Strong G2397ἰδέα
appearance
- Transliteration
- idea
- Pronunciation
- id-eh'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1492; a sight (compare figuratively idea) that is aspect: - countenance.
Detailed definition
ἰδέα, -ας, ἡ, see: εἰδέα
εἰδέα (Rec. ἰδ-, as in cl.; see Tdf., Pr., 81), -ας, ἡ (εἶδον), [in LXX (seel. ἰδ-): Gen.5:3 (דְּמוּת), Da TH 1:13, 15 (מַרְאֶה), Ep. Jer.63, 2Ma.3:16 *;]
appearance, look: Mat.28:3.†
(AS)
εἰδέα (Rec. ἰδ-, as in cl.; see Tdf., Pr., 81), -ας, ἡ (εἶδον), [in LXX (seel. ἰδ-): Gen.5:3 (דְּמוּת), Da TH 1:13, 15 (מַרְאֶה), Ep. Jer.63, 2Ma.3:16 *;]
appearance, look: Mat.28:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2397 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- countenance1
First verses
- Matthew 28:3His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἰδέα [ῐ],
Ionic dialect ἰδέη, ἡ, (ἰδεῖν) form, ἰδέᾳ καλός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).103, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.6; τὴν ἰ. πάνυ καλός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; τὴν ἰ. μοχθηρός 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1000; ἰδέην ὁρέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]; opposed to χρῶμα, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.109)]; opposed to μέγεθος, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109b (_plural_); ἡ ἰ. αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡς ἀστραπή NT.Matt.28.3, etc.)]; of the elementary shapes, ἄτομοι ἰδέαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1111a codices, compare “fragment” 141 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; of the four elements, Philistion cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 20.25.)]
2 semblance, opposed to reality, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσ᾽ ἰδέαι outward appearances cheat the mind, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 128.)]
3 kind, sort, φύλλα τοιῆσδε ἰδέης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; φύσιν παρέχονται ἰδέης τοιήνδε [οἱ ποτάμιοι ἵπποι] [Refs ([prev. author] 2.71)]; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰ. they conceived two modes of acting, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.100, compare 119)]; τὰ ὄργι᾽ ἐστὶ τίν᾽ ἰ. ἔχοντά σο; what is their nature or fashion? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 471)]; ἑτέραν ὕμνων ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 384)]; καινὰς ἰ. εἰσφέρειν new forms of comedy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 547)]; τίς ἰ. βουλεύματο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 993)]; πᾶσα ἰ. θανάτου every form of death, or death in every form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81, compare 83, 2.51; πολλαὶ ἰ. πολέμων [prev. author] 1.109; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα ἰ. τῆς παρασκευῆς [prev. author] 4.55)]; πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πειράσαντες having tried every way, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.19)]; τῇ αὐτῇ ἰ. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.62, 6.76)]; οὐκ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἰ. not in the same relations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.44: εἰς μίαν τινὰ ἰ)]. into one kind of existence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184d; ἄλλη ἰ. πολιτείας [prev. author] “R.” 544c, etc.; ἀγοραίας.. ἰδέας τοῦ βίου 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 196.)]
4 especially in Rhet., etc., of literary form, ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰδέαις κατεχρήσαντο πρὸς τὴν ποίησιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.48, compare 15.47,183)]; ἡ ἰαμβικὴ ἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8, compare 1450b34, “Rh.Al.” 1425a9, etc.)]; ἡ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.258 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
4.b style, Πλατωνική, Δημοσθενικὴ ἰ., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Syrianus Philosophus et Rhetor “in Hermogenem commentaria” 1.112 R.)]
4.c a quality of style (e.g. σαφήνεια, γοργότης, etc.), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “[prev. author]” at Title Page, etc.)]
II in Logic,= εἶδος, class, kind: hence, principle of classification, ἔφησθα.. μιᾷ ἰδέᾳ τά τε ἀνόσια ἀνόσια εἶναι καὶ τὰ ὅσια ὅσια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 6d, compare “Phdr.” 265d. “Sph.” 253d, etc.)]
II.2 plural in Platonic Philosophy, ideal forms, archetypes, τὰς.. ἰ. νοεῖσθαι μέν, ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 507b, compare 596b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990a34, +others, “EN” 1096a17: also in _sing._, ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508e, +others, compare εἶδος.)]
II.3 notion, idea, προάγειν τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἐπὶ τὴν ἰ. ἀγνοουμένου πράγματος [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Nausiphanes Philosophus 2. (Written εἰδέα in later Greek, as “PGen.” 16.17 (3rd c.AD), variant in NT.Matt.28.3.))]
Ionic dialect ἰδέη, ἡ, (ἰδεῖν) form, ἰδέᾳ καλός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).103, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.6; τὴν ἰ. πάνυ καλός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; τὴν ἰ. μοχθηρός 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1000; ἰδέην ὁρέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80)]; opposed to χρῶμα, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.109)]; opposed to μέγεθος, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109b (_plural_); ἡ ἰ. αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡς ἀστραπή NT.Matt.28.3, etc.)]; of the elementary shapes, ἄτομοι ἰδέαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1111a codices, compare “fragment” 141 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]; of the four elements, Philistion cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 20.25.)]
2 semblance, opposed to reality, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσ᾽ ἰδέαι outward appearances cheat the mind, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 128.)]
3 kind, sort, φύλλα τοιῆσδε ἰδέης [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203)]; φύσιν παρέχονται ἰδέης τοιήνδε [οἱ ποτάμιοι ἵπποι] [Refs ([prev. author] 2.71)]; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰ. they conceived two modes of acting, [Refs ([prev. author] 6.100, compare 119)]; τὰ ὄργι᾽ ἐστὶ τίν᾽ ἰ. ἔχοντά σο; what is their nature or fashion? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 471)]; ἑτέραν ὕμνων ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 384)]; καινὰς ἰ. εἰσφέρειν new forms of comedy, [Refs ([prev. author] “Nu.” 547)]; τίς ἰ. βουλεύματο; [Refs ([prev. author] “Av.” 993)]; πᾶσα ἰ. θανάτου every form of death, or death in every form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81, compare 83, 2.51; πολλαὶ ἰ. πολέμων [prev. author] 1.109; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα ἰ. τῆς παρασκευῆς [prev. author] 4.55)]; πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πειράσαντες having tried every way, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.19)]; τῇ αὐτῇ ἰ. [Refs ([prev. author] 3.62, 6.76)]; οὐκ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἰ. not in the same relations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.44: εἰς μίαν τινὰ ἰ)]. into one kind of existence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184d; ἄλλη ἰ. πολιτείας [prev. author] “R.” 544c, etc.; ἀγοραίας.. ἰδέας τοῦ βίου 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 196.)]
4 especially in Rhet., etc., of literary form, ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰδέαις κατεχρήσαντο πρὸς τὴν ποίησιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.48, compare 15.47,183)]; ἡ ἰαμβικὴ ἰ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449b8, compare 1450b34, “Rh.Al.” 1425a9, etc.)]; ἡ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ἰ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.258 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
4.b style, Πλατωνική, Δημοσθενικὴ ἰ., [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Syrianus Philosophus et Rhetor “in Hermogenem commentaria” 1.112 R.)]
4.c a quality of style (e.g. σαφήνεια, γοργότης, etc.), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “[prev. author]” at Title Page, etc.)]
II in Logic,= εἶδος, class, kind: hence, principle of classification, ἔφησθα.. μιᾷ ἰδέᾳ τά τε ἀνόσια ἀνόσια εἶναι καὶ τὰ ὅσια ὅσια [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 6d, compare “Phdr.” 265d. “Sph.” 253d, etc.)]
II.2 plural in Platonic Philosophy, ideal forms, archetypes, τὰς.. ἰ. νοεῖσθαι μέν, ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 507b, compare 596b, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 990a34, +others, “EN” 1096a17: also in _sing._, ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 508e, +others, compare εἶδος.)]
II.3 notion, idea, προάγειν τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἐπὶ τὴν ἰ. ἀγνοουμένου πράγματος [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Nausiphanes Philosophus 2. (Written εἰδέα in later Greek, as “PGen.” 16.17 (3rd c.AD), variant in NT.Matt.28.3.))]