Greek · G2400, G1176, G3638, G2094 · unreviewed

ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη

Used as imperative lo!; · ten · "eight" · a year

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ἰδού G2400 used as imperative lo!;
Pronunciation idoú
Arresting attention-marker that summons immediate perception; shifts focus to something suddenly appearing or crucial.
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δέκα G1176 ten
Pronunciation déka
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ὀκτώ G3638 "eight"
Pronunciation oktṓ
Numeric value marking significant periods or completions in biblical narrative, often eighth-day covenant observances.
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ἔτος G2094 a year
Pronunciation étos
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What does ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ ἔτη (idou deka kai oktō etē) mean in the Bible?

ἰδού · δέκα · ὀκτώ · ἔτος is a Greek word meaning "behold, eighteen years".

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Meaning

behold, eighteen years
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:23 · Matt 2:1 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 3:16 · Matt 3:17 · Matt 4:11 · Matt 7:4 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 8:24 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 8:32 · Matt 8:34 · Matt 9:2 198×
Matt 9:3 · Matt 28:11
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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