What does ἰδού · ἐκεῖ · ὧδε mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἐκεῖ · ὧδε is a Greek phrase meaning "behold there, or behold here".
Greek · G2400, G1563, G5602
ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε
Used as imperative lo!; · there; by extension, thither · here
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ἰδούG2400used as imperative lo!;
Pronunciationidoú
Arresting attention-marker that summons immediate perception; shifts focus to something suddenly appearing or crucial.
Open lexicon entry →ἐκεῖG1563there; by extension, thither
Pronunciationekeî
Locative adverb denoting place; extends to direction when used with motion verbs, replacing ἐκεῖσε.
Open lexicon entry →ὧδεG5602here
Pronunciationhōde
Denotes physical presence or location; also used metaphorically for "in this matter" or "in this context.
Open lexicon entry →What does ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε (idou ekei, ē idou hōde) mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἐκεῖ · ὧδε is a Greek phrase meaning "behold there, or behold here".
Full entry for ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε (G2400, G1563, G5602) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2400, G1563, G5602?
G2400, G1563, G5602 is connected to 200 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. behold there, or behold here
Source Gloss
behold there, or behold here
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms200
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 9:2198×
Matt 9:3 · Matt 28:112×
Word Origins
ἰδοὺ ἐκεῖ, ἤ ἰδού ὧδε is built from this root: