adverb
deute
Strong’sG1205
come hither, come, hither
stem deute-12 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δεῦτε is a call inviting a group of people to come — "come here!", "come on!" 1234. It functions as the plural of the word for "come hither" 13, and is used to summon others to approach or to join in doing something, often followed by an instruction such as "come, follow" or "come, let us build" 123.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
δεῦτε
adv., as pl. of δεῦρο, 1. (b), q.v.,[in LXX chiefly for לְכוּ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1205 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddyoo'-teh
come hither!
Fromfrom G1204 and an imperative form of εἶμι (to go);
King Jamescome, X follow.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
adverb, as plural of δεῦρο, come hither! in Refs 8th c.BC+: rarely in Lyric poetry, Refs 7th c.BC+: in later Prose, δ. οἰκοδομήσωμεν LXX+NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
The full set of forms for this word is not on the site yet. Every occurrence below shows the form it takes there.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
12 occurrences, every one of them listed
Deute8×
Matthew 4:19kai legatō autoi; Deute opisō mu, kai poiami vin halievoin …“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I …
Matthew 11:28Deute pros min pantoir tois kopiarōntoir kai …Come to Me, all you who are …
Matthew 25:34… tos basilevos toi ek dexeiu autou; Deute, tois eulogorēntoir tou patrou mu, klēronomavar …… say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My …
Mark 1:17kai legata autoi tos Iēsus; Deute opisō mu, kai poiami vin genera …“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I …
Mark 6:31“come away”kai legatō autoi; Deute vis autois kata idian eis erēmon …And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary …
John 4:29Deute horavar anthrōpon hos legata mi panteim …“Come, see a man who told me …
John 21:12legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Deute aristavar. oudenos de tolmate toiu mathētoiu …“Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them …
Revelation 19:17… tei ornithei tei petorōntei en mesouranēme; Deute sunagivar eis tem deipnem tem megem …… to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper …
deute4×
Matthew 21:38… en heautoi; Houtos atō tos klēronomos; deute apoktenaneia auton kai echaneia tan klēronomian …… one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take …
Matthew 22:4… teim sitisteim thuorēnteim, kai panteim hetoimeim; deute eis toin gamoin.… been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Matthew 28:6… atō hōde, egerita gar kathōs legata; deute horavar ton topon hopou keiote;… has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
Mark 12:7… legala hoti Houtos atō tos klēronomos; deute apoktenaneia auton, kai nu eti tas …… one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the …