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
| Acts 1:10 | And while they were gazing into the sky, as he was going, behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), two men stood by them in white robes, |
| Acts 2:7 | And they were amazed and wondered, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? |
| Acts 5:9 | And Peter said to her, “Why is it that you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” |
| Acts 5:25 | And someone came and reported to them, “Look! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) The men whom you put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” |
| Acts 5:28 | saying, “We gave you a strict order to stop teaching in this name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this man.” |
| Acts 7:56 | And he said, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” |
| Acts 8:27 | And he rose and went. And there was (idou | ἰδού | interjection) an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship |
| Acts 8:36 | And as they traveled along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) Water! What prevents me from being baptized?” |
| Acts 9:10 | Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he replied, “Here (idou | ἰδού | interjection) I am, Lord.” |
| Acts 9:11 | Then the Lord told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for even (idou | ἰδού | interjection) now he is praying, |
| Acts 10:17 | Now while Peter was perplexed within himself as to what the vision that he had seen might mean, behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the men sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate |
| Acts 10:19 | As Peter was thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), three men are looking for you. |
| Acts 10:21 | And Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I am the one you are looking for. What is the reason for which you have come?” |
| Acts 10:30 | And Cornelius said, “Four days ago at this hour, I was praying at the ninth hour in my house, and behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), a man stood before me in bright clothing |
| Acts 11:11 | And behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), at that very moment three men arrived at the house, in which we were, sent from Caesarea to me. |
| Acts 12:7 | And behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell. He struck the side of Peter and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. |
| Acts 13:11 | And now, behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a time.” And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness, and as he went about he sought someone to lead him by the hand. |
| Acts 13:25 | And as John was completing his ministry, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you suppose me to be? I am not he. But behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), one is coming after me of whom I am not worthy to untie the sandals for his feet.’ |
| Acts 13:46 | Both Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are now turning to the Gentiles. |
| Acts 16:1 | Paul went also to Derbe and to Lystra; and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, the son of a converted Jewish woman, whose father was a Greek. |
| Acts 20:22 | And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, |
| Acts 20:25 | “And now I know that none of you will see my face again, you among whom I went about proclaiming the kingdom. |
| Acts 27:24 | saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), God has granted you as a gift all those who sail with you.’ |
| Romans 9:33 | as it is written, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I am laying in Zion a stone that makes them stumble and a rock that trips them up; but the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” |
| 1 Corinthians 15:51 | Listen (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I tell you a mystery: we will not all die, but we will all be changed — |
