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
| Luke 14:2 | it happened that a certain man suffering from dropsy was right there in front of him. |
| Luke 15:29 | but he answered his father, ‘Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), these many years I have served you, and I never disregarded a command of yours, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. |
| Luke 17:21 | Nor will they say, ‘Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” |
| Luke 17:23 | And they will say to you, ‘Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), there!’ or, ‘Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), here!’ Do not go out or pursue them. |
| Luke 18:28 | Then Peter said, “Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), we have left what was ours and followed you.” |
| Luke 18:31 | Taking the twelve aside, he said to them, “See (idou | ἰδού | interjection), we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets regarding the Son of Man will be carried out. |
| Luke 19:2 | There (idou | ἰδού | interjection) was a man called by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. |
| Luke 19:8 | Zacchaeus, as he stood there, said to the Lord, “Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), half of what I own, Lord, I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will repay fourfold.” |
| Luke 19:20 | Then the other came, saying, ‘Master, look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), your mina that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth, |
| Luke 22:10 | He said to them, “Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house into which he enters |
| Luke 22:21 | “But see (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the hand of the one who will betray me is with me on the table. |
| Luke 22:31 | Simon, Simon! Pay attention! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) Satan has demanded permission to have all of you for himself, to sift you like wheat, |
| Luke 22:38 | So they said, “Lord, look! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) Here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It is enough.” |
| Luke 22:47 | While he was still speaking, there (idou | ἰδού | interjection) came a crowd, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming on ahead of them. He went up to Jesus to kiss him, |
| Luke 23:14 | and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was trying to mislead the people. And indeed (idou | ἰδού | interjection), having examined him in your presence, I found no basis for your charges against this man. |
| Luke 23:15 | For that matter, neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), nothing deserving death has been done by him. |
| Luke 23:29 | For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never gave birth and the breasts that never nursed!’ |
| Luke 23:50 | Now there (idou | ἰδού | interjection) was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and righteous man. |
| Luke 24:4 | It happened that, while they were wondering about this, suddenly (idou | ἰδού | interjection) two men stood beside them dressed in dazzling attire. |
| Luke 24:13 | Now on that same day two of them were on their way to a village about seven miles from Jerusalem, Emmaus by name. |
| Luke 24:49 | And behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I am sending the promise of my Father upon you, but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” |
| John 4:35 | Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? But (idou | ἰδού | interjection) I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields; they are white, ready for harvest. |
| John 12:15 | “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt!” |
| John 16:32 | Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own place, and you will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. |
| John 19:5 | So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe; and Pilate said to them, “Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the man!” |
