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
| 2 Corinthians 5:17 | Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; what is old has passed away; behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), what is new has come! |
| 2 Corinthians 6:2 | For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), now is the acceptable time; behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), now is the day of salvation! |
| 2 Corinthians 6:9 | as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying, and yet — look! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) — we continue to live; as scourged, and yet not killed; |
| 2 Corinthians 7:11 | For see (idou | ἰδού | interjection) what eagerness this very thing — this sadness as God intended — has produced in you; what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:14 | Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking what you have, but you. For children ought not save up for their parents, but the parents for the children. |
| Galatians 1:20 | In what I am writing to you, I swear (idou | ἰδού | interjection) before God, I am not lying! |
| Hebrews 2:13 | And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again, “Here (idou | ἰδού | interjection) I am and the children whom God has given me.” |
| Hebrews 8:8 | For finding fault, God says to them, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. |
| Hebrews 10:7 | Then I said, ‘Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I have come — in the scroll of a book it is written about me — to do your will, O God.’” |
| Hebrews 10:9 | then he added, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. |
| James 3:4 | Or consider (idou | ἰδού | interjection) ships: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the pilot directs. |
| James 3:5 | So also is the tongue a small member, yet it boasts of great things. See (idou | ἰδού | interjection) how large a forest is set on fire by such a small flame. |
| James 5:4 | Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the wages you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. |
| James 5:7 | Be patient, therefore, dear friends, until the coming of the Lord. Note (idou | ἰδού | interjection) how the farmer waits for the precious harvest of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and latter rains. |
| James 5:9 | Do not complain against one another, my brothers, lest you be judged. Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the judge is standing at the doors. |
| James 5:11 | For sure (idou | ἰδού | interjection), we regard as blessed those who persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the result of the Lord's activity, that the Lord is exceedingly compassionate and merciful. |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.” |
| Jude 1:14 | It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones |
| Revelation 1:7 | Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of earth will wail on account of him. So shall it be! Amen. |
| Revelation 1:18 | the Living One. I was dead, but behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and of Hades. |
| Revelation 2:10 | Do not fear what you are about to suffer. The devil is about to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will have affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. |
| Revelation 2:22 | Beware (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I will throw her onto a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction, unless they repent of her ways. |
| Revelation 3:8 | I know your works. Look (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I have placed before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. |
| Revelation 3:9 | Behold (idou | ἰδού | interjection), I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved you. |
| Revelation 3:20 | Take note! (idou | ἰδού | interjection) I am standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and eat with him, and he with me. |
