What does εἶδος (eîdos) mean in the Bible?
εἶδος (eîdos) is a Greek word meaning "appearance".
Greek · G1491
εἶδος
Appearance
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εἶδος G1491
Pronunciation eîdos
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 It form 3× Luke 3:22, John 5:37, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
appearance 1× Luke 9:29
sight 1× 2 Corinthians 5:7
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 3:22 εἴδει to form Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Luke 9:29 εἶδος to appearance Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular John 5:37 εἶδος to form Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2 Corinthians 5:7 εἴδους to sight Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1 Thessalonians 5:22 εἴδους to form Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 3:22
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Luke 2 John 1 2 Corinthians 1 1 Thessalonians 1
Source forms
εἶδος 2x eidos Luke 9:29, John 5:37
εἴδους 2x eidous 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
εἴδει 1x eidei Luke 3:22
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 5:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x John 5:37
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 3:22
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Luke 9:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. appearance
Strong's G1491
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
appearance
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 3:22 Noun Dative Singular Neuter
εἴδει eidei
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse Luke 9:29 Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
εἶδος eidov
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse John 5:37 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
εἶδος eidov
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse 2 Corinthians 5:7 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
εἴδους), eidouv
visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
εἴδους eidouv
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Luke 9:29 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter 2 Cor 5:7 · 1 Thess 5:22 2×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Luke 3:22 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter John 5:37 1×
Word Origins
εἶδος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain