ἸΔΩ, ἰδω
IDŌ, idō
Sounds Like: ee-DOH
Translations: I may see, I might see, that I may see
From the root: ΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb form meaning 'to see'. Specifically, it is the first person singular aorist active subjunctive of the verb 'εἶδον' (eidon), which serves as the aorist of 'ὁράω' (horao). The subjunctive mood indicates possibility, desire, or purpose, often translated with 'may' or 'might', or introduced by 'that' in a purpose clause.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive
Strong’s number: G1492 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 21:16, 44:34
- Exodus — 33:13
- Numbers — 11:15
- 2 Samuel — 13:5
- Esther — 5:13
- 1 Maccabees — 7:28
- Odes — 7:11
- Ecclesiastes — 2:3
- Job — 9:11
- Isaiah — 38:11
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΙΔΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΣΕΙΔΕΝ — saw, beheld, perceived, looked at
- ΕἸΔ — to see, to perceive, to know, to understand, to behold, to look
- ΕἸΔΕΝ — he saw, she saw, it saw, he had seen, she had seen, it had seen
- ΕἸΔΕΤΕ — you saw, you have seen, you know, see!, behold!
- ΕἸΔΟΜΕΝ — we saw, we have seen
- ΕἸΔΩΜΕΝ — let us see, that we may see, let us know, that we may know
- ΕΙΔ — to see, to perceive, to know, to understand, to behold, to look, to consider, to experience
- ΕΙΔΑ — I saw, I have seen, I perceived, I knew, I beheld
- ΕΙΔΕΝ — he saw, she saw, it saw, saw
- ΕΙΔΕΤΕ — you saw, you have seen, behold, see!
- ΕΙΔΩ — I see, I know, I perceive, I understand
- ἸΔΗ — see, behold, perceive, know, understand
- ΙΔΕΙ — to see, to perceive, to behold, to look at, to observe, to know
- ΙΔΕΙΝ — to see, to perceive, to know, to behold, to look
- ΙΔΕΝΕ — to know, to see, to perceive, to understand, to be aware
- ΙΔΗ — may see, might see, should see, see
- ΙΔΟΥΣΑ — seeing, having seen, when she saw, when she had seen
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