eidos
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1491. eidos

eidos: visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Original Word: εἶδος, ους, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: eidos
Phonetic Spelling: (i'-dos)
Short Definition: visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Definition: visible form, shape, appearance, outward show, kind, species, class.

1491 eídos (a neuter noun derived from 1492 /eídō, "to see, apprehend") – properly, the sight (i.e. of something exposed, observable), especially its outward appearance or shape (J. Thayer). 1491 (eídos) emphasizes "what is physically seen" (BAGD) before mentally or spiritually apprehended. See 1492 (eidō, oida).

Example: 1491 /eídos ("visible appearance") refers to the outward form taken on by each of the three Persons of the tri-personal God: a) the Holy Spirit in Lk 3:22: "And the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove"; b) Jesus, in Lk 9:29: "And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming"; and c) the Father, in Jn 5:37: "You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form."

appearance, fashion, shape, sight.

From eido; a view, i.e. Form (literally or figuratively) -- appearance, fashion, shape, sight.

see GREEK eido

ἔθη — 2 Occ.
ἔθει — 1 Occ.
ἔθεσι — 1 Occ.
ἔθεσιν — 1 Occ.
ἐθῶν — 1 Occ.
ἔθος — 6 Occ.
εἰώθει — 2 Occ.
εἰωθὸς — 2 Occ.
Εἰ — 508 Occ.
μή¦γε — 8 Occ.
εἶδος — 2 Occ.
εἴδους — 2 Occ.
ᾔδει — 14 Occ.
ᾔδειν — 5 Occ.
ᾔδεις — 3 Occ.
ᾔδεισαν — 8 Occ.
ᾔδειτε — 3 Occ.
εἰδῇς — 1 Occ.
εἰδήσουσίν — 1 Occ.
εἰδῆτε — 6 Occ.


Strong's Greek 1491
5 Occurrences


εἴδει — 1 Occ.
εἶδος — 2 Occ.
εἴδους — 2 Occ.

Luke 3:22 N-DNS
BIB: ἅγιον σωματικῷ εἴδει ὡς περιστερὰν
NAS: upon Him in bodily form like
KJV: in a bodily shape like
INT: Holy in a bodily form as a dove

Luke 9:29 N-NNS
BIB: αὐτὸν τὸ εἶδος τοῦ προσώπου
NAS: He was praying, the appearance of His face
KJV: prayed, the fashion of his
INT: he the appearance of the face

John 5:37 N-ANS
BIB: ἀκηκόατε οὔτε εἶδος αὐτοῦ ἑωράκατε
NAS: nor seen His form.
KJV: seen his shape.
INT: have you heard nor form of him have you seen

2 Corinthians 5:7 N-GNS
BIB: οὐ διὰ εἴδους
NAS: for we walk by faith, not by sight--
KJV: not by sight:)
INT: not by sight

1 Thessalonians 5:22 N-GNS
BIB: ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε
NAS: abstain from every form of evil.
KJV: from all appearance of evil.
INT: from every form of evil abstain

5 Occurrences


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