ἰδοὺ | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Behold! See! An interjection used to attract attention to something just mentioned or shown; roughly equivalent to “look!” or “see here.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἰδοὺ"

Form: ἰδού

Notes: This is an indeclinable particle/interjection used to introduce or draw attention, meaning 'behold!' or 'look!'. It is originally the 2nd person singular aorist middle imperative of εἶδον, but in usage functions as an interjection and is not inflected for person, number, or any other verbal categories in regular contexts.

Related Forms of ἰδού

1 form discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ιδου particle

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