Gloss
look!, suddenly, now; here, there; this particle is used to enliven a Hebrew narrative style, by marking the change of a scene, or emphasize some detail or idea, and is not always translated
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἰδού
Greek transliteration
idou
Simplified transliteration
idou
Principal Parts
Numbers
Strong's number
2400
GK Number
2627
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
200
Definition
aorist middle imperative of εἶ\δον used as an interjection, Look! See! Lo! Mt. 1:23; Lk. 1:38; Acts 8:36
Greek-English Concordance for ἰδού
| Matthew 1:20 | But as he pondered this, behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is by the Holy Spirit. |
| Matthew 1:23 | “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which translated means “God is with us.” |
| Matthew 2:1 | After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, |
| Matthew 2:9 | And having listened to the king, they continued their journey, and the star they had seen in its rising went before them until it stopped over the place where the child was. |
| Matthew 2:13 | After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.” |
| Matthew 2:19 | But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, |
| Matthew 3:16 | And when Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up from the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. |
| Matthew 3:17 | And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight.” |
| Matthew 4:11 | Then the devil left him, and behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), angels came and began to take care of him. |
| Matthew 7:4 | Or how dare you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), there is a log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 8:2 | A leper came up to him, knelt down, and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” |
| Matthew 8:24 | Suddenly a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. |
| Matthew 8:29 | They cried out, “What do you have to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torment us?” |
| Matthew 8:32 | And he said to them, “Be gone.” So they came out and went into the pigs. Then the entire herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. |
| Matthew 8:34 | Then the entire town went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. |
| Matthew 9:2 | And some people brought to him a paralyzed man lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take courage, my son; your sins are forgiven.” |
| Matthew 9:3 | At this, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” |
| Matthew 9:10 | And as Jesus sat at table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were eating with Jesus and his disciples. |
| Matthew 9:18 | As he was saying these things a ruler came and bowed down before him, saying, “My daughter has just died; but come, lay your hand on her and she will live again.” |
| Matthew 9:20 | Just then a woman who had suffered from severe bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his cloak, |
| Matthew 9:32 | As they were going away, others brought to him a man who could not speak and was demon-possessed. |
| Matthew 10:16 | “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. |
| Matthew 11:8 | What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), those who wear soft clothing are in the courts of kings. |
| Matthew 11:10 | This is the one about whom it stands written, ‘Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’ |
| Matthew 11:19 | The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection) at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.” |
