ἴδε
ide
look!
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the given data, the Greek word ἴδε (ide) is an imperative verb that translates to "look!" It is used throughout the Bible 30 times. This word functions as a verbal command, directing the attention of the listener or reader to something specific. Its usage appears to be varied, but its core function remains constant – to convey the idea of looking at or paying attention to something. This could be a physical object, an event, or a situation. The significance of this word lies in its imperative tone, which suggests a sense of urgency or importance. It is used by various authors in the Bible to highlight significant events, to convey visual details, or to guide the reader's attention to a particular narrative element.
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Occurrences in Scripture
30 total occurrences across the text
He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents in addition to them.’
Matthew 25:22“He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents in addition to them.’
Matthew 25:25I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’
Matthew 26:65Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, “He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
Mark 2:24The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”
Mark 3:34Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!
Mark 11:21Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”
Mark 13:1As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!”
Mark 13:21Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.
Mark 13:21Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ don’t believe it.
Mark 15:4Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
Mark 15:35Some of those who stood by, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is calling Elijah.”
Mark 16:6He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!
John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:36and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
John 1:47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
John 3:26They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
John 5:14Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
John 11:3The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
John 11:36The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
John 12:19The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.”
John 16:29His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
John 18:21Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, they know the things which I said.”
John 19:4Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
John 19:14Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”
John 19:26Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”
John 19:27Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
Romans 11:22See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
Galatians 5:2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
John 7:26Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?