What does ἰδού · ἄνθρωπος mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "Behold the man".
Greek · G2400, G444
Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος
Used as imperative lo!; · a human
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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 →ἄνθρωποςG444a human
Pronunciationánthrōpos
Open lexicon entry →What does Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος (Idou ho anthrōpos) mean in the Bible?
ἰδού · ἄνθρωπος is a Greek phrase meaning "Behold the man".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2400, G444?
G2400, G444 is connected to 200 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Behold the man
Source Gloss
Behold the man
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 ὁ ἄνθρωπος is built from this root: