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noun · neuter

Greekεἶδος (eidos)
Biblang

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.;]

1. that which is seen, appearance, external form: Lk 3:22 9:29, Jo 5:37, II Co 5:7 (ICC in l.).
2. form, sort, kind: I Th 5:22.†

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
εἶδος, εος, τό,
(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.

form3×appearance1×sight1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject or object directeidem1×εἶδοςeideim
of, belonging to genitiveeideu2×εἴδουςeideiu
to, for dativeeide1×εἴδειeidei

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
eidstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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,