What does ἰδού · ἔμπροσθεν mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἔμπροσθεν is a Greek phrase meaning "behold, before him".
Greek · G2400, G1715
ἰδοὺ ... ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ
Used as imperative lo!; · in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
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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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ἔμπροσθεν G1715 in front of (in place (literally or figuratively) or time)
Pronunciation émprosthen
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What does ἰδοὺ ... ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ (idou ... emprosthen autou) mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἔμπροσθεν is a Greek phrase meaning "behold, before him".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2400, G1715?
G2400, G1715 is connected to 200 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. behold, before him
Source Gloss
behold, before him
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 200
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 2×
Word Origins
ἰδοὺ ... ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ 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