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Lexicon :: Strong's G2400 - idou

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ἰδού
Transliteration
idou (Key)
Pronunciation
id-oo'
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
Second person singular imperative middle voice of εἴδω (G1492)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἰδού idoú, id-oo'; second person singular imperative middle voice of G1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x

The KJV translates Strong's G2400 in the following manner: behold (181x), lo (29x), see (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x
The KJV translates Strong's G2400 in the following manner: behold (181x), lo (29x), see (3x).

  1. behold, see, lo

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἰδού idoú, id-oo'; second person singular imperative middle voice of G1492; used as imperative lo!; --behold, lo, see.
STRONGS G2400:
ἰδού, a demonstrative particle (in Greek writings from Sophocles down), found in the N. T. especially in the Gospels of Matthew and of Luke, used very often in imitation of the Hebrew הִנֵּה, and giving a peculiar vivacity to the style by bidding the reader or hearer to attend to what is said: "Behold! See! Lo!" It is inserted in the discourse after a genitive absolutely, Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:1, 13; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 12:46; Matthew 17:5; Matthew 26:47; Matthew 28:11. καί ἰδού is used, when at the close of a narrative something new is introduced, Matthew 2:9; Matthew 3:16; Matthew 4:11; Matthew 8:2, 24, 29, 32, 34; Matthew 9:2f, 20; Matthew 12:10; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 17:3; Matthew 19:16; Matthew 26:51; Matthew 27:51; Matthew 28:2, 7; Luke 1:20, 31, 36; Luke 2:9 (R G L Tr brackets),Luke 2:25; Luke 9:30,38f; 10:25; 14:2; 24:13; Acts 12:7; Acts 16:1; when a thing is specified which is unexpected yet sure, 2 Corinthians 6:9 (καί ἰδίου ζῶμεν, and nevertheless we live), cf. Matthew 7:4; when a thing is specified which seems impossible and yet occurs, Luke 11:41; Acts 27:24. The simple ἰδού is the exclamation of one pointing out something, Matthew 12:2, 47 (WH here in marginal reading only); Matthew 13:3; Matthew 24:26; Mark 3:32; Luke 2:34; and calling attention, Mark 15:35 (T Tr WH ἴδε); Luke 22:10; John 4:35; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 2 Corinthians 5:17; James 5:9; Jude 1:14; Revelation 1:7; Revelation 9:12; Revelation 11:14; Revelation 16:15; Revelation 22:7 (Rec.); in other places it is equivalent to observe or consider: Matthew 10:16; Matthew 11:8; Matthew 19:27; Matthew 20:18; Matthew 22:4; Mark 10:28, 33; Mark 14:41; Luke 2:48; Luke 7:25; Luke 18:28, 31, etc.; also καί ἰδού, Matthew 28:20; Luke 13:30; ἰδού γάρ, Luke 1:44, 48; Luke 2:10; Luke 6:23; Luke 17:21; Acts 9:11; 2 Corinthians 7:11; ἰδού where examples are adduced: James 3:4ff; 5:4,7,11; for the Hebrew הִנְנִי, so that it includes the copula: Luke 1:38; equivalent to here I am: Acts 9:10; Hebrews 2:13. ἰδού is inserted in the midst of a speech, Matthew 23:34 (here WH marginal reading Ἰδού (see the commentaries)); Luke 13:16; Acts 2:7; Acts 13:11; Acts 20:22, 25. The passages of the O. T. containing the particle which are quoted in the New are these: Matthew 1:23; Matthew 11:10; Matthew 12:18; Matthew 21:5; Mark 1:2; Luke 7:27; John 13:15; Romans 9:33; Hebrews 2:13; Hebrews 8:8; Hebrews 10:7, 9; 1 Peter 2:6. Like the Hebrew הִנֵּה, ἰδού and καί ἰδού stand before a nominative which is not followed by a finite verb, in such a way as to include the copula or predicate (cf. Buttmann, 139 (121f)): e. g., was heard, Matthew 3:17; is, is or was here, exists, etc., Matthew 12:10 L T Tr WH, 41; Mark 13:21 R G L; Luke 5:12, 18; Luke 7:37; Luke 11:31; Luke 13:11 (R G add ἦν); Luke 17:21; 19:2,20; 22:38,47; 23:50; John 19:26 (Rec., 27 R G); Acts 8:27, 36; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Revelation 6:2, 5, 8; Revelation 7:9 (not L); Revelation 12:3; 14:14; 19:11; 21:3; is approaching, Matthew 25:6 G L T Tr WH (Rec. adds ἔρχεται); but also in such a way as to have simply a demonstrative force: Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
1:20; 1:23; 2:1; 2:9; 2:13; 3:16; 3:17; 4:11; 7:4; 8:2; 8:24; 8:29; 8:32; 8:34; 9:2; 9:18; 9:20; 10:16; 11:8; 11:10; 11:19; 12:2; 12:10; 12:10; 12:18; 12:46; 12:47; 13:3; 15:22; 17:3; 17:5; 19:16; 19:27; 20:18; 21:5; 22:4; 23:34; 24:26; 25:6; 26:47; 26:51; 27:51; 28:2; 28:7; 28:11; 28:20
Mark
1:2; 3:32; 10:28; 10:33; 13:21; 14:41; 15:35
Luke
1:20; 1:31; 1:36; 1:38; 1:44; 1:48; 2:9; 2:10; 2:25; 2:34; 2:48; 5:12; 5:18; 6:23; 7:25; 7:27; 7:34; 7:37; 9:30; 9:38; 10:25; 11:31; 11:41; 13:11; 13:16; 13:30; 14:2; 17:21; 17:21; 18:28; 18:31; 19:2; 19:20; 22:10; 22:38; 22:47; 23:50; 24:13
John
4:35; 13:15; 19:26
Acts
2:7; 8:27; 8:36; 9:10; 9:11; 12:7; 13:11; 16:1; 20:22; 20:25; 27:24
Romans
9:33
1 Corinthians
15:51
2 Corinthians
5:17; 6:2; 6:9; 7:11
Hebrews
2:13; 2:13; 8:8; 10:7; 10:9
James
3:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:9; 5:11
1 Peter
2:6
Jude
1:14
Revelation
1:7; 6:2; 6:5; 6:8; 7:9; 9:12; 11:14; 12:3; 14:14; 16:15; 19:11; 21:3; 22:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2400 matches the Greek ἰδού (idou),
which occurs 1,018 times in 979 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 20 (Gen 1:29–Gen 30:3)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:31 - And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:13 - And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh,[fn] for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:17 - For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:9 - “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:19 - Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:12 - As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[fn] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - And the angel of the LORD said to her,
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and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,[fn]
because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi;[fn] it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 - “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:19 - God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac.[fn] I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:2 - He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:9 - They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” And he said, “She is in the tent.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:21 - He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:28 - And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 - The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:16 - To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all[fn] who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:1 - After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 - And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:11 - But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:13 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:20 - Now after these things it was told to Abraham, “Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:13 - Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let the virgin who comes out to draw water, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:51 - Behold, Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the LORD has spoken.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:32 - Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:1 - When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:18 - So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:27 - So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said,
“See, the smell of my son
is as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 - Then Isaac his father answered and said to him:
“Behold, away from[fn] the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,
and away from[fn] the dew of heaven on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:42 - But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, “Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:12 - And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder[fn] set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:15 - Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:2 - As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf,[fn] that even I may have children[fn] through her.”

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