greek word usually translated “having seen”, “saw” and “see”. It appears in 366 verses of the New Testament.

“Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”
1 Timothy 6:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having seen”, “saw” and “see”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having seen 105
  • i saw 45
  • to see 36
  • he saw 26
  • saw 19
  • they saw 13
  • knew 12
  • do see 10

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 70
  • Matthew 61
  • Revelation 57
  • Acts 54
  • John 49
  • Mark 46

18 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 366 verses, by book
Romans 2
1:117:7
1 Corinthians 3
2:98:1016:7
Galatians 4
1:192:72:146:11
Philippians 4
1:271:302:284:9
1 Thessalonians 3
2:173:63:10
1 Timothy 1
6:16
2 Timothy 1
1:4
James 1
5:11
1 Peter 2
1:83:10
1 John 2
3:15:16
3 John 1
1:14
Greek dictionary

εἴδω eidō · to perceive

οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, which see), [in LXX chiefly for ידע ;] pf. with present meaning (plpf. as impf.; on irregular tense-forms, see App.), to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.25:13, Mrk.10:19, Jhn.10:4, Rom.7:7, al.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.26:72, Jhn.1:31, Act.3:16, al.; τ. θεόν, 1Th.4:5, Tit.1:16, al.; with accusative and inf., Luk.4:41, al.; before ὅτι, Mat.9:6, Luk.20:21, Jhn.3:2, Rom.2:2 11:2, al.; before quaest. indir., Mat.26:70, Jhn.9:21, Eph.1:18, al.; with inf., to know how (cl.), Mat.7:11, Luk.11:13, P …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “perceive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PERCE'IVE, verb transitive

[Latin percipio; per and capio, to take.]

  1. To have knowledge or receive impressions of external objects through the medium or instrumentality of the senses or bodily organs; as, to perceive light or color; to perceive the cold or ice or the taste of honey.
  2. To know; to understand; to observe.
  3. To be affected by; to receive impressions from.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.