To show
ὑποδείκνυμιStrong’s G5263hupodeiknumi
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupodeiknumi is the Greek word usually translated “forewarned”, “show” and “showed”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
Meaning
Usually translated “forewarned”, “show” and “showed”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- forewarned 2
- i will show 2
- will show 1
- i showed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Acts 2
- Matthew 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Luke 6:47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
- Luke 12:5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
- Acts 9:16For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
- Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Greek dictionary
ὑποδείκνυμι hupodeiknumi · to show
ὑπο-δείκνυμι [in LXX for נָגַד hi., etc. ;] 1. to show secretly. 2. to show by tracing out; hence, generally, to teach, make known: with dative of person(s), Luk.6:47 12:5, Act.9:16; id. with inf., Mat.3:7, Luk.3:7; before, ὅτι, Act.20:35.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “show” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHOW, verb transitive
preterit tense showed; participle passive shown or showed. It is sometimes written shew, shewed, shewn. [If the radical letter lost was a labial, show coincides with the Gr.]
- To exhibit or present to the view of others.
- To afford to the eye or to notice; to contain in a visible form.
- To make or enable to see.
- To make or enable to perceive.
All definitions and other forms of “show”
- To make to know; to cause to understand; to make known; to teach or inform.
- To prove; to manifest.
- T oinform; to teach; with of.“The time cometh when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father” John 16:25
- To point out, as a guide.
- To bestow; to confer; to afford; as, to show favor or mercy on any person.
- To prove by evidence, testimony or authentic registers or documents.“They could not show their father's house” Ezra 2:59
- To disclose; to make known.“I durst not show mine opinion” Job 32:6
- To discover; to explain; as, to show a dream or interpretation.
SHOW, verb intransitive
- To appear; to look; to be in appearance.
- To have appearance; to become or suit well or ill.
SHOW, noun
- Superficial appearance; not reality.
- A spectacle; something offered to view for money.
- Ostentatious display or parade.
- Appearance as an object of notice.
- Public appearance, in distinction of concealment; as an open show.
- Semblance; likeness.
- Seciousness; plausibility.
- External appearance.
- Exhibition in view; as a show o fcattle, or cattle-show.
- Pomp; magnificent spectacle.
- A phantom; as a fairy show.
- Representative action; as a dumb show.
- External appearance; hypocritical pretense.“Who devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers” Luke 20:47
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.