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ἰδού

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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: Matthew 10:16; 11:8; 13:3, Mark 3:32, Luke 2:48, 1 Corinthians 15:51, James 5:9, Jude 14, Revelation 1:7, al.; after genitive absol., Matthew 1:20; 2:1, 13; 12:46, al.; καὶ ἰδού, Matthew 2:9 (and freq.), Luke 1:20; 10:25, Acts 12:7, al.; in elliptical sentences, taking the place of copula or predicate (like הִנֵּה in Heb.), Matthew 3:17, Luke 5:12; 22:31, 47, Acts 8:27, 36 al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἰδού:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

234 total
  1. John 11:36Ἴδε · See
    Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
  2. John 12:15ἰδοὺ · See
    “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is coming, seated on the colt of a donkey.”
  3. John 12:19ἴδε · Look [how]
    Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
  4. John 16:29Ἴδε · See
    His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
  5. John 16:32ἰδοὺ · Look
    “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
  6. John 18:21ἴδε · Surely
    Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
  7. John 19:4Ἴδε · Look
    Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”
  8. John 19:5Ἰδοὺ · [Here is]
    When Jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Here is the man!”
  9. John 19:14Ἴδε · Here is
    It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
  10. John 19:26ἴδε · here [is]
    When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
  11. John 19:27Ἴδε · Here [is]
    Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this disciple took her into his home.
  12. John 20:27ἴδε · look at
    Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
  13. Acts 1:10ἰδοὺ · suddenly
    They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
  14. Acts 2:7ἰδοὺ
    Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
  15. Acts 5:9ἰδοὺ · Look
    “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”
  16. Acts 5:25Ἰδοὺ · Look
    Then someone came in and announced, “Look, the men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people!”
  17. Acts 5:28ἰδοὺ
    “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
  18. Acts 7:56Ἰδοὺ · Look
    “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
  19. Acts 8:27ἰδοὺ · [he met]
    So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
  20. Acts 8:36Ἰδοὺ · Look
    As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
  21. Acts 9:10Ἰδοὺ · Here
    In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, “Ananias!” “Here I am, Lord,” he answered.
  22. Acts 9:11ἰδοὺ · he is
    “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
  23. Acts 10:17ἰδοὺ
    While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
  24. Acts 10:19Ἰδοὺ · Behold
    As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.
  25. Acts 10:21Ἰδοὺ · Here
    So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
  26. Acts 10:30ἰδοὺ · Suddenly
    Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
  27. Acts 11:11ἰδοὺ · Just then
    Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
  28. Acts 12:7ἰδοὺ
    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
  29. Acts 13:11ἰδοὺ · look
    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
  30. Acts 13:25ἰδοὺ · there is
    As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
  31. Acts 13:46ἰδοὺ
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  32. Acts 16:1ἰδοὺ · [he found]
    Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
  33. Acts 20:22ἰδοὺ
    And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
  34. Acts 20:25ἰδοὺ
    Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
  35. Acts 27:24ἰδοὺ · look
    …and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
  36. Romans 9:33Ἰδοὺ · See
    …as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
  37. Romans 11:22ἴδε · Take notice
    Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
  38. 1 Corinthians 15:51Ἰδοὺ · Listen
    Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
  39. 2 Corinthians 5:17ἰδοὺ · Behold
    Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
  40. 2 Corinthians 6:2Ἰδοὺ · Behold; ἰδοὺ
    For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
  41. 2 Corinthians 6:9ἰδοὺ
    …unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
  42. 2 Corinthians 7:11Ἰδοὺ · Consider [what]
    Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
  43. 2 Corinthians 12:14Ἰδοὺ · See
    See, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
  44. Galatians 1:20ἰδοὺ · I assure you
    I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
  45. Galatians 5:2Ἴδε · Take notice
    Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
  46. Hebrews 2:13Ἰδοὺ · Here
    And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
  47. Hebrews 8:8Ἰδοὺ · Behold
    But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
  48. Hebrews 10:7Ἰδοὺ · Here I am
    Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
  49. Hebrews 10:9Ἰδοὺ · Here I am
    Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.