What does εἶδος (eîdos) mean in the Bible?
εἶδος (eîdos) is a Greek word meaning "appearance".
Greek · G1491
εἶδος
Appearance
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εἶδοςG1491
Pronunciationeîdos
What does εἶδος (eîdos) mean in the Bible?
εἶδος (eîdos) is a Greek word meaning "appearance".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1491?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include form (3), appearance (1), sight (1).
Where does εἶδος (eîdos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 3:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), 1 Thessalonians (1), 2 Corinthians (1), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itform3×Luke 3:22, John 5:37, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
appearance1×Luke 9:29
sight1×2 Corinthians 5:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 3:22
Aligned rows5
Books represented4
Luke2John12 Corinthians11 Thessalonians1
Source forms
εἶδος2xeidosLuke 9:29, John 5:37
εἴδους2xeidous2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
εἴδει1xeideiLuke 3:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular2x2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xJohn 5:37
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular1xLuke 3:22
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xLuke 9:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. appearance
Strong'sG1491
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
appearance
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 3:22Noun Dative Singular Neuter
εἴδειeidei
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verseLuke 9:29Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
εἶδοςeidov
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verseJohn 5:37Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
εἶδοςeidov
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse2 Corinthians 5:7Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
εἴδους),eidouv
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse1 Thessalonians 5:22Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
εἴδουςeidouv
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms5Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterLuke 9:291×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter2 Cor 5:7 · 1 Thess 5:222×
Dative · Singular · NeuterLuke 3:221×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterJohn 5:371×
Word Origins
εἶδος is built from this root: