ΕἸΔΗ, εἰδη
EIDĒ, eidē
Sounds Like: EYE-day
Translations: to know, to see, to perceive, to understand, to be aware; form, kind, appearance, shape, species, a form, a kind
From the root: ΕἸΔΩ, ΕἸΔΟΣ
Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
Explanation: This word has two primary meanings depending on its grammatical form and context. As a verb (from ΕἸΔΩ), it means 'to know,' 'to see,' 'to perceive,' or 'to understand.' It can be used to express mental comprehension or physical sight. As a noun (from ΕἸΔΟΣ), it refers to a 'form,' 'kind,' 'appearance,' or 'species.' It describes the visible shape or nature of something, or a category it belongs to. The specific meaning is determined by the surrounding words and the overall sentence structure.
Inflection: Verb: Second Aorist Active Subjunctive, Second Person Singular (from ΕἸΔΩ); Noun: Nominative or Accusative, Plural, Neuter (from ΕἸΔΟΣ)
Strong’s numbers: G1492 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1491 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:251
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:62
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:131
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 8:56
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΕἸΔΩ, ΕἸΔΟΣ, appear in our texts.
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