ΙΔΕΝ, ιδεν
IDEN, iden
Sounds Like: EE-den
Translations: he saw, she saw, it saw, they saw, he had seen, she had seen, it had seen, they had seen
From the root: ΟΡΑΩ, ΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a form of the verb 'to see'. Depending on context and the original diacritics, it most commonly represents the aorist active indicative third person singular of 'ὁράω' (horaō), meaning 'he/she/it saw'. It can also be the third person plural of the same form, meaning 'they saw'. Less commonly, it could be a form of 'εἴδω' (eidō), which also means 'to see' or 'to know'. The specific meaning is determined by the context of the sentence.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, Third Person, Singular or Plural
Strong’s numbers: G3708 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1492 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judges — 6:22, 9:36, 9:55
- 1 Maccabees — 14:35, 16:6
- Psalms — 105:44
- Ecclesiastes — 4:3
- Matthew — 4:21
- Mark — 1:19
- John — 6:24
- Acts of the Apostles — 9:12
From the same root
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