STRONGS G1491:
εἶδος,
-ους,
τό, (
ΕΙΔΩ), in the
Sept. chiefly for
מַרְאֶה and
תֹּאַר; properly, that which strikes the eye, which is exposed to view;
1. the external appearance, form, figure, shape, (so from Homer down):
John 5:37;
σωματικῷ εἴδει,
Luke 3:22;
τὸ εἶδος τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ,
Luke 9:29;
διὰ εἴδους, as encompassed with the visible appearance (of eternal things), (see
διά, A. I. 2),
2 Corinthians 5:7, — commonly explained,
by sight i. e. beholding (Luth.:
im Schauen); but no example has yet been adduced from any Greek writings in which
εἶδος is used actively, like the Latin
species, of
vision;
(στόμα κατὰ στόμα,
ἐν εἴδει,
καὶ οὐ δἰ ὁραμάτων καὶ ἐνυπνίων, Clement. homil. 17, 18; cf.
Numbers 12:8 Sept.).
2. form, kind:
ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε,
i. e. from every kind of evil or wrong,
1 Thessalonians 5:22 [cf.
πονηρός, under the end]; (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 3, 1
πᾶν εἶδος πονηρίας. The Greeks, especially Plato, oppose
τὸ εἶδος to
τὸ γένος, as the Latin does
species to
genus. Cf. Schmidt, chapter 182, 2).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Numbers
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12:8
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Luke
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3:22; 9:29
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John
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5:37
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2 Corinthians
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5:7
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1 Thessalonians
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5:22