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ἰδού
Transliteration
idou (Key)
Pronunciation
id-oo'
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
Second person singular imperative middle voice of εἴδω (G1492)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἰδού idoú, id-oo'; second person singular imperative middle voice of G1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x

The KJV translates Strong's G2400 in the following manner: behold (181x), lo (29x), see (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x
The KJV translates Strong's G2400 in the following manner: behold (181x), lo (29x), see (3x).
  1. behold, see, lo

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰδού idoú, id-oo'; second person singular imperative middle voice of G1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
STRONGS G2400:
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),Luke 2:25; Luke 9:30,38f; 10:25; 14:2; 24:13; 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); Luke 17:21; 19:2,20; 22:38,47; 23:50; 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); Revelation 12:3; 14:14; 19:11; 21:3; 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.
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Strong's Number G2400 matches the Greek ἰδού (idou),
which occurs 200 times in 193 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 1:20–Mat 26:45)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - ταῦτα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἐνθυμηθέντος ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄγγελος κυρίου κατ᾽ ὄναρ ἐφάνη αὐτῷ λέγων Ἰωσὴφ υἱὸς Δαυίδ μὴ φοβηθῇς παραλαβεῖν Μαρίαν τὴν γυναῖκά σου τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ γεννηθὲν ἐκ πνεύματός ἐστιν ἁγίου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - ἰδοὺ G2400 παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱόν καὶ καλέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν θεός
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - τοῦ δὲ Ἰησοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου τοῦ βασιλέως ἰδοὺ G2400 μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα (MGNT 2:2)λέγοντες
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἀστὴρ ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ προῆγεν αὐτοὺς ἕως ἐλθὼν ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - ἀναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ᾽ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ λέγων ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ φεῦγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἴσθι ἐκεῖ ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοι μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρῴδης ζητεῖν τὸ παιδίον τοῦ ἀπολέσαι αὐτό
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρῴδου ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄγγελος κυρίου φαίνεται κατ᾽ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ (MGNT 2:20)λέγων
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - βαπτισθεὶς δὲ Ἰησοῦς εὐθὺς ἀνέβη ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἠνεῴχθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ οὐρανοί καὶ εἶδεν τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ καταβαῖνον ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:17 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 φωνὴ ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν λέγουσα οὗτός ἐστιν υἱός μου ἀγαπητός ἐν εὐδόκησα
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - τότε ἀφίησιν αὐτὸν διάβολος καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄγγελοι προσῆλθον καὶ διηκόνουν αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:4 - πῶς ἐρεῖς τῷ ἀδελφῷ σου ἄφες ἐκβάλω τὸ κάρφος ἐκ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ σου καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 δοκὸς ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ σοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:2 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 λεπρὸς προσελθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων κύριε ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ ὥστε τὸ πλοῖον καλύπτεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν κυμάτων αὐτὸς δὲ ἐκάθευδεν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἔκραξαν λέγοντες τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί υἱὲ τοῦ θεοῦ ἦλθες ὧδε πρὸ καιροῦ βασανίσαι ἡμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:32 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὑπάγετε οἱ δὲ ἐξελθόντες ἀπῆλθον εἰς τοὺς χοίρους καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ὥρμησεν πᾶσα ἀγέλη κατὰ τοῦ κρημνοῦ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἀπέθανον ἐν τοῖς ὕδασιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 πᾶσα πόλις ἐξῆλθεν εἰς ὑπάντησιν τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν παρεκάλεσαν ὅπως μεταβῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων αὐτῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:2 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 προσέφερον αὐτῷ παραλυτικὸν ἐπὶ κλίνης βεβλημένον καὶ ἰδὼν Ἰησοῦς τὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν εἶπεν τῷ παραλυτικῷ θάρσει τέκνον ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:3 - καὶ ἰδού G2400 τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς οὗτος βλασφημεῖ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἀνακειμένου ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 πολλοὶ τελῶναι καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐλθόντες συνανέκειντο τῷ Ἰησοῦ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 - ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄρχων εἷς ἐλθὼν προσεκύνει αὐτῷ λέγων ὅτι θυγάτηρ μου ἄρτι ἐτελεύτησεν ἀλλὰ ἐλθὼν ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπ᾽ αὐτήν καὶ ζήσεται
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 γυνὴ αἱμορροοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη προσελθοῦσα ὄπισθεν ἥψατο τοῦ κρασπέδου τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:32 - αὐτῶν δὲ ἐξερχομένων ἰδοὺ G2400 προσήνεγκαν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπον κωφὸν δαιμονιζόμενον
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων γίνεσθε οὖν φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς αἱ περιστεραί
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον ἰδοὺ G2400 οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων εἰσίν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - ἦλθεν υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων καὶ λέγουσιν ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης τελωνῶν φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν καὶ ἐδικαιώθη σοφία ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:2 - οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι ἰδόντες εἶπαν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ G2400 οἱ μαθηταί σου ποιοῦσιν οὐκ ἔξεστιν ποιεῖν ἐν σαββάτῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἄνθρωπος χεῖρα ἔχων ξηράν καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν λέγοντες εἰ ἔξεστιν τοῖς σάββασιν θεραπεῦσαι ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - ἰδοὺ G2400 παῖς μου ὃν ᾑρέτισα ἀγαπητός μου εἰς ὃν εὐδόκησεν ψυχή μου θήσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπαγγελεῖ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - ἄνδρες Νινευῖται ἀναστήσονται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτήν ὅτι μετενόησαν εἰς τὸ κήρυγμα Ἰωνᾶ καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 πλεῖον Ἰωνᾶ ὧδε
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - βασίλισσα νότου ἐγερθήσεται ἐν τῇ κρίσει μετὰ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης καὶ κατακρινεῖ αὐτήν ὅτι ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν περάτων τῆς γῆς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν σοφίαν Σολομῶνος καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 πλεῖον Σολομῶνος ὧδε
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 - ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος τοῖς ὄχλοις ἰδοὺ G2400 μήτηρ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ εἱστήκεισαν ἔξω ζητοῦντες αὐτῷ λαλῆσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - εἶπεν δέ τις αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ G2400 μήτηρ σου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου ἔξω ἑστήκασιν ζητοῦντές σοι λαλῆσαι
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:49 - καὶ ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν ἰδοὺ G2400 μήτηρ μου καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί μου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἐν παραβολαῖς λέγων ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐξῆλθεν σπείρων τοῦ σπείρειν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:22 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 γυνὴ Χαναναία ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρίων ἐκείνων ἐξελθοῦσα ἔκραζεν λέγουσα ἐλέησόν με κύριε υἱὸς Δαυίδ θυγάτηρ μου κακῶς δαιμονίζεται
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Μωϋσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας συλλαλοῦντες μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:5 - ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ G2400 νεφέλη φωτεινὴ ἐπεσκίασεν αὐτούς καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης λέγουσα οὗτός ἐστιν υἱός μου ἀγαπητός ἐν εὐδόκησα ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:16 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 εἷς προσελθὼν αὐτῷ εἶπεν διδάσκαλε τί ἀγαθὸν ποιήσω ἵνα σχῶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:27 - τότε ἀποκριθεὶς Πέτρος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἰδοὺ G2400 ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν πάντα καὶ ἠκολουθήσαμέν σοι τί ἄρα ἔσται ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:18 - ἰδοὺ G2400 ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ γραμματεῦσιν καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - καὶ ἰδοὺ G2400 δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει ἔκραξαν λέγοντες ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς κύριε υἱὸς Δαυίδ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:5 - εἴπατε τῇ θυγατρὶ Σιών ἰδοὺ G2400 βασιλεύς σου ἔρχεταί σοι πραῢς καὶ ἐπιβεβηκὼς ἐπὶ ὄνον καὶ ἐπὶ πῶλον υἱὸν ὑποζυγίου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - πάλιν ἀπέστειλεν ἄλλους δούλους λέγων εἴπατε τοῖς κεκλημένοις ἰδοὺ G2400 τὸ ἄριστόν μου ἡτοίμακα οἱ ταῦροί μου καὶ τὰ σιτιστὰ τεθυμένα καὶ πάντα ἕτοιμα δεῦτε εἰς τοὺς γάμους
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω πρὸς ὑμᾶς προφήτας καὶ σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενεῖτε καὶ σταυρώσετε καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν μαστιγώσετε ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς ὑμῶν καὶ διώξετε ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - ἰδοὺ G2400 ἀφίεται ὑμῖν οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:23 - τότε ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ ἰδοὺ G2400 ὧδε Χριστός ὧδε μὴ πιστεύσητε
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:25 - ἰδοὺ G2400 προείρηκα ὑμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - ἐὰν οὖν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐστίν μὴ ἐξέλθητε ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις μὴ πιστεύσητε
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:6 - μέσης δὲ νυκτὸς κραυγὴ γέγονεν ἰδοὺ G2400 νυμφίος ἐξέρχεσθε εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:45 - τότε ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς καθεύδετε τὸ λοιπὸν καὶ ἀναπαύεσθε ἰδοὺ G2400 ἤγγικεν ὥρα καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοται εἰς χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλῶν

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