Strong's Lexicon
eidos: Form, appearance, sight, kind
Original Word:εἶδος
Part of Speech:Noun, Neuter
Transliteration:eidos
Pronunciation:AY-dos
Phonetic Spelling:(i'-dos)
Definition:Form, appearance, sight, kind
Meaning:visible form, shape, appearance, outward show, kind, species, class.
Word Origin:Derived from the Greek verb εἴδω (eidō), meaning "to see" or "to know."
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries:The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "eidos" is מַרְאֶה (mar'eh), Strong's Hebrew 4758, which also means appearance or vision.
Usage:The Greek word "eidos" primarily refers to the visible form or appearance of something. It can denote the outward shape or structure that is perceived by the senses. In a broader sense, it can also refer to the kind or nature of something, indicating its essential characteristics.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Greek philosophy, "eidos" was a significant term used by Plato to describe the ideal forms or archetypes of things, which exist in a realm beyond the physical world. In the New Testament context, "eidos" is used to describe the visible appearance or form of something, often in relation to spiritual truths or moral teachings.
HELPS Word-studies
1491eídos (a neuter noun derived from1492/eídō, "to see, apprehend") – properly, thesight (i.e. of somethingexposed,observable), especially itsoutward appearance orshape (J. Thayer).1491 (eídos) emphasizes "whatis physically seen" (BAGD) before mentally or spiritually apprehended.See 1492 (eidō,oida).
Example:1491/eídos ("visible appearance") refers to theoutward form taken on by each of the three Persons of the tri-personal God: a) theHoly Spirit in Lk 3:22: "And the Holy Spirit descended upon Him inbodily form like a dove"; b)Jesus, in Lk 9:29: "And while He was praying, theappearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming"; and c) theFather, in Jn 5:37: "You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen Hisform."
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1491: εἶδοςεἶδος,
εἴδους,
τό (
ἘΙΔΩ), in the
Sept. chiefly for
מַרְאֶה and
תֹּאַר; properly, that which strikes the eye, which is exposed to view;
1.the external oppearance, form, figure, shape, (so fromHomer down):John 5:37;σωματικῷεἴδει,Luke 3:22;τόεἶδοςτοῦπροσώπουαὐτοῦ,Luke 9:29;διάεἴδους, as encompassed with the visible appearance (of eternal things) (seeδιά, A. I. 2),2 Corinthians 5:7, — commonly explained,by sight i. e.beholding (Luth.:im Schauen); but no example has yet been adduced from any Greek writings in whichεἶδος is used actively, like the Latin species, of vision; (στόμακατάστόμα,ἐνεἴδει,καίοὐδἰὁραμάτωνκαίἐνυπνίων, Clement. homil. 17, 18; cf.Numbers 12:8 theSept.).
2.form, kind:ἀπόπαντόςεἴδουςπονηροῦἀπέχεσθε, i. e. from every kind of evil or wrong,1 Thessalonians 5:22 (cf.πονηρός, under the end); (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 3, 1πᾶνεἶδοςπονηρίας. The Greeks, especiallyPlato, opposeτόεἶδος toτόγένος, as the Latin doesspecies to genus. Cf.Schmidt, chapter 182, 2).
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
appearance, fashion, shape, sight.Fromeido; a view, i.e. Form (literally or figuratively) -- appearance, fashion, shape, sight.
see GREEKeido
Forms and Transliterations
ειδει είδει εἴδει είδεσι είδη είδον ειδος ειδός είδος εἶδος ειδους είδους εἴδους eidei eídei eidos eîdos eidous eídousLinks
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