εἴδω

eídō · Greek · Strong's G1492 · 317 occurrences

The KJV renders 22 different Hebrew and Greek words as “consider”

What it means

used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3708 (ὁράω); properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know

a primary verb;

How the KJV renders it

be aware, behold, consider, know, look, perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“consider”

also renders skopéō (G4648), syneídō (G4894), theōréō (G2334), anatheōréō (G333), dialogízomai (G1260), katamanthánō (G2648), syníēmi (G4920), analogízomai (G357), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), bîyn (H995), zâmam (H2161), châshab (H2803), yâdaʻ (H3045), nâbaṭ (H5027), nâthan (H5414), pâçag (H6448), shîyth (H7896), sâkal (H7919), sᵉkal (H7920), shâmaʻ (H8085)

“behold”

also renders theáomai (G2300), theōréō (G2334), blépō (G991), anatheōréō (G333), epopteúō (G2029), emblépō (G1689), katanoéō (G2657), epeîdon (G1896), horáō (G3708), ʼălûw (H431), ʼărûw (H718), hêʼ (H1887), hên (H2005), hinnêh (H2009), chăzâʼ (H2370), châzâh (H2372), nâbaṭ (H5027), shûwr (H7789)

“see”

also renders anablépō (G308), theáomai (G2300), theōréō (G2334), blépō (G991), optánomai (G3700), emblépō (G1689), historéō (G2477), heurískō (G2147), horáō (G3708), hinnêh (H2009), chăzâʼ (H2370), châzâh (H2372), nâbaṭ (H5027), rŏʼîy (H7210), shûwr (H7789), shâzaph (H7805)

“look”

also renders anablépō (G308), theáomai (G2300), parakýptō (G3879), prosdokáō (G4328), optánomai (G3700), aphoráō (G872), chûwl (H2342), châzâh (H2372), chêzêv (H2376), nâbaṭ (H5027), pâqad (H6485), qâvâh (H6960), shâgach (H7688), shûwr (H7789), shâʻâh (H8159)

“tell”

also renders exēgéomai (G1834), mēnýō (G3377), apangéllō (G518), eréō (G2046), laléō (G2980), eklaléō (G1583), diēgéomai (G1334), anangéllō (G312), légō (G3004), ʼămar (H560), gâlâh (H1540), dâbar (H1696), yâdaʻ (H3045), shâmaʻ (H8085), tâkan (H8505)

“perceive”

also renders katalambánō (G2638), theōréō (G2334), blépō (G991), epiginṓskō (G1921), aisthánomai (G143), katanoéō (G2657), noiéō (G3539), heurískō (G2147), horáō (G3708), bîyn (H995), ṭâʻam (H2938), yâdaʻ (H3045), shûwr (H7789), shâmaʻ (H8085)

“understand”

also renders akoúō (G191), epístamai (G1987), manthánō (G3129), syníēmi (G4920), noiéō (G3539), ginṓskō (G1097), pynthánomai (G4441), yâdaʻ (H3045), shâmaʻ (H8085)

“know”

also renders syneídō (G4894), proginṓskō (G4267), epístamai (G1987), ginṓskō (G1097), bîyn (H995), daʻath (H1847), yᵉdaʻ (H3046)

“be sure”

also renders ginṓskō (G1097), châzaq (H2388), yâdaʻ (H3045)

“be aware”

also renders ginṓskō (G1097), yâdaʻ (H3045)

“wish”

also renders eúchomai (G2172), châphêts (H2655)

“wot”

also renders gnōrízō (G1107), yâdaʻ (H3045)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

317 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:16 · V-RAI-1S

(I also baptized the household of Stephanas; besides them, I don’t know whether I baptized any other.)

1 Corinthians 2:2 · V-RAN

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

1 Corinthians 2:11 · V-RAI-3S

For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:12 · V-RAS-1P

But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.

1 Corinthians 3:16 · V-RAI-2P

Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

1 Corinthians 5:6 · V-RAI-2P

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 6:2 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:3 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:9 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:15 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:16 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 6:19 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 7:16 V-RAI-2S1 Corinthians 8:1 V-RAI-1P1 Corinthians 8:4 V-RAI-1P1 Corinthians 9:13 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 9:24 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 11:3 V-RAN1 Corinthians 12:2 V-RAI-2P1 Corinthians 13:2 V-RAS-1S1 Corinthians 14:11 V-RAS-1S1 Corinthians 14:16 V-RAI-3S1 Corinthians 15:58 V-RAP-NPM1 Corinthians 16:15 V-RAI-2P1 John 2:11 V-RAI-3S1 John 2:20 V-RAI-2P1 John 2:21 V-RAI-2P1 John 2:29 V-RAS-2P1 John 3:2 V-RAI-1P1 John 3:5 V-RAI-2P1 John 3:14 V-RAI-1P1 John 3:15 V-RAI-2P1 John 5:13 V-RAS-2P1 John 5:15 V-RAI-1P1 John 5:18 V-RAI-1P1 John 5:19 V-RAI-1P1 John 5:20 V-RAI-1P1 Peter 1:18 V-RAP-NPM1 Peter 5:9 V-RAP-NPM1 Thessalonians 1:4 V-RAP-NPM1 Thessalonians 1:5 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 2:1 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 2:2 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 2:5 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 2:11 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 3:3 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 3:4 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 4:2 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 4:4 V-RAN1 Thessalonians 4:5 V-RAP-NPN1 Thessalonians 5:2 V-RAI-2P1 Thessalonians 5:12 V-RAN1 Timothy 1:8 V-RAI-1P1 Timothy 1:9 V-RAP-NSM1 Timothy 3:5 V-RAI-3S1 Timothy 3:15 V-RAS-2S2 Corinthians 1:7 V-RAP-NPM2 Corinthians 4:14 V-RAP-NPM2 Corinthians 5:1 V-RAI-1P2 Corinthians 5:6 V-RAP-NPM

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