Quick Definition
formoutwardappearance
Strong's Definition
a sight (comparative figuratively "idea"), i.e. aspect
Derivation: from G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: countenance
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰδέα, ἐιδεας, ἡ, Mat_28:3 T Tr WH, a poetic form for ἰδέα, which see (cf. WH's Appendix, p. 153) (Bar_6:1-73 (epistle of Jer.) 62; Aristophanes Thesm. 438 variant). Cf. Buttmann, 5; (Winers Grammar, 48 (47); see εἰ ἰ).
STRONGS NT 2397: ἰδέαἰδέα, ἰδεας, ἡ (from εἶδον, ἰδεῖν), form, external appearance; aspect, look: Mat_28:3 (T Tr WH εἰδέα, which see), cf. Alberti, Observations, at the passage; (Tdf. Proleg., p. 81). (Greek writings from Pindar and Herodotus down; 2Ma_3:16; for γΐΜξεΜϊ Gen_5:3.) (Cf. Schmidt, chapter 182, 3.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἰδέα , -ας , ἡ , see εἰδέα .
εἰδέα
( Rec. ἰδ -, as in cl .; v. Tdf., Pr. , 81), -ας , ἡ
( < εἶδον ),
[in LXX ( v.l . ἰδ -): Gen_5:3 ( H1823 ), Da TH Dan_1:13 ; Dan_1:15 ( H4758 ), Ep. Je.63, 2Ma_3:16 * ;]
form, appearance, look: Mat_28:3 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἰδέα / εἰδέα [page 298, 182]
ἰδέα
P Oxy X. 1277 .10 (A.D. 255) προσκεφάλαια . . λινᾶ τῆς αὐτῆς εἰδαίας ( l. ἰδέας ), of the same quality (Edd.), and the magical papyrus P Lond 121 .760 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 108) ἵνα πᾶσαν εἰδέαν ἀποτελέσῃς . Note εἰ for ἰ , as in Mat_28:3 , and cf. the cognate forms εἶδος and εἴδωλον . Ἰδέα comes from * ϝιδεσα (Boisacq, p. 220) : see also s.v. ἴσος . On the AV translation countenance in Mt l.c. see Field Notes , p. 22. The word in MGr = thought, idea.
εἰδέα
This poetic form, which in the NT is confined to Mat_28:3 , is found in P Gen I. 16 .17 (A.D. 207) (= Chrest I. p. 417 ) καὶ διὰ αὐτὸ τ [ο ]ῦτο τὸ (om.) μέρος πάντα τὰ ὑποστέλλοντα τῇ κώμῃ πάμπολλα ὄντα ἀποδ [ί ]δοται ἕνεκ [α ] τοῦ μὴ ἔχιν τὴν κώμην μήτε ἰδι [ω ]τικὴν γῆν μήτε βασ [ιλ ]ικὴν μηδὲ ἄλλην εἰδέαν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἰδέα [Etym: ἰδεῖν] = εἶδος, "form", Pind. , Ar. , etc. "the look" of a thing, as opp. to its reality, Lat. species, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσ᾽ ἰδέαι "outward appearances" cheat the mind, Theogn. "a kind, sort, nature", Hdt. ; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰδέας they conceived two "modes" of acting, id=Hdt. ; τὰ ὄργι᾽ ἐστὶ τίν᾽ ἰδέαν ἔχοντα; what is their "nature or fashion?" Eur. ; καινὰς ἰδέας εἰσφέρειν to bring in new "fashions", Ar. ; πᾶσα ἰδέα θανάτου every "form" of death, Thuc. in Logic, = εἶδος, "a class, kind, sort, species", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἰδέα, -ας, ἡ, see: εἰδέα
εἰδέα (Rec. ἰδ-, as in cl.; see Tdf., Pr., 81), -ας, ἡ (εἶδον), [in LXX (seel. ἰδ-): Gen.5:3 (דְּמוּת), Da TH 1:13, 15 (מַרְאֶה), Ep. Jer.63, 2Ma.3:16 * ;]
appearance, look: Mat.28:3.†
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