Strong G1491εἶδος
appearance
- Transliteration
- eidos
- Pronunciation
- i'-dos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G1492; a view that is form (literally or figuratively): - appearance fashion shape sight.
Detailed definition
εἶδος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX for מַרְאֶה,, etc.;]
1. that which is seen, appearance, external form: Luk.3:22 9:29, Jhn.5:37, 2Co.5:7 (ICC in l.).
2. form, sort, kind: 1Th.5:22.
† (AS)
[in LXX for מַרְאֶה,, etc.;]
1. that which is seen, appearance, external form: Luk.3:22 9:29, Jhn.5:37, 2Co.5:7 (ICC in l.).
2. form, sort, kind: 1Th.5:22.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1491 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shape2
- appearance1
- fashion1
- sight1
First verses
- Luke 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
- Luke 9:29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
- John 5:37And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
- 2 Corinthians 5:7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εἶδος, εος, τό,
(εἴδω A) that which is seen: form, shape, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of the human form or figure, especially absolutely in accusative with adjectives, εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.39, 5.787, 10.316; ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.174; opposed to φρένες, 17.454)]; opposed to βίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.316)]; δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.58; τὸ εἶδος τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπερεπαινέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.)]; appearance, of a dog, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.308; ὄφιες ποικίλοι τὰ εἴδεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.107; εἴδεα [τῶν θεῶν] σημήναντες [prev. author] 2.53; γυνὴ τό γ᾽ εἶδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 267)]: hence, periphrastic for person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1177; τὸ ἐπ᾽ εἴδει καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210b.)]
b especially of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδει προφέρων [prev. author] 6.127.)]
c in Medicine texts, physique, habit of body, constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου” 9, “Hum.” 1: more frequently in _plural_, [prev. author] “Aër.” 3, +others; εἴδεα εὔχροά τε καὶ ἀνθηρά [prev. work] 5.)]
2 generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος [Refs ([prev. author] “Off.” 3, compare “Mochl.” 6, etc.)]; pattern, of 'figurate' numbers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 203a15; ἡ μονὰς εἶδος εἰδῶν τυγχάνει “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 4, compare 17)]; decorative pattern or figure, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 29 (_plural_))]; of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.74 M. (identified with σχῆμα, [prev. passage]))]: in plural, shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (compare ἰδέα), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 51.)]
2.b Geometry texts, δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομένα two figures given in species, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Data” 53, etc.)]; especially in central conics, rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.14, 21, +others)]; also, species of numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus “Def.” 11.)]
II form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94; τὸ εἶ. τῆς νόσου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.50, etc.)]; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91d, compare “Cra.” 394d)]; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 389b)]; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a3)]; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει.. τοῦτο ἔπραξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62)]; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 6.77, 8.56)]; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 317)]; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα.., περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 24.1)]; department, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12)] (but also, elementary nature or quality, [Refs ([prev. work] 15))]; type, sort, πυρετῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 3.12; αὐγῆς [prev. author] “Off.” 3, etc.)]: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.17, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1441b9 (_plural_))]; later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.[near the start], [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Chrest.” p.243 W., “Etymologicum Magnum” 295.52)]; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.74)]; later, single poem, applied to Pindar's odes by Scholia; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.65.11 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 287.12 (2nd c.AD).)]
III class, kind, πᾶν τὸ τῶν πίστεων εἶδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.280, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.192: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, περὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἴδους.. ἐν ᾧ.. “Tht.” 178a; ἑνὶ εἴδει περιλαβεῖν [prev. work] 148d; εἰς ταὐτὸν ἐμπέπτωκεν εἶδος [prev. work] 205d, etc.)]; logical species, Sph.[Refs (235d)]; ἓν εἶδος ἀποχωρίζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Plt.” 262e; τὰς διαφορὰς ὁπόσαιπερ ἐν εἴδεσι κεῖνται, [prev. work] 285b, +others,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1057b7, +others, “Cat.” 2b7)]; as a subdivision of γένος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1393a27)]; ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους πεύκη, εἴδει διαφέρουσα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.69.)]
III.2 ={ἰδέα} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 103e, “R.” 596a, “Prm.” 132a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990b9, +others, etc.)]
III.3 form, opposed to matter (ὕλη), [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 187a18, +others, “Metaphorical” 1029a29)]: hence, formal cause, essence, [Refs ([prev. work] 1032b1, etc.)]
IV in later Gr., wares of different kinds, goods, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 109.1 (3rd-4th c.AD), “PFay.” 34.7 (2nd c.AD))]: hence, payments in kind, opposed to χρυσίον, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 17.8, compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.4.18, +others)]; spices, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.61)]; groceries, Anon.post Max.p.120 L.; εἶ. ἰατρικόν drug, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {νίτρον},compare “Hippiatrica” 129.54 and see.{ἑξάειδος, τετράειδος, τρίειδος})]; of a chemical reagent, Zos.Alch.p.205 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
(εἴδω A) that which is seen: form, shape, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], of the human form or figure, especially absolutely in accusative with adjectives, εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.39, 5.787, 10.316; ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.174; opposed to φρένες, 17.454)]; opposed to βίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.316)]; δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 23.58; τὸ εἶδος τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπερεπαινέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.8, etc.)]; appearance, of a dog, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.308; ὄφιες ποικίλοι τὰ εἴδεα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.107; εἴδεα [τῶν θεῶν] σημήναντες [prev. author] 2.53; γυνὴ τό γ᾽ εἶδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 267)]: hence, periphrastic for person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1177; τὸ ἐπ᾽ εἴδει καλόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 210b.)]
b especially of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.199; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδει προφέρων [prev. author] 6.127.)]
c in Medicine texts, physique, habit of body, constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου” 9, “Hum.” 1: more frequently in _plural_, [prev. author] “Aër.” 3, +others; εἴδεα εὔχροά τε καὶ ἀνθηρά [prev. work] 5.)]
2 generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος [Refs ([prev. author] “Off.” 3, compare “Mochl.” 6, etc.)]; pattern, of 'figurate' numbers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 203a15; ἡ μονὰς εἶδος εἰδῶν τυγχάνει “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 4, compare 17)]; decorative pattern or figure, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 29 (_plural_))]; of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.74 M. (identified with σχῆμα, [prev. passage]))]: in plural, shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (compare ἰδέα), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 51.)]
2.b Geometry texts, δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομένα two figures given in species, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Data” 53, etc.)]; especially in central conics, rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1.14, 21, +others)]; also, species of numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Diophantus Mathematicus “Def.” 11.)]
II form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94; τὸ εἶ. τῆς νόσου 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.50, etc.)]; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91d, compare “Cra.” 394d)]; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 389b)]; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a3)]; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει.. τοῦτο ἔπραξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.62)]; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι [Refs ([prev. author] 6.77, 8.56)]; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 317)]; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα.., περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 24.1)]; department, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12)] (but also, elementary nature or quality, [Refs ([prev. work] 15))]; type, sort, πυρετῶν [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 3.12; αὐγῆς [prev. author] “Off.” 3, etc.)]: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 13.17, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1441b9 (_plural_))]; later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.[near the start], [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Chrest.” p.243 W., “Etymologicum Magnum” 295.52)]; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.74)]; later, single poem, applied to Pindar's odes by Scholia; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PAmh.” 2.65.11 (2nd c.AD),compare “PTeb.” 287.12 (2nd c.AD).)]
III class, kind, πᾶν τὸ τῶν πίστεων εἶδος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.280, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.192: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, περὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἴδους.. ἐν ᾧ.. “Tht.” 178a; ἑνὶ εἴδει περιλαβεῖν [prev. work] 148d; εἰς ταὐτὸν ἐμπέπτωκεν εἶδος [prev. work] 205d, etc.)]; logical species, Sph.[Refs (235d)]; ἓν εἶδος ἀποχωρίζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Plt.” 262e; τὰς διαφορὰς ὁπόσαιπερ ἐν εἴδεσι κεῖνται, [prev. work] 285b, +others,compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1057b7, +others, “Cat.” 2b7)]; as a subdivision of γένος, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1393a27)]; ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους πεύκη, εἴδει διαφέρουσα, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.69.)]
III.2 ={ἰδέα} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 103e, “R.” 596a, “Prm.” 132a, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990b9, +others, etc.)]
III.3 form, opposed to matter (ὕλη), [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 187a18, +others, “Metaphorical” 1029a29)]: hence, formal cause, essence, [Refs ([prev. work] 1032b1, etc.)]
IV in later Gr., wares of different kinds, goods, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (POxy. 109.1 (3rd-4th c.AD), “PFay.” 34.7 (2nd c.AD))]: hence, payments in kind, opposed to χρυσίον, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 17.8, compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.4.18, +others)]; spices, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.61)]; groceries, Anon.post Max.p.120 L.; εἶ. ἰατρικόν drug, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see {νίτρον},compare “Hippiatrica” 129.54 and see.{ἑξάειδος, τετράειδος, τρίειδος})]; of a chemical reagent, Zos.Alch.p.205 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]