Midvash

εἴδωeídō

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know

Greek (New Testament) · G1492

Meanings

to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of: with accusative of thing, Matthew 25:13, Mark 10:19, John 10:4, Romans 7:7, and elsewhere; with accusative of person, Matthew 26:72, John 1:31, Acts 3:16, and elsewhere; τ. θεόν, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, Titus 1:16, and elsewhere; with accusative et infinitive, Luke 4:41, and elsewhere; followed by ὅτι, Matthew 9:6, Luke 20:21, John 3:2, Romans 2:2, Romans 11:2, and elsewhere; followed by quaest. indir., Matthew 26:70, John 9:21, Ephesians 1:18, and elsewhere; with infinitive, to know how (classical Greek), Matthew 7:11, Luke 11:13, Philippians 4:12, 1 Thessalonians 4:4, and elsewhere; in unique sense of respect, appreciate: 1 Thessalonians 5:12 (but see also ICC on 1 Thessalonians 4:4).

Synonyms

see γινώσκω.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 374 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 2:2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
  • Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
  • Matthew 2:10 When they saw the star, they were filled with joy!
  • Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matthew 2:16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.
  • Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.