Greek noun (neuter) · G1491
εἶδος
eidosi'-dos
that which is seen, appearance, external form; form, sort, kind
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eîdos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1491is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1491
a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: appearance, fashion, shape, sight.
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
eidos is rendered "that which is seen, appearance, external form; form, sort, kind". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "that which is seen, appearance, external form".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:22εἴδει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Luke.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: that which is seen, appearance, external form, and form, sort, kind.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| that which is seen, appearance, external formLuk.3:22 9:29, Jhn.5:37, 2Co.5:7 (ICC in l.). | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove… |
| form, sort, kind1Th.5:22.† (AS) | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from every form of evil. |
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.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- εἶδος2
- εἴδους2
- εἴδει1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular2N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Luke
two uses
and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- εἴδειeideinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: form
And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.
- εἶδοςeidosnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: appearance
John
one use
And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
- εἶδοςeidosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: form
2 Corinthians
one use
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
- εἴδουςeidousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: sight
1 Thessalonians
one use
Abstain from every form of evil.
- εἴδουςeidousnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: form
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.