εἴδω eidō

Greek word for “to perceive” · Strong’s G1492 · used 374 times in 361 verses

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Meaning

οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, which see);

Senses in the lexicon

• to perceive: see (340)
• to perceive: know (31)
• to perceive: understand (3)

How it is translated

Glosses given for eidō in context, with how often each is used:

• saw 110
• having seen 103
• see 32
• knew 24
• may see 20
• do see 10
• have seen 9
• looked 9
• had seen 7
• had known 6
• seeing 5
• see? 4

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 9 (9), Matthew 9 (8), Luke 2 (7), John 1 (7), John 6 (7), John 20 (7), Revelation 17 (7), Mark 6 (6), Luke 8 (6), Luke 19 (6)

Forms

• εἶδον 74
• ἰδὼν 49
• εἶδεν 41
• ἰδόντες 39
• ἰδεῖν 38
• ᾔδει 13
• ἴδητε 11
• Ἰδὼν 10
• ἴδωσιν 9
• ἴδετε 8

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eidō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἵστημι histēmi “to stand” 26
• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 20
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 29
• μετά meta “with/after” 30
• ὄχλος ochlos “crowd” 22
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 29
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 23
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 20
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 22
• θηρίον thērion “wild animal” 14
• ἰδού idou “look!” 20
• μέγας megas “great” 21

Key verses

The verses using eidō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:7 — But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath…
• Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• John 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he…
• Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
• Philippians 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye…
• 1 Peter 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• 1 John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him…
• Revelation 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
• Revelation 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
• Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.