particle
ide
Strong’sG2396
See! Lo! Behold! Look!
stem ide-30 times in the New Testamentin 5 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
ἴδε is the interjection "See! Look! Behold!" 1234, used to draw attention to something, whether one person or many are being addressed 1. It originated as the imperative form of the verb "to see" 123, but functions independently of the sentence's grammar as an exclamation calling attention to what follows 1, sometimes conveying surprise 2.
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
ἴδε (Attic ἰδέ; the "later" accentuation is also found in Hom.; Veitch, 215)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2396 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidid'-eh
used as an interjection to denote surprise; lo!
Fromsecond person singular imperative active of G1492;
King Jamesbehold, lo, see.
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
A (Attic dialect ἰδέ Hdn.Gr.1.431), aorist 2 imperative of εἶδον, behold, Refs 8th c.BC+; used by Trag. in Lyric poetry, 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
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Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
30 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 25:20… legarōntos; Kurior, pente talanteim mi paradōasa; ide alloseim pente talanteim kerdainama.… you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
Matthew 25:22… legata; Kurior, duo talanteim mi paradōasa; ide alloseim duo talanteim kerdainama.… you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
Matthew 25:25… tem talantem su en ta gēa; ide echasō tem sem.… hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.’
Matthew 26:65“behold”… Blasfēmata; tinem ēti chreian echanō marturoiu? ide nun akouava tan blasfēmian;… He has blasphemed! Why do we need any more witnesses? Look, now you have heard the blasphemy.
Mark 11:21… anamimnēskirantos tos Petros legatō auto; Rabbi, ide tas sukas han kataresa xēranotē.Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed …
Mark 13:1… auto henos toiu mathētoiu autou; Didaskalor, ide potapois lithois kai potapais oikodomais.… His disciples said to Him, “Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!”
Mark 15:4“see”… eperōtate auton legarōntos; Ouk apokrinosō oudenem? ide poseim su katēgoralō.… Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are …
Mark 16:6… ton staurorēnton; egerita, ouk atō hōde; ide tos topos hopou tithala auton;… has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
John 3:26“behold”… peran tou Iordanou, ho sis marturasē, ide houtos baptizatō kai pantois ercholō pros …… you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about — He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
John 7:26“look”kai ide parrēsia lalatō kai oudenem auto legalō; …… He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the …
John 11:3“behold”… tais adelfais pros auton legarōntais; Kurior, ide hon filasō asthenatō.So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
John 12:19… heautoin; Theōravō hoti ouk ōfelavō oudenem; ide tos kosmos opisō autou aperchata.… this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone …
John 18:21“look”… erōtasar toin akouarēntoin tinem lalama autoi; ide houtois oidalē heim legama mis.… asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
John 19:26“behold”… hon agapate legatō ta mētēra; Gunaikar, ide tos huios su;… the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
Romans 11:22“consider”ide oun chrēstotan kai apotomian theou; epi …… of the kindness and severity of God: severity to …
Ide15×
Mark 2:24kai tois Farisaiois legale auto; Ide tinem poialō tei sabbatei hem ouk …So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is …
Mark 3:34“behold”… toin peri auton kuklō kathorōntoin legatō; Ide tas mētēras mu kai tois adelfois …Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
Mark 13:21kai tote ean tinos vi legateia; Ide hōde tos christos, Ide ekei, mē …… time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There …
Mark 13:21“look”… vi legateia; Ide hōde tos christos, Ide ekei, mē pisteuavōr;… if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.
Mark 15:35kai tinois toiu parastēarēntoiu akouarantois legale; Ide Ēliaon fōnatō.… standing nearby heard this, they said, “Behold, He is calling Elijah.”
John 1:29“behold”… Iēsun erchorōnton pros auton, kai legatō; Ide tos amnos tou theou tos airarōntos …… John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin …
John 1:36kai embleparantos to Iēso peripatarōnto legatō; Ide tos amnos tou theou.… saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
John 1:47“behold”… pros auton kai legatō peri autou; Ide alēthōs Israēlitos en ho dolos ouk …… approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
John 5:14… en te hiere kai legata auto; Ide hugios genasē; mēketi hamartasōr, hina mē …… the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop …
John 11:36legale oun tois Ioudaiois; Ide pōs filate auton.Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
John 16:29“look”Legalō tois mathētois autou; Ide nun en parrēsia lalasō, kai paroimian …His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures …
John 19:4… exō tos Pilatos kai legatō autoi; Ide agamō vi auton exō, hina gnōskaveia …… out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to …
John 19:14“behold”… hōs hektas. kai legatō toi Ioudaioi; Ide tos basilevos vu.… the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:27“behold”eita legatō to mathēto; Ide tas mētēras su. kai apo ekeinau …Then He said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” So from that hour, this …
Galatians 5:2“look”Ide mis Paulos legamō vi hoti ean …Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let …