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ἰδούStrong’s G2400

idou

Appears in 200 verses of the New Testament

In short

Idou is the Greek word usually translated “behold”. It appears in 200 verses of the New Testament.

“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,”
Jude 1:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “behold”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • behold 208

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 59
  • Luke 56
  • Revelation 29
  • Acts 23
  • Mark 9
  • James 6

14 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 200 verses, by book
Romans 1
9:33
1 Corinthians 1
15:51
2 Corinthians 5
5:176:26:97:1112:14
Galatians 1
1:20
1 Peter 1
2:6
Jude 1
1:14
Greek dictionary

ἰδού idou · look!

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

LOOK, verb intransitive

[See Light. The primary sense is to stretch, to extend, to shoot, hence to direct the eye. We observe its primary sense is nearly the same as that of seek. Hence, to look for is to seek.]

  1. To direct the eye towards an object, with the intention of seeing it.
  2. To see; to have the sight or view of.
  3. To direct the intellectual eye; to apply the mind or understanding; to consider; to examine. look at the conduct of this man; view it in all its aspects.
  4. To expect.
All definitions and other forms of “look”
  1. To take care; to watch.
  2. To be directed.“Let thine eyes look right on” Proverbs 4:25
  3. To seem; to appear; to have a particular appearance.
  4. To have a particular direction or situation; to face; to front.“The gate that looketh toward the north” Ezekiel 8:3“The east gate of the Lord's house, that looketh eastward” Ezekiel 11:1
  5. To look after, to attend; to take care of; as, to look after children.
  6. To expect; to be in a state of expectation.“Men's hearts falling them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth” Luke 21:26
  7. To seek; to search.
  8. To look for, to expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a ship.
  9. To seek; to search; as, to look for lost money, or lost cattle.“Which things the angels desire to look into” 1 Peter 1:12
  10. To look on, to regard; to esteem.
  11. To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think.
  12. To be a mere spectator.
  13. To look to, or unto, to watch; to take care of.“LOOK well to thy herds” Proverbs 27:23
  14. To resort to with confidence or expectation of receiving something; to expect to receive from.“LOOK to me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth” Isaiah 45:22

LOOK, verb transitive

  1. To seek; to search for.
  2. To influence by looks or presence; as, to look down opposition.

LOOK, noun

  1. Cast of countenance; air of the face; aspect; as, a high look is an index of pride; a downcast look is an index of pride; a downcast look indicates modesty, bashfulness, or depression of mind.
  2. The act of looking or seeing.
  3. View; watch.

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.