2001 Translation

IDŌSIN, idōsin

Sounds Like: ee-DOH-sin

Translations: they may see, they might see, they may perceive, they might perceive, they may know, they might know

From the root: ΕἸΔΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to see', 'to perceive', or 'to know'. It is often used in a literal sense of physical sight, but can also be used figuratively to mean understanding or coming to know something. As a subjunctive form, it often expresses possibility, desire, or purpose, translating as 'they may see' or 'they might see'.

Inflection: Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, Third Person Plural

Strong’s number: G1492 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 10:12

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 7:10

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 9 — 14:291
• Book 11 — 8:341

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 52:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 13:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 12:12
• Exodus — 16:32
• Leviticus — 23:43
• Ezra (Alpha) — 4:18
• Judith — 10:4
• Odes — 4:14
• Proverbs — 23:33
• Sirach — 15:7, 46:10
• Isaiah — 6:10, 26:14, 29:23, 41:20
• Letter of Jeremiah — 1:40
• Enoch — 10:12

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:16, 13:15, 16:28
• Mark — 4:12, 9:1
• Luke — 9:27
• John — 12:9, 12:40
• Acts — 28:27

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕἸΔΩ.

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.

• ΕἸΔΑΣ — you saw, you have seen
• ΕἸΔΟΤΙ — (to) knowing, (to) one who knows, (to) the one knowing
• ΕἸΔΩ — to see, to know, to perceive, to understand, to be aware
• ἸΔΟΣΑΝ — they saw, they knew, they perceived

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