Quick Definition
εἶδος, ους, τό n.n. visible form, shape, appearance, kind
Strong's Definition
a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: appearance, fashion, shape, sight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ους | γραώδης · εἰδέα · εἰδωλεῖον · εἰδωλόθυτον · εἰδωλολάτρης · εἰδωλολατρία · εἴδωλον · κατείδωλος · συνείδησις
58.14 · Nature, Class, Example · Appearance as an Outward Manifestation of Form
form, appearance appearance as the form of that which is seen One may also translate this expression in LUK 9:29 as ‘while he was praying, his face became different’ or ‘... his face was seen as different’ or ‘... he didn’t look the same.’
1 As in the case of other so-called semantic primitives, there seems to be no reason for setting up an artificial kind of definition, since the corresponding glosses serve quite satisfactorily to indicate the semantic content.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἶδος, -ous, τό, (EIAQ), in Sept. chiefly for AND and 48h; prop. that which strikes the eye, which is exposed to view; 1. the external appearance, form, figure, shape, (so fr. Hom. down): Jn. ν. 37; σωματικῷ cide, Lk. iii. 22; τὸ εἶδος τοῦ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, Lk. ix. 29; διὰ εἴδους, as encompassed with the visible appearance (of eternal things), (see διά, A. I. 2), 2 Co. ν. 7, — com. explained, by sight i. e. beholding (Luth.: im Schauen) ; but no ex. has yet been adduced fr. any Grk. writ. in which εἶδος is used actively, like the Lat. species, of vision; (στόμα κατὰ στόμα, ἐν εἴδ ει, καὶ οὐ δι᾿ ὁραμάτων καὶ ἐνυπνίων, Clem. homil. 17, 18; οἵ. Num. xii. 8 Sept.). “Ἔ form, kind : ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε, i. 6. from every kind of evil or wrong, 1 Th. v. 22 [cf. πονηρός, sub fin.]; (Joseph. antt. 10, 3,1 πᾶν εἶδος πονηρίας. The Grks., esp. Plato, oppose τὸ εἶδος to τὸ γένος, as the Lat. does species to genus. Cf. Schmidt ch. 182, 2).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εἶδος eidos 5x
form, external appearance, Lk. 3:22; 9:29; Jn. 5:37; kind, species, 1 Thess. 5:22; sight, perception, 2 Cor. 5:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εἶδος, -ους, τό,
[in LXX for מַרְאֶה, תֹּאַר, etc.;]
that which is seen, appearance, external form: Lk 3:22 9:29, Jo 5:37, II Co 5:7 (ICC in l.).
form, sort, kind: I Th 5:22.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εἶδος. The RV rendering of 1 Th 555 ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε, “abstain from every form of evil,” is confirmed by the recurrent formula in the papyri παντὸς εἴδους = “‘ of every kind,” found in business documents fass?z, e.g. in P Tebt I. 58"! (p.c. 111) atax-farmer undertakes προσάξιν ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους (πυροῦ) v, ‘‘to collect from every class 400 artabae of wheat more” (Edd.): see further Milligan Zhess. p. 76f. Cf. P Tebt 11. 2895 (A.p. 23) where the strategus writes to a toparch—réprre μοι πρόσγραφον τῶν μέχρι τῆς σήμερον διαγεγρί(αμμένων) κατ᾽ εἶδος, ‘send me a supplementary classified statement of payments made up to date” (Edd.), and P Oxy IT. 2370}: 42 (a.p. 186) τῆς τελευταίας ἑκάστου ὀνόματος ὑποστάσεως κατὰ κώμην καὶ κατ᾽ εἶδος, “‘ the last statement of property of each person arranged under villages and classes” (Edd.): but see Chrest. II. i. p. 103. In P Tebt I. 60!7 (b.c. 118) a detailed account of land is headed—6y ἐστιν τὸ κατ᾽ ἔτος kal τὸ Kat’ εἶδος, 7.6. the land is regarded both under temporal and material conditions, and in P Lond 847! (a.p. 170) (=TIII. p. 54) povodeo (ila) xdpt(ov) k(at) ἄλλ(ων) εἰδ(ῶν) the editors suggest the rendering ‘‘harvesting of hay and other miscellaneous crops.” A list of personal property, P Oxy I. 10g! (ili/iv A.D.), is headed Aédy(os) εἰδῶν, ‘‘ List of effects.” P Tebt II. 2871220 (A.p. 161-9) shows εἶδος = a “report ’’ furnished to the prefect: the editors compare BGU I. 16° (a.D. 15960) (= Selections, p. 84) πρὸς τὸ μεταδοθὲν cis ἐξέτασιν εἶδος, ‘‘with regard to the report handed over to us for examination”; see also P Amh II. 65!! (early ii/A.D.) avaγνωσθέντος εἴδους ἵνα μὴ παιδαγωγὸν ἔχωι, P Oxy VIL. 103217 (A.D. 162) ἔγνωμεν . . [ἦϊχθαι εἶδος δι᾽ [o]d δηλ[οῦ)ται κτὰ., “we have discovered that a report was made whereby it is declared” etc. The word is very fully discussed in P Meyer, p- 13 f In MGr εἶδος still means “kind,” “species, and from it comes (€)8uxds, ‘‘ one’s own.” > 5 εἰδωλεῖον, or εἰδώλιον as the word is read in the best MSS., occurs several times in the LXX, but in the NT only in 1 Cor 81°.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εἶδος (eidos) — appearance. εἶδος, εος, τό, (εἴδω A) that which is seen: form, shape, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+], of the human form or figure, especially absolutely in accusative with adjectives, εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to βίη, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δευτέρα πεδ᾽ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. [Refs 7th c.BC+]; appearance, of a dog, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, periphrastic for person, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b especially of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+] __c in Medicine texts, physique, habit of body, constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος [Refs]; pattern, of 'figurate' numbers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; decorative pattern or figure, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη [Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (compare ἰδέα), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. b Geometry texts, δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομένα two figures given in species, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; especially in central conics, rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, species of numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II. form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, [Refs]; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει.. τοῦτο ἔπραξαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι [Refs]; ἐπ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα.., περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά [Refs 4th c.BC+]; department, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but also, elementary nature or quality, [Refs]; type, sort, πυρετῶν [Refs]: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.[near the start], [Refs 5th c.AD+]; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, single poem, applied to Pindar's odes by Scholia; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. class, kind, πᾶν τὸ τῶν πίστεων εἶδος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; logical species, Sph.[Refs]; ἓν εἶδος ἀποχωρίζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a subdivision of γένος, [Refs]; ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους πεύκη, εἴδει διαφέρουσα, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III.2. ={ἰδέα} 11.2, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.3. form, opposed to matter (ὕλη), [Refs]: hence, formal cause, essence, [Refs]
IV. in later Gr., wares of different kinds, goods, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: hence, payments in kind, opposed to χρυσίον, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; spices, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; groceries, Anon.post Max.p.120 L.; εἶ. ἰατρικόν drug, [Refs 5th c.AD+]; of a chemical reagent, Zos.Alch.p.205 [Refs 5th c.BC+]