Greek · G2400, G1563, G5602 · unreviewed

ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε

Used as imperative lo!; · there; by extension, thither · here

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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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ἐκεῖ G1563 there; by extension, thither
Pronunciation ekeî
Locative adverb denoting place; extends to direction when used with motion verbs, replacing ἐκεῖσε.
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ὧδε G5602 here
Pronunciation hōde
Denotes physical presence or location; also used metaphorically for "in this matter" or "in this context.
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What does ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε (idou ekei, ē idou hōde) mean in the Bible?

ἰδού · ἐκεῖ · ὧδε is a Greek word meaning "behold there, or behold here".

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Meaning

behold there, or behold here
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.

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