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Greek verb · G1166

δεικνύω

deiknyodike-noo'-o

to show

33 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: deiknýō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1166is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 17
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1166

to show (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: shew.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

deiknyo is rendered "to show". It stands 33 times in the Greek text, across ten books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
  • The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.

The first use

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Matthew 4:8δείκνυσιν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in ten of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 17 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • do show7
  • he showed5
  • I will show3
  • to show3
  • will show3
  • shows2
  • has shown1
  • having been shown1
  • he should show1
  • He will display1
  • He will show1
  • I have shown1

and 4 more, 33 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 33, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

17 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • δεῖξον5
  • δείξει4
  • δείξω4
  • ἔδειξεν4
  • δείκνυσιν2
  • δεῖξαι2
  • ἔδειξέν2
  • δεικνύειν1
  • δεικνύεις1
  • δείκνυμι.¶1
  • δεικνύοντός1
  • δείξατέ1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular6V-AAM-2S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-FAI-1S
  • verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-FAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural1V-AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singular1V-AAM-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-APP-ASM
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S

Matthew

three uses
  • Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

    Matthew 4:8

    • δείκνυσινdeiknusinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shows
  • Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

    Matthew 8:4

    • δεῖξονdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

    Matthew 16:21

    • δεικνύεινdeiknueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to show

Mark

two uses
  • “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

    Mark 1:44

    • δεῖξονdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

    Mark 14:15

    • δείξειdeixeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will show

Luke

five uses
  • Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

    Luke 4:5

    • ἔδειξενedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he showed
  • “Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

    Luke 5:14

    • δεῖξονdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

    Luke 20:24

    • δείξατέdeixateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do show
  • And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

    Luke 22:12

    • δείξειdeixeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will show
  • And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and feet.

    Luke 24:40

    • ἔδειξενedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He showed

John

seven uses
  • On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

    John 2:18

    • δεικνύειςdeiknueisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: show You
  • The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

    John 5:20

    • δείκνυσινdeiknusinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: shows
    • δείξειdeixeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will show
  • But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

    John 10:32

    • ἔδειξαedeixaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have shown
  • Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

    John 14:8

    • δεῖξονdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

    John 14:9

    • δεῖξονdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
  • After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

    John 20:20

    • ἔδειξενedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He showed

Acts

two uses
  • and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

    Acts 7:3

    • δείξω.¶deixoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may show.’
  • He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

    Acts 10:28

    • ἔδειξενedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has shown

1 Corinthians

one use
  • But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

    1 Corinthians 12:31

    • δείκνυμι.¶deiknumiverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I show

1 Timothy

one use
  • which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.

    1 Timothy 6:15

    • δείξειdeixeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will display

Hebrews

one use
  • The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

    Hebrews 8:5

    • δειχθένταdeichthentaverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having been shown

James

three uses
  • But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

    James 2:18

    • δεῖξόνdeixonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do show
    • δείξωdeixoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will show
  • Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

    James 3:13

    • δειξάτωdeixatoverb · aorist active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should show

Revelation

eight uses
  • This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

    Revelation 1:1

    • δεῖξαιdeixaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to show
  • After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

    Revelation 4:1

    • δείξωdeixoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will show
  • Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

    Revelation 17:1

    • δείξωdeixoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will show
  • Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

    Revelation 21:9

    • δείξωdeixoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will show
  • And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

    Revelation 21:10

    • ἔδειξένedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he showed
  • Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

    Revelation 22:1

    • ἔδειξένedeixenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he showed
  • Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

    Revelation 22:6

    • δεῖξαιdeixaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to show
  • And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.

    Revelation 22:8

    • δεικνύοντόςdeiknuontosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is showing

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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