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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 200 times in 193 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Mat 1:20–Mat 26:45)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:20 - But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[fn] (which means “God with us”).

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[fn] from the east came to Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:17 - And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:11 - Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:4 - How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:2 - A man with leprosy[fn] came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:24 - Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:32 - He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:34 - Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:2 - Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:3 - At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is blaspheming!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:10 - While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:18 - While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:20 - Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:32 - While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:16 - “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:10 - This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:2 - When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:18 - “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:46 - While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:47

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:47 - Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:49

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:49 - Pointing to his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 - Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:22 - A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:3 - Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:5 - While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:16 - Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:27 - Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:18 - “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:5 - “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:38 - Look, your house is left to you desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:23 - At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:25 - See, I have told you ahead of time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:26 - “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:6 - “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:45

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:45 - Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.

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