ἰδέα
idéa · G2397 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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form, appearance
Appearance as the form of that which is seen
ExamplesMatthew 28:3 And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀστραπήlightning 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- μορφή morphḗ · G3444 · nature, character, visual form
- μορφή emphasizes the essential form or shape of something, overlapping with ἰδέα's sense of visible aspect but focusing more on inherent form
- σχῆμα schēma · G4976 · form, nature, structure
- σχῆμα refers to outward appearance or shape, similar to ἰδέα's sense of visual aspect but emphasizing external fashion or bearing
- ὄψις ópsis · G3799 · face, outward appearance, external form
- ὄψις denotes outward appearance or what is seen, closely parallel to ἰδέα's sense of visual aspect or sight
In the other Testament 2 words
- מַרְאֶה marʼeh · H4758 · appearance, sight, ugly
- Hebrew מַרְאֶה (mar'eh) is the standard translation equivalent for external appearance or visual aspect, matching ἰδέα's sense of what is seen or observed visually
- תֹּאַר tôʼar · H8389 · form, appearance
- Hebrew תֹּאַר (to'ar) denotes visible form or appearance, closely parallel to ἰδέα's aspect or visual characteristic
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Form, appearance58.14
- In Matthew 28:3, of the angel at the tomb it is written, “his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow,” using this word for outward visual form.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐιδεας, ἡ, Mt 28:3 T Tr WH, a poetic form for ἰδέα, which see (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 153)…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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