noun · neuter
eidem
Strong’sG1491
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
stem eid-5 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εἶδος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX for מַרְאֶה, תֹּאַר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1491 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidi'-dos
a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G1492;
King Jamesappearance, fashion, shape, sight.
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
(εἴδω A) that which is seen: form, shape, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+, of the human form or figure, especially absolutely in accusative with adjectives, εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to βίη, Refs 8th c.BC+; δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. Refs 7th c.BC+; appearance, of a dog, Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, periphrastic for person, Refs 5th c.BC+
b especially of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος Refs 5th c.BC+
c in Medicine texts, physique, habit of body, constitution, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος Refs; pattern, of 'figurate' numbers, Refs 4th c.BC+; decorative pattern or figure, Refs 1st c.AD+; of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη Refs 4th c.BC+: in plural, shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (compare ἰδέα), Refs 4th c.BC+
2.b Geometry texts, δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομένα two figures given in species, Refs 3rd c.BC+; especially in central conics, rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, Refs 3rd c.BC+; also, species of numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like.., Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, Refs; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, Refs 4th c.BC+; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει.. τοῦτο ἔπραξαν Refs 5th c.BC+; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι Refs; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, Refs 5th c.BC+; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα.., περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά Refs 4th c.BC+; department, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but also, elementary nature or quality, Refs; type, sort, πυρετῶν Refs: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων Refs 5th c.BC+; later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.[near the start], Refs 5th c.AD+; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι Refs 5th c.BC+; later, single poem, applied to Pindar's odes by Scholia; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους Refs 2nd c.AD+
III class, kind, πᾶν τὸ τῶν πίστεων εἶδος Refs 5th c.BC+; logical species, Sph.Refs; ἓν εἶδος ἀποχωρίζειν Refs 4th c.BC+; as a subdivision of γένος, Refs; ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους πεύκη, εἴδει διαφέρουσα, Refs 1st c.AD+
III.2 ={ἰδέα} 11.2, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 form, opposed to matter (ὕλη), Refs: hence, formal cause, essence, Refs
IV in later Gr., wares of different kinds, goods, Refs 2nd c.AD+: hence, payments in kind, opposed to χρυσίον, Refs 6th c.AD+; spices, Refs 6th c.AD+; groceries, Anon.post Max.p.120 L.; εἶ. ἰατρικόν drug, Refs 5th c.AD+; of a chemical reagent, Zos.Alch.p.205 Refs 5th c.BC+
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.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | eidem1×εἶδος | eideim |
| of, belonging to genitive | eideu2×εἴδους | eideiu |
| to, for dative | eide1×εἴδει | eidei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eide is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
eidem“appearance”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Luke 9:29… geneta en te proseuchorō auton tem eidem teu prosōpeu autou heterem kai tos …And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His …
eideu“form”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
2 Corinthians 5:7dia pistiau gar peripatanō, ouk dia eideu… we walk by faith, not by sight.
1 Thessalonians 5:22apo panteu eideu ponēreu apechovōr.Abstain from every form of evil.
eide“form”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 3:22… katabainara tem pneumem tem hagiem sōmatike eide hōs peristeran epi auton, kai fōnan …… descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice …
eidem1×
John 5:37… oute fōnan autou pōpote akouavē oute eidem autou horavē,… heard His voice nor seen His form,