G1492 εἴδω (eídō)

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Verb

Quick Definition

οἶδα v. I know, remember

Strong's Definition

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

Derivation: a primary verb;

KJV Usage: be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

οἶδα (G1492)

verb | pf. with pres. meaning (may be 2pl.ind. or impv.) ἴστε · ind.3pl. οἴδασι, ἴσασι · subj. εἰδῶ · inf. εἰδέναι · masc.ptc. εἰδώς · fem.ptc. εἰδυῖα · plpf. ᾔδειν · fut. εἰδήσω | σύνοιδα

28.1 · Know · Know

to know, to know about, to have knowledge of, to be acquainted with, acquaintance to possess information about

MAT 6:8 · MAT 6:32 · MAT 9:6 · MAT 15:12 · MAT 20:25 · MAT 21:27 · MAT 22:16 · MAT 24:36 · MAT 24:42 · MAT 24:43 · MAT 25:12 · MAT 25:13 · MAT 25:26 · MAT 26:2 · MAT 26:72 · MAT 26:74 · MAT 27:18 · MAT 28:5 · MRK 1:24 · MRK 1:34 · MRK 2:10 · MRK 5:33 · MRK 6:20 · MRK 9:6 · MRK 10:19 · MRK 10:42 · MRK 11:33 · MRK 12:14 · MRK 12:15 · MRK 13:32 · MRK 13:33 · MRK 13:35 · MRK 14:40 · MRK 14:68 · MRK 14:71 · LUK 2:49 · LUK 4:34 · LUK 4:41 · LUK 5:24 · LUK 6:8 · LUK 8:53 · LUK 9:47 · LUK 11:44 · LUK 12:30 · LUK 12:39 · LUK 13:25 · LUK 13:27 · LUK 18:20 · LUK 19:22 · LUK 20:7 · LUK 20:21 · LUK 22:34 · LUK 22:57 · LUK 22:60 · JHN 1:26 · JHN 1:31 · JHN 1:33 · JHN 2:9 · JHN 2:9 · JHN 3:2 · JHN 3:8 · JHN 3:11 · JHN 4:10 · JHN 4:22 · JHN 4:22 · JHN 4:25 · JHN 4:32 · JHN 5:13 · JHN 5:32 · JHN 6:6 · JHN 6:42 · JHN 6:61 · JHN 6:64 · JHN 7:15 · JHN 7:27 · JHN 7:28 · JHN 7:28 · JHN 7:28 · JHN 7:29 · JHN 8:14 · JHN 8:14 · JHN 8:19 · JHN 8:19 · JHN 8:19 · JHN 8:37 · JHN 8:55 · JHN 8:55 · JHN 8:55 · JHN 9:12 · JHN 9:20 · JHN 9:21 · JHN 9:21 · JHN 9:24 · JHN 9:25 · JHN 9:25 · JHN 9:29 · JHN 9:29 · JHN 9:30 · JHN 9:31 · JHN 10:4 · JHN 10:5 · JHN 11:22 · JHN 11:42 · JHN 12:35 · JHN 12:50 · JHN 13:1 · JHN 13:3 · JHN 13:11 · JHN 13:17 · JHN 13:18 · JHN 14:4 · JHN 14:5 · JHN 14:5 · JHN 15:15 · JHN 15:21 · JHN 16:30 · JHN 16:30 · JHN 18:2 · JHN 18:4 · JHN 18:21 · JHN 19:10 · JHN 19:35 · JHN 20:2 · JHN 20:13 · JHN 20:14 · JHN 21:4 · JHN 21:12 · JHN 21:15 · JHN 21:16 · JHN 21:17 · JHN 21:24 · ACT 2:22 · ACT 2:30 · ACT 3:16 · ACT 3:17 · ACT 5:7 · ACT 7:18 · ACT 7:40 · ACT 10:37 · ACT 12:9 · ACT 12:11 · ACT 16:3 · ACT 20:22 · ACT 20:25 · ACT 20:29 · ACT 23:5 · ACT 26:4 · ACT 26:27 · ROM 2:2 · ROM 3:19 · ROM 5:3 · ROM 6:9 · ROM 6:16 · ROM 7:7 · ROM 7:14 · ROM 7:18 · ROM 8:22 · ROM 8:26 · ROM 8:27 · ROM 8:28 · ROM 11:2 · ROM 13:11 · ROM 15:29 · 1CO 2:2 · 1CO 2:11 · 1CO 2:12 · 1CO 3:16 · 1CO 5:6 · 1CO 6:2 · 1CO 6:3 · 1CO 6:9 · 1CO 6:15 · 1CO 6:16 · 1CO 6:19 · 1CO 7:16 · 1CO 7:16 · 1CO 8:1 · 1CO 8:4 · 1CO 9:13 · 1CO 9:24 · 1CO 11:3 · 1CO 12:2 · 1CO 13:2 · 1CO 16:15 · 2CO 1:7 · 2CO 4:14 · 2CO 5:1 · 2CO 5:6 · 2CO 5:11 · 2CO 5:16 · 2CO 9:2 · 2CO 11:11 · 2CO 11:31 · 2CO 12:2 · 2CO 12:2 · 2CO 12:2 · 2CO 12:2 · 2CO 12:3 · 2CO 12:3 · 2CO 12:3 · GAL 2:16 · GAL 4:8 · GAL 4:13 · EPH 5:5 · EPH 6:8 · EPH 6:9 · EPH 6:21 · PHP 1:16 · PHP 1:19 · PHP 1:25 · PHP 4:15 · COL 2:1 · COL 3:24 · COL 4:1 · 1TH 1:4 · 1TH 1:5 · 1TH 4:2 · 1TH 4:5 · 2TH 1:8 · 2TI 1:12 · 2TI 1:15 · 2TI 2:23 · 2TI 3:14 · 2TI 3:15 · TIT 1:16 · TIT 3:11 · PHM 1:21 · HEB 8:11 · JAS 3:1 · JAS 4:4 · JAS 4:17 · 1PE 1:18 · 2PE 1:12 · 1JN 2:11 · 1JN 2:20 · 1JN 2:21 · 1JN 2:21 · 1JN 2:29 · 1JN 3:2 · 1JN 3:5 · 1JN 3:14 · 1JN 3:15 · 1JN 5:13 · 1JN 5:15 · 1JN 5:18 · 1JN 5:19 · 1JN 5:20 · 3JN 1:12 · REV 2:9 · REV 2:13 · REV 2:17 · REV 2:19 · REV 3:1 · REV 3:8 · REV 3:15 · REV 7:14

28.7 · Know · Know

to know how to to have the knowledge as to how to perform a particular activity or to accomplish some goal

MAT 7:11 · MAT 27:65 · LUK 11:13 · LUK 12:56 · PHP 4:12 · PHP 4:12 · COL 4:6 · 1TH 4:4 · 2TH 3:7 · 1TI 3:5 · 1TI 3:15 · 2PE 2:9

32.4 · Understand · Understand

to understand, to comprehend to comprehend the meaning of something, with focus upon the resulting knowledge

MAT 12:25 · MAT 20:22 · MAT 22:29 · MAT 26:70 · MRK 4:13 · MRK 4:27 · MRK 10:38 · MRK 12:24 · LUK 9:33 · LUK 11:17 · LUK 23:34 · JHN 4:22 · JHN 4:22 · JHN 4:42 · JHN 11:24 · JHN 11:49 · JHN 13:7 · JHN 13:17 · JHN 16:18 · JHN 19:28 · JHN 20:9 · ACT 12:9 · ACT 12:11 · ACT 19:32 · ACT 24:22 · ROM 14:14 · 1CO 2:11 · 1CO 2:12 · 1CO 11:3 · 1CO 14:11 · 1CO 14:16 · 1CO 15:58 · EPH 1:18 · 1TH 2:1 · 1TH 2:2 · 1TH 2:5 · 1TH 2:11 · 1TH 3:3 · 1TH 3:4 · 1TH 5:2 · 2TH 2:6 · 1TI 1:8 · 2TI 2:23 · 2TI 3:15 · HEB 10:30 · HEB 12:17 · JAS 1:19 · JAS 4:4 · 1PE 5:9 · 2PE 1:14 · 1JN 2:21 · 1JN 5:15 · JUD 1:5 · JUD 1:10 · REV 2:2 · REV 3:17 · REV 12:12

29.6 · Memory and Recall · Recalling from Memory

to remember, to recall, to recollect to be able to recall from memory

1CO 1:16 · 1TI 1:9 · 2TI 3:14 · REV 19:12

87.12 · Status · Honor or Respect in Relation to Status

to honor, to show honor to, to respect to acknowledge the high status of a person or event

1TH 4:5 · 1TH 5:12 · 2TH 1:8

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

εἰδῶ, ἴδω, Latinvideo (Sanskritvid, perfectveda know,vind-a-mi find, (cf. Vedas); Curtius, § 282), an obsolete form of the present tense, the place of which is supplied by ὁράω. The tenses coming from εἰδῶ and retained by usage form two families, of which one signifies to see, the other to know. I. 2 aorist εἶδον, the common form, with the term. of the 1 aorist (see references under the word ἀπέρχομαι, at the beginning) ἐιδα, Rev_17:3 L, 6 L T Tr; 1 person plural εἴδαμεν, L T Tr WH in Act_4:20; Mar_2:12; Tr WH in Mat_25:37; WH in Mat_25:38; Mar_9:38; Luk_9:49; Luk_3:1-38 person plural εἶδαν, T WH in Luk_9:32; Tr WH in Luk_10:24; Act_6:15; Act_28:4; T Tr WH in Mar_6:50; L T Tr WH in Joh_1:39 (40); Act_9:35; Act_12:16; WH in Mar_6:33; add ἰδαν Tdf. in Mat_13:17; Luk_10:24; ἴδον (an epic form, cf. Matthiae, i., p. 564; (Veitch, p. 215); very frequent in the Sept. and in 1 Macc., cf. Grimm on 1 Macc., p. 54; on the frequent interchange of ἴδον and ἴδον in manuscripts, cf. Jacobs ad Achilles Tatius 2, 24; (WHs Appendix, pp. 162, 164; Tdf. the Sept. Proleg., p. ix.; N. T. Proleg., p. 89; Buttmann, 39 (34))), Tdf. in Rev_4:1; Rev_6:1-2; Rev_6:5; Rev_6:8-9; Rev_6:12; Rev_7:1, etc.; 3 person singular ἰδεν, Tdf. in Luk_5:2; Rev_1:2; Rev_2:1-29 person plural ἴδετε, Php_1:30 Rec.; 3 person plural ἴδον, Tdf. in (Luk_2:20); Joh_19:6; subjunctive ἴδω; imperative ἴδε (Attic ἴδε cf. Winers Grammar, § G, 1 a.; (Buttmann, 62 (54); Göttling, Accentl. 52)) (2 person plural ἴδετε, Joh_1:39-40 R G L); infinitive ἰδεῖν; participle ἰδών; (the Sept. mostly for ψΘΰΘδ sometimes for ηΘζΘδ and ιΘγΗς ); to see (have seen), be seeing (saw), i. e. 1. to perceive (with the eyes; Latinconspicere, German erblicken); a. universally, τινα or τί: Mat_2:2; Mat_4:16; Mat_14:14; Mat_28:6; Mar_1:10; Mar_1:16; Mar_2:14; Luk_5:26; Luk_7:22; Joh_1:47 f (f); ; Act_9:35; Act_12:16; Gal_1:19; 1Ti_6:16, and very often. οὐδέποτε οὕτως εἴδομεν we never saw in such fashion, i. e. such a sight never befell us, Mar_2:12, old German alsohat man nicht gesehen, seit etc.; cf. Kuinoel ad Mat., p. 280 edition 4. ἰδεῖν τί and ἀκοῦσαι τί are conjoined in Luk_7:22; Act_22:14; 1Co_2:9; Jas_5:11; ἰδεῖν and ἰδεῖν τί are also used by those to whom something is presented in vision, as the author of the Apocalypse relates that he saw this or that: Rev_1:12; Rev_1:17; Rev_4:1 (here εἶδον καί ἰδού a formula peculiar to Rev.; see ἰδού, at the end); , etc.; Joh_12:41; ἰδεῖν ὅραμα Act_10:17; Act_16:10; ἰδεῖν ἐν ὁράματι, Act_9:12 (R G); ; ἐν τῇ ὁράσει, Rev_9:17; elliptically ἰδεῖν τί τίνος namely, ἐκπορευθεν, Rev_16:13, cf. Rev_1:16; Hebraistically (on which see Winers Grammar, § 45, 8; Buttmann, § 144, 30) ἰδών εἶδον I have surely seen: Act_7:34 after Exo_3:7. Frequent in the historical books of the N. T. is the participleἰδών, ἰδόντες, continuing the narrative, placed before a finite verb, and either having an accusative added, as in Mat_2:10; Mat_3:7; Mat_5:1; Mat_8:34; Mar_5:22; Mar_9:20; Luk_2:48; Luk_7:13; Joh_5:6; Joh_6:14; Act_13:12; Act_14:11, etc.; or the accusative is omitted, as being evident from the context: Mat_9:8; Mat_9:11; Mat_21:20; Mar_10:14; Luk_1:12; Luk_2:17; Act_3:12; Act_7:31, etc. b. with the accusative of a person or a thing, and a participle (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 45, 4 a.): Mat_3:7; Mat_3:16; Mat_8:14; Mar_1:16; Mar_6:33; Luk_9:49; Luk_21:2; Joh_1:33; Joh_1:47 f (f); Act_3:9; Act_11:13; 1Co_8:10; 1Jn_5:16; Rev_9:1, and often. c. followed by ὅτι: Mar_2:16 L T Tr WH; ; Joh_6:22; Joh_6:24, etc. d. followed by an indirect question with the indicative: with τίς, Luk_19:3; with τί, Mar_5:14; with πηλίκος, Gal_6:11. e. ἔρχου καί ἴδε, a formula of invitation, the use of which leaves the object of the seeing to be inferred by the hearers from the matter under consideration: Joh_11:34 (); () (here ἴδε is equivalent to by seeing learn, namely, that Jesus is the Messiah), and Griesbach in Rev_6:1; Rev_6:5; plural Joh_1:39 (40) (where T Tr WH ἔρχεσθε καί ὄψεσθε). The rabbis use the phrases εηζι ϊΰ and εψΰδ αΰ to command attention. f. ἰδεῖν used absolutely and πιστεύειν are contrasted in Joh_20:29. 2. like the Latinvideo, to perceive by any of the senses: Mat_27:54; Mar_15:39; Luk_17:15. 3. universally, to perceive, notice, discern, discover: τήν πίστιν αὐτῶν, Mat_9:2; τάς ἐνθυμήσεις αὐτῶν, Mat_9:4 (where L Tr WH text εἰδώς for ἰδών); τόν διαλογισμόν τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν, Luk_9:47 (T WH text Tr marginal reading εἰδώς); ἴδε with the accusative of the thing, Rom_11:22; followed by ὅτι, Mat_27:3; Mat_27:24; Act_12:3; Act_14:9; Act_16:19; Gal_2:7; Gal_2:14; ἴδε, ὅτι, Joh_7:52; ἰδεῖν τινα, ὅτι, Mar_12:34 (Tr brackets the accusative). 4. to see, i. e. to turn the eyes, the mind, the attention to anything; a. to pay attention, observe: followed by εἰ intertog. Mat_27:49; by ποταπός, 1Jn_3:1. b. περί τίνος (cf. Latinvidere de allqua re), to see about something (A. V. to consider of), i. e. to ascertain what must be done about it, Act_15:6. c. to inspect, examine: τί, Luk_14:18. d. τινα, to look at, behold: Joh_21:21; Mar_8:33. 5. to experience, τί, any state or condition (cf. Winer's Grammar, 17): as τόν θάνατον, Luk_2:26; Heb_11:5 (Josephus, Antiquities 9, 2, 2 (οἶδεν) cf. Joh_8:51 (Psalm 88:49 (); τήν διαφθοράν, to pass into a state of corruption, be dissolved, Act_2:27; Act_2:31; Act_13:35-37 (Psalm 15:10 ()); τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, to partake of salvation in the kingdom of God, Joh_3:3; πένθος, Rev_18:7; τήν δόξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, by some marvelous event get a signal experience of the beneficent power of God, Joh_11:40; στενοχωρίας, 1Ma_13:3 (ἀλοχου χάριν, Homer, Iliad 11, 243); on the same use of the verb ψΘΰΘδ and the Latinvidere, cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus 3, p. 1246. ἡμέραν, to live to see a day (a time) and enjoy the blessings it brings: ἡμέρας ἀγαθάς, 1Pe_3:10 from Psa_33:13 (); τήν ἡμέραν ἐμήν (Christ's language) the time when I should exercise my saving power on earth, Joh_8:56; εἶδε namely, τήν ἡμέραν τήν ἐμήν, from the abode of the blessed in paradise he in spirit saw my day, ibid. (see ἀγαλλιάω, under the end); ἐπιθυμήσετε μίαν τῶν ἡμερῶν ... ἰδεῖν, ye will wish that even a single day of the blessed coming age of the Messiah may break upon your wretched times, Luk_17:22; so in Greek writings, especially the poets, ἦμαρ, ἡμέραν ἰδεῖν, in Latinvidere diem; cf. Kuinoel on Joh_8:56. 6. with the accusative of person to see i. e. have an interview with, to visit: Luk_8:20; Joh_12:21; Act_16:40; Act_28:20; Rom_1:11; 1Co_16:7; Php_1:27; 1Th_3:6; 2Ti_1:4; 3Jn_1:14; τό πρόσωπον τίνος: 1Th_2:17; 1Th_3:10 (Lucian, dial. d. 24, 2 (cf. Rutherford on Babrius 11, 9)); with an accusative of place, to visit, go to: Act_19:21. (Synonyms: 'When εἶδον, ἰδεῖν are called momentary preterites, it must not be supposed that thereby a quickly-past action is designated; these forms merely present the action without reference to its duration ... The unaugmented moods, too, are not exclusively past, but present or future as well the last most decidedly in the imperative. Now it is obvious that when a perception is stated without regard to its duration, its form or mode cannot have prominence; hence ἰδεῖν is much less physical than ὁρᾶν. ἰδεῖν denotes to perceive with the eyes; ὁρᾶν (which see), on the other hand, to see, i. e. it marks the use and action of the eye as the principal thing. Perception as denoted by ἰδέαν when conceived of as completed, permits the sensuous element to be forgotten and abides merely as an activity of the soul; for οἶδα, εἰδέναι, signifies not to have seen, but to know Schmidt, chapter 11. Compare: ἀπεῖδον, ἐπεῖδόν, προεῖδον, συνεῖδον εἶδον) II. 2 perfect οἶδα, οἶδας (1Co_7:16; Joh_21:15, for the more common οἶσθα, οἴδαμεν (for ἰσμεν, more common in Greek), οἴδατε (ἴστε, the more usual classic form, is found only in Eph_5:5 G L T Tr WH and Heb_12:17 (probably also in Jas_1:19 according to the reading of L T Tr WH; but see below)), ὀισασι (and once the Attic ἴσασι, Act_26:4), imperative ἴστε, once, Jas_1:19 L T Tr WH (but see above), subjunctive εἰδῶ, infinitive εἰδέναι, participle εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα (Mar_5:33; Act_5:7); pluperfect ᾔδειν, 2 person everywhere ᾔδεις, 3 person ᾔδει, plural 2 person ᾔδειτε, 3 person ᾔδεισαν (for the more common ἠδεσαν (Veitch, p. 218; Buttmann, 43 (38))); future ἐιδήσω (Heb_8:11); cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (81); Buttmann, 51 (44); the Sept. chiefly for ψααδα>; like the Latinnovi it has the signification of a present to know, understand; and the pluperfect the significance of an imperfect; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 274 (257)). 1. to know: with the accusative of the thing, Mat_25:13; Mar_10:19; Joh_10:4; Joh_13:17; Joh_14:4; Act_5:7; Rom_7:7; 1Co_2:2; Rev_2:2; Rev_2:9, etc.; τοῦτο (Rec.; others have πάντα) followed by ὅτι, etc. Jud_1:5; with the accusative of person, Mat_26:72; Mat_26:74; Joh_1:31; Joh_6:42; Act_3:16; 2Co_5:16, etc.; τόν Θεόν, Tit_1:16, cf. Joh_8:19; Joh_15:21; Gentiles are called οἱ μή εἰδότες τόν Θεόν in 1Th_4:5; 2Th_1:8, cf. Gal_4:8; the predicate of the person is added (as often in Attic), εἰδώς αὐτόν ἄνδρα δίκαιον, namely, ὄντα, Mar_6:20 (Buttmann, 304 (261)); in the form of a participle 2Co_12:2. to an accusative of the object by attraction (Winers Grammar, § 66, 5 a.; Buttmann, 377 (323)) an epexegetical clause is added (cf. especially Buttmann, 301 (258)), with ὅτι, 1Co_16:15; 2Co_12:3; Act_16:3; or an indirect question (Buttmann, 250f (215f)), Mar_1:24; Luk_4:34; Luk_13:25; Luk_13:27; Joh_7:27; Joh_9:29. εἰδέναι is used with the accusative and infinitive in Luk_4:41; 1Pe_5:9; followed by ὅτι, Mat_9:6; Joh_19:35; Act_2:30; Rom_5:3, and very often; οἴδαμεν Pollux by ὅτι is not infrequently, so far as the sense is concerned, equivalent to it is well known, acknowledged: Mat_22:16; Luk_20:21; Joh_3:2; Joh_9:31; Rom_2:2; Rom_3:19; Rom_7:14; Rom_8:22; Rom_8:28; 2Co_5:1; 1Ti_1:8; 1Jn_3:2; 1Jn_5:20; cf. Lightfoot (in his Horae Hebrew et Talm.) and Baumg.-Crusius on Joh_3:2. frequent, especially in Paul, is the interrogative formula οὐκ οἴδατε and ἤ οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι, by which something well known is commended to one for his thoughtful consideration: Rom_11:2; 1Co_3:16; 1Co_5:6; 1 Corinthians 6:2 f, 9 , 15 f, 19 ; 1Co_9:13; 1Co_9:24; οὐκ οἴδατε followed by an indirect question. Luk_9:55 (Rec.); οὐκ οἶδας ὅτι, Joh_19:10; οὐκ ᾔδειτε, Luk_2:49; εἰδέναι followed by an indirect question. (cf. Buttmann, as above], Mat_26:70; Joh_9:21; Joh_9:25; Joh_9:30; Joh_14:5; Joh_20:13; 1Co_1:16; 1Co_7:16; 2Co_12:2; Rom_8:26; Eph_6:21; 1Ti_3:15, and very often. 2. to know, i. e. get knowledge of, understand, perceive; a. any fact: as, τάς ἐνθυμήσεις, Mat_12:25; τήν ὑπόκρισιν, Mar_12:15; τούς διαλογισμούς αὐτῶν, Luk_6:8; Luk_11:17; with the addition of ἐν ἑαυτῷ followed by ὅτι, Joh_6:61. b. the force and meaning of something, which has a definite meaning: 1Co_2:11 f; τήν παραβολήν, Mar_4:13; μυστήρια, 1Co_13:2; followed by an indirect question. Eph_1:18. c. as in classical Greek, followed by an infinitive in the sense of to know how (Latincalleo, to be skilled in): Mat_7:11; Luk_11:13; Luk_12:56; Php_4:12; 1Th_4:4; 1Ti_3:5; Jas_4:17; 2Pe_2:9; ὡς οἴδατε, namely, ἀσφαλίσασθαι, Mat_27:65. 3. Hebraistically, εἰδέναι τινα to have regard for one, cherish, pay attention to: 1Th_5:12 (the Sept. Gen_39:6 for ιΘγΗς ). (Synonym: see γινώσκω.) STRONGS NT 1492: οἶδαοἶδα, see εἰδῶ, II., p. 174.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, q.v.),

[in LXX chiefly for ידע;] pf. with pres. meaning (plpf. as impf.; on irregular tense-forms, v. App.),

to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of: c. acc. rei, Mt 25:13, Mk 10:19, Jo 10:4, Ro 7:7, al.; c. acc. pers., Mt 26:72, Jo 1:31, Ac 3:16, al.; τ. θεόν, I Th 4:5, Tit 1:16, al.; c. acc. et inf., Lk 4:41, al.; seq. ὅτι, Mt 9:6, Lk 20:21, Jo 3:2, Ro 2:2 11:2, al.; seq. quaest. indir., Mt 26:70, Jo 9:21, Eph 1:18, al.; c. inf., to know how (cl.), Mt 7:11, Lk 11:13, Phl 4:12, I Th 4:4, al.; in unique sense of respect, appreciate: I Th 5:12 (but v. also ICC on I Th 4:4).

SYN.: v.s. γινώσκω.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οἶδα καὶ τὰς προστιμή[σεις τῶν] ὀθονίων ἕως τοῦ ν (ἔτους), ““ἀπᾷ they remit to the overseers of the temples and the chief priests and priests the arrears on account of both the tax for overseers and the values of woven cloths up to the soth year”’ (Edd.): see the editors’ note ad 7. and P Rey L}xxxvii-cvii with the note on p. 175, also OG/ZS go! (Rosetta stone— B.C. 196) τῶν τ᾽ εἰς TO βασιλικὸν συντελουμένων ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς βυσσίνων ὀθονίων ἀπέλυσεν τὰ δύο μέρη, {0.25 τὰς τιμὰς τῶν μὴ συντετελεσμένων εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν βυσσίνων ὀθ[ονίων. On the manufacture of ὀθόνιον (Suid. λεπτὸν ὕφασμα) see Otto Préester i. p. 300f., and cf. the Zeno letter PSI VI. 599 (iii/B.c.), where mention is made of 3 slaves and 1 woman as engaged on the manufacture of each ὀθόνιον. The word ὀθονιοπώλης,, ‘“a linen-seller,”’ is restored by Wilcken in P Leid 13 (B.c. 99) (=I. p. 52); for ὀθονιακός, ‘a linen-merchant,” see P Oxy VI. 933% (late li/A.D.). With the use of ὀθόνιον in Jn 1949 cf. P Par 538 604(= ὄ)νιον ἐγκοιμήτριν (= -τον), ε0..5 ἔδωκα Δημητρίῳ ὀθόνια B, and P Giss I. 6811 (ii/A.D.) ὀθόνια εὔωνα, fine linen-wrappings fora mummy. Other exx. of the word are P Hib I. 671°(B.c. 228) eis τιμὰ]ς ὀθονίων τῶν [συντελ]ουμένwy εἰς τὸ [βα]στιλικ]όν, P Eleph 274.8 (iii/p.c.) βυσσίνων ὀθονίων, P Petr I. 30(1)% (mid. iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p- 5) where τὰ ὀθόνια is translated by the editor ‘ sail-cloth ” (cf. Ac τοῦ, 11°, and Polyb. v. 89. 2), and the early Christian letter P Amh 1. 3(α) 1: 5. (a.p. 250-285) ὠνησάμενο[ι] τὰ ὀθόνια. In P Grenf I. 38" (ii/i 5.0.) ὀθόνιον κατέρηξεν, ὁ. = “outward garment,” ‘‘cloak”: cf. P Par 598 (B.c. 160) (= Witkowski*, p. 75) πέπρακα τὸ ὀθόνιον (δραχμῶν) Φ καὶ τὸ εἱμάτιον (δραχμῶν) TH, and a list of clothes classified as ἱμάτια and ὀθόνια in P Oxy XIV. 1741 (early iv/a.p.). See also P Strass II. 9178 (B.c. 87?) ἀφείλοντο τὰ βύσσινα ὀθόνια τῶν θεῶν kal ἃ εἶχεν ἱμάτια, and for the dim. ὀθονίδιον see P Oxy XIV. τόγ95 (iii/A.p.) τὰ κρόκινα ὀθονείδια τῆς θυγατρός σου, ‘the saffron clothes of your daughter ” (Edd.). The word itself is of Semitic origin: Lewy Fremdworter, p. 124f., Thumb Hedlentsmus, p. 111.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εἴδω (eidō) — to perceive: understand. εἴδω, no active present in use, ὁράω being used:—middle, see.below [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 2 εἶδον always in sense of see (so in present and aorist 1 middle, to be seen, i.e. seem): but perfect οἶδα, in present sense, know. (With ἔ-ϝιδον, compare (ϝ) είδομαι, (ϝ) εῖδος, Latin videre; with (ϝ) οῖδα, cf. Sanskrit véda, Gothic wait, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] wát 'know'.) __A aorist 2 εἶδον (late εἶδα [Refs 5th c.AD+]aorist to ὁράω, Epic dialect ἴδον, iterative ἴδεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+], late Aeolic dialect εὔιδον [Refs]; imperative ἴδε (in Attic dialect written as adverb ἰδέ, behold! Hdn.Gr.2.23), ἴδετ; subjunctive ἴδω, Epic dialect ἴδωμι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative ἴδοιμ; infinitive ἰδεῖν, Epic dialect ἰδέει; participle ἰδών: hence, future ἰδησῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, aorist 2 εἰδόμην, Epic dialect ἰδόμην, in same sense, poetry, Ionic dialect, and later Prose (with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; imperative ἰδοῦ (frequently written as adverb ἰδού, ={ἰδέ}); subjunctive ἴδωμα; optative ἰδοίμη; infinitive ἰδέσθα; participle ἰδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

1. see, perceive, behold, ὀφθαλμοῖσι or ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι ἰδέσθαι see before the eyes, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄγε, πειρήσομαι ἠδὲ ἴδωμαι well, I will try and see, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; mark, observe, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in infinitive after substantive or adjective, θαῦμα ἰδέσθαι a marvel to behold, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

1. b see a person, i.e. meet him, speak with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

1. c see, i.e. experience, νόστιμον ἦμαρ ἰδέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλόχου κουριδίης.. οὔ τι χάριν ἴδε he saw (i.e. enjoyed) not the favour of his wedded wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

2. look, ἰδεῖν ἐς.. look at or towards, [Refs]; πρός.. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς ὦπα ἰδέσθαι look him in the face, [Refs 8th c.BC+] adverb or adjective, ὑπόδρα ἰδών looking askance, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀχρεῖον ἰδών looking helpless, [Refs]; κέρδος ἰδεῖν look to gain, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

3. see mentally, perceive, ἰδέσθαι ἐν φρεσίν 'to see in his mind's eye', [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b examine, investigate, [Refs]; consider, ἴδωμεν τί λέγομεν [Refs]

II. middle, present εἴδομαι, Epic dialect ἐείδεται [Refs 3rd c.BC+], participle ἐειδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist εἰσάμην, Epic dialect participle ἐεισάμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—only Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, to be seen, appear, εἴδεται ἄστρα they are visible, appear,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; perhaps also οὔ πῃ χροὸς εἴσατο none of the skin was visible, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. with infinitive, appear or seem to be, τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive omitted, οἱ τό γε κέρδιον εἴσατο θυμῷ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, look like or make a show of.., εἴσατ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς Λῆμνον he made a show of going to Lemnos, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴσατο δ᾽ ὡς ὅτε ῥινόν it had the look as of a shield, [Refs]

II.3. strictly middle, with dative, εἴσατο φθογγὴν Πολίτῃ she made herself like Polites in voice, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially in participle, like, εἰδομένη κήρυκι [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B perfect, οἶδα I know, used as present: pluperfect ᾔδεα (see. below), I knew, used as imperfect:—perfect οἶδα, Aeolic dialect ὄϊδα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular οἶδας once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἶσθα elsewhere in [Refs 8th c.BC+], Attic dialect, etc.; in Comedy texts also sometimes οἶσθας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; plural, ἴσμεν, Epic dialect, Aeolic dialect, and Doric dialect ἴδμεν, also Ionic dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴστε, ἴσασι [ῐς- [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἴδαμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+] were formed Doric dialect 1st pers. singular ἴσᾱμι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ἴσατι [Refs]; 1st pers. plural ἴσᾰμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Cretan dialect 3rd.pers. plural subjunctive ἴθθαντι [Refs]; infinitive ϝισάμην[Refs]; participle ἴσας [Refs 5th c.BC+]subjunctive εἰδῶ (εἰδέω, ἰδέω, [Refs 8th c.BC+], Ionic dialect 3rd.pers. plural εἰδέωσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect also εἴδω [Refs 8th c.BC+], 1st pers. plural εἰδεῖμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: infinitive εἰδέναι, Epic dialect ἴδμεναι, ἴδμεν, also ἰδέμεν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: participle εἰδώς, εἰδυῖα, Epic dialect also ἰδυῖα, Elean ϝειζώς [Refs]:—pluperfect ᾔδεα [Refs 8th c.BC+], contraction ᾔδη [Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently in codices, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (also later Attic dialect, accusative to [Refs 5th c.BC+] (variant -εις, - ει), [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also 1st pers. singular ᾔδειν [Refs 4th c.BC+], 2nd pers. singular ᾔδεις [Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ᾐδέατε [LXX+6th c.BC+]; late Epic dialect ᾔδειν, ἠείδειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἴσαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—future, in this sense, εἴσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive εἰδησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] —The aorist and perfect are usually supplied by γιγνώσκ; aorist 1 infinitive εἰδῆσαι is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural subjunctive εἰδήσωσιν Herzog Koische Forschungen No.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—know, have knowledge of, be acquainted with, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νοήματα, μήδεα οἶδε, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πρῶτος ὧν ἡμεῖς ἴδμεν the first we know of, [Refs 5th c.BC+] know well, be assured of this, [Refs 8th c.BC+] adjective, to express character or disposition, ἄγρια οἶδε has fierceness in his heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀθεμίστια ᾔδη had law lessness in his heart, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἴ μοι ἤπια εἰδείη if he were kindly disposed towards me, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with genitive, ὃς σάφα θυμῷ εἰδείη τεράων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς cunning with the bow,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; χάριν εἰδέναι τινί acknowledge a debt to another, thank him,[Refs 5th c.BC+] be Zeus my witness, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect ἴττω Ἡρακλῆς etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle εἰδώς, absolutely, one who knows, one acquainted with the fact, ἰδυίῃ πάντ᾽ ἀγορεύω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also ἰδυίῃσι πραπίδεσσι with knowing mind, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.2 with infinitive, know how to do, οἶδ᾽ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, to be in a condition, be able, have the power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of drugs, ὅσα λεπτύνειν οἶδε [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a festival, οἶδε ἐκπέμπουσα δάκνειν Chor.p.124 [Refs 5th c.BC+]; learn, ἵν᾽ εἰδῇ μὴ 'πὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς κακοῖς ὑψηλὸς εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 with participle, to know that such and such is the fact, the participle being in nominative when it is a predicate of the Subject of the Verb, ἴσθι μοι δώσων know that thou wilt give, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in accusative when it is predicate of the Object, τοὺς φιλτάτους γὰρ οἶδα νῷν ὄντας πικρούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]participle omitted, γῆν αὐτὰ οἶδεν ἀμφότερα (i.e. ὄντα) [Refs 4th c.AD+] __B.4 less frequently c.accusative et infinitive, πλήθους.. ἂν σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽ ἕκατι βάρβαρον ναυσὶν κρατῆσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.5 with accusative followed by ὡς, ὅτι, etc., οἶδα κἀμαυτὴν ὅτι ἀλγῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.6 οὐκ οἶδ᾽ εἰ.. I know not whether, to express disbelief or doubt, sometimes with ἄν transposed, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἂν εἰ πείσαιμί σε [Refs 5th c.BC+] perhaps no other, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.7 in similar ellipses with other Conjunctions, οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως I know not how, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.8 οἶδα, ἴσθι are frequently parenthetic, οἶδ᾽ ἐγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οἶδ᾽ ὅτι, οἶσθ᾽ ὅτι, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι, πάρειμι δ᾽ ἄκων οὐχ ἑκοῦσιν, οἶδ᾽ ὅτι (i.e. πάρειμι) I know it well, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶδ᾽ ὅτι, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+] —οἶσθ᾽ ὅ, οἶσθ᾽ ὡς, with _imperative_, are common in Trag. and Comedy texts, οἶσθ᾽ οὖν ὃ δρᾶσον; do—thou know'st what, i.e. make haste and do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶσθ᾽ ὡς πόησο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also οἶσθ᾽.. ὡς νῦν μὴ σφαλῇ; [Refs]; οἶσθα νῦν ἅ μοι γενέσθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]future, οἶσθ᾽ οὖν ὃ δράσεις (nisileg. δρᾶσον); [Refs]

εἴδω (eidō) — to perceive: see. εἴδω, no active present in use, ὁράω being used:—middle, see.below [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 2 εἶδον always in sense of see (so in present and aorist 1 middle, to be seen, i.e. seem): but perfect οἶδα, in present sense, know. (With ἔ-ϝιδον, compare (ϝ) είδομαι, (ϝ) εῖδος, Latin videre; with (ϝ) οῖδα, cf. Sanskrit véda, Gothic wait, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] wát 'know'.) __A aorist 2 εἶδον (late εἶδα [Refs 5th c.AD+]aorist to ὁράω, Epic dialect ἴδον, iterative ἴδεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+], late Aeolic dialect εὔιδον [Refs]; imperative ἴδε (in Attic dialect written as adverb ἰδέ, behold! Hdn.Gr.2.23), ἴδετ; subjunctive ἴδω, Epic dialect ἴδωμι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative ἴδοιμ; infinitive ἰδεῖν, Epic dialect ἰδέει; participle ἰδών: hence, future ἰδησῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, aorist 2 εἰδόμην, Epic dialect ἰδόμην, in same sense, poetry, Ionic dialect, and later Prose (with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; imperative ἰδοῦ (frequently written as adverb ἰδού, ={ἰδέ}); subjunctive ἴδωμα; optative ἰδοίμη; infinitive ἰδέσθα; participle ἰδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

1. b see a person, i.e. meet him, speak with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. see mentally, perceive, ἰδέσθαι ἐν φρεσίν 'to see in his mind's eye', [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b examine, investigate, [Refs]; consider, ἴδωμεν τί λέγομεν [Refs]

εἴδω (eidō) — to perceive: know. εἴδω, no active present in use, ὁράω being used:—middle, see.below [Refs 4th c.BC+]: aorist 2 εἶδον always in sense of see (so in present and aorist 1 middle, to be seen, i.e. seem): but perfect οἶδα, in present sense, know. (With ἔ-ϝιδον, compare (ϝ) είδομαι, (ϝ) εῖδος, Latin videre; with (ϝ) οῖδα, cf. Sanskrit véda, Gothic wait, O[Refs 5th c.BC+] wát 'know'.) __A aorist 2 εἶδον (late εἶδα [Refs 5th c.AD+]aorist to ὁράω, Epic dialect ἴδον, iterative ἴδεσκε [Refs 8th c.BC+], late Aeolic dialect εὔιδον [Refs]; imperative ἴδε (in Attic dialect written as adverb ἰδέ, behold! Hdn.Gr.2.23), ἴδετ; subjunctive ἴδω, Epic dialect ἴδωμι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; optative ἴδοιμ; infinitive ἰδεῖν, Epic dialect ἰδέει; participle ἰδών: hence, future ἰδησῶ [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, aorist 2 εἰδόμην, Epic dialect ἰδόμην, in same sense, poetry, Ionic dialect, and later Prose (with genitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; imperative ἰδοῦ (frequently written as adverb ἰδού, ={ἰδέ}); subjunctive ἴδωμα; optative ἰδοίμη; infinitive ἰδέσθα; participle ἰδόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]

1. b see a person, i.e. meet him, speak with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. see mentally, perceive, ἰδέσθαι ἐν φρεσίν 'to see in his mind's eye', [Refs 8th c.BC+]

3. b examine, investigate, [Refs]; consider, ἴδωμεν τί λέγομεν [Refs]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

οἶδα, (from same root as εἶδον, which see), [in LXX chiefly for ידע ;] pf. with present meaning (plpf. as impf.; on irregular tense-forms, see App.), to have seen or perceived, hence, to know, have knowledge of: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.25:13, Mrk.10:19, Jhn.10:4, Rom.7:7, al.; with accusative of person(s), Mat.26:72, Jhn.1:31, Act.3:16, al.; τ. θεόν, 1Th.4:5, Tit.1:16, al.; with accusative and inf., Luk.4:41, al.; before ὅτι, Mat.9:6, Luk.20:21, Jhn.3:2, Rom.2:2 11:2, al.; before quaest. indir., Mat.26:70, Jhn.9:21, Eph.1:18, al.; with inf., to know how (cl.), Mat.7:11, Luk.11:13, Php.4:12, 1Th.4:4, al.; in unique sense of respect, appreciate: 1Th.5:12 (but see also ICC on 1Th.4:4). SYN.: see: γινώσκω. (AS)

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Know (1492) eido

Know (1492) (eido, oida - eido is used only in the perfect tense = oida) means in general to know by perception. Literally eido/oida refers to perception by sight (perceive, see) as in Mt 2:2 Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw (eido) His star in the east, and have come to worship Him." Eido/oida is distinguished from ginosko (epiginosko, epignosis - the other major NT word group for knowing) because ginosko generally refers to knowledge obtained by experience or "experiential knowledge". On the other hand, eido/oida often refers more to an intuitive knowledge, although this distinction is not always clear cut. Eido/oida is not so much that which is known by experience as an intuitive insight that is drilled into one's heart. Eido/oida is a perception, a being aware of, an understanding, an intuitive knowledge which in the case of believers can only be given by the Holy Spirit. And so eido/oida suggests fullness of knowledge, absolute knowledge (that which is without a doubt), rather than a progress in knowledge (cp ginosko) a distinction illustrated in the following passages. (Paul writes to the believers at Rome) Or do you not know (eido/oida) what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? (Ro 11:2-note) (Jesus is speaking to unbelieving Jews about His Father in Jn 8:54, and declares to these Jews that) you have not come to know (ginosko) Him, but I know (eido/oida) Him; and if I say that I do not know (eido/oida) Him, I shall be a liar like you, but I do know (eido/oida) Him, and keep His word. (John 8:55) Jesus answered and said to him (to Peter who was a bit "put off" that Jesus was preparing to wash Peter's dirty feet!), "What I do you do not realize (eido/oida - know beyond a shadow of a doubt) now, but you shall understand (ginosko - understand by your experience) hereafter. (John 13:7) Note that it is somewhat difficult to give a crisp, succinct definition of eido, so keep that caveat in mind as you read these notes. The uses will not be listed because of the large number (656 hits in 619 verses searching on Strong's Number in the NT). Eido was found in the Greek secular writings to describe a theory or hypothesis which had been confirmed. Here is an example of a use of eido that illustrates the meaning... But in order that you may know (eido) that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins-- He said to the paralytic--I say to you, rise, take up your pallet and go home. (Mark 2:10-11) (Comment: Here they would see and they would know beyond a shadow of a doubt about Jesus' authority). Here is another use of eido, John writing that... These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know (eido) that you have eternal life. (1John 5:13) (Comment: A T Robertson writes that it means "to know with settled intuitive knowledge. He wishes them to have eternal life in Christ [John 20:31] and to know that they have it....") The point is that when the Holy Spirit opens the spiritual eyes of the heart of Paul's readers, they will be able to perceive and to know these great truths intuitively with a positive knowledge beyond a chance of a doubt. Note that all three clauses (hope, riches, power) are linked to the verb "will know". This earnest prayer reveals the infinite importance of knowledge as a foundation for walking worthy in this Christian life. Compare Peter's opening blessing for his readers in his second epistle... Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge (epignosis) of God and of Jesus our Lord 3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge (epignosis) of Him Who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. (2Pe 1:2-4-notes 2Peter 1:2; 1:3; 1:4) Here in Ephesians Paul prays for God to grant them a true experiential knowledge (epignosis) concerning God and then appeals to God to illuminate their tender hearts, the very core of their being, with an intuitive, beyond a chance of doubt knowledge (eido) on three specific issues - hope, riches of His inheritance and power. Why? For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. What (5101) (tis) is singular in contrast to the next clause regarding "riches" which is introduced with "what are" which is plural. Is (2076) is the present tense of eimi = to be, and so conveys the idea "what is continually the hope..."

Matthew 6:8

[Do] not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Matthew 6:32

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, [and] your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Matthew 7:11

So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more {will} your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Matthew 9:4

But Jesus knew what they were thinking [and] said, Why... do you harbor evil in your hearts?

Matthew 9:6

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins... Then He said to the paralytic, Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.

Matthew 12:25

Knowing their thoughts, [Jesus] said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

Matthew 15:12

Then the disciples came to Him [and] said, Are You aware that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this -?

Matthew 20:22

You do not know what you are asking, Jesus replied -. Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?”</span> We can, [the brothers] answered....