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ἰδού idou

“look!” · 199 times in the New Testament

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  • “look” 38
  • “(not translated)” 32
  • “behold” 29
  • “suddenly” 12
  • “see” 10
  • other ways 78
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew62
Mark6
Luke57
John4
Acts23
Romans1
1 Corinthians1
2 Corinthians6
Galatians1
Hebrews4
James6
1 Peter1
Jude1
Revelation26

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. look38
  2. Not translated: the English carries it without a word32
  3. behold29
  4. suddenly12
  5. see10
  6. saw9
  7. now6
  8. here5
  9. just then5
  10. here is4
  11. there3
  12. consider2
  13. 39 other ways44

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“look” 38

  • Matthew 9

    • 11:8 …dressed in fine clothes Look those who wear fine…
    • 11:19 …drinking and they say Look at this glutton and…
    • 12:2 …they said to Him Look Your disciples are doing…
    • 12:47 …Someone told Him Look Your mother and brothers…
    • 19:27 Look Peter replied we have…
    • 20:18 Look we are going up…
    • 23:38 Look your house is left…
    • 24:23 …anyone says to you Look here is the Christ…
    • 26:45 …still sleeping and resting Look the hour is near…

  • Mark 4

    • 3:32 …was sitting around Him Look He was told Your…
    • 10:28 …to say to Him Look we have left everything…
    • 10:33 Look we are going up…
    • 14:41 …The hour has come Look the Son of Man…

  • Luke 16

    • 1:36 Look even Elizabeth your relative…
    • 7:25 …dressed in fine clothes Look those who wear elegant…
    • 7:34 …drinking and you say Look at this glutton and…
    • 13:7 …keeper of the vineyard Look for the past three…
    • 13:32 …Go tell that fox Look I will keep driving…
    • 13:35 Look your house is left…
    • 15:29 …he answered his father Look all these years I…
    • 17:21 …Nor will people say Look here it is or…
    • 17:23 …People will tell you Look there He is or…
    • 17:23 …there He is or Look here He is Do…
    • 18:28 Look said Peter we have…
    • 18:31 …and said to them Look we are going up…
    • 19:8 …said to the Lord Look Lord half of my…
    • 22:21 Look The hand of My…
    • 22:38 …So they said Look Lord here are two…
    • 23:29 Look the days are coming…

  • John 1

    • 16:32 Look an hour is coming…

  • Acts 6

    • 5:9 …the Lord Peter replied Look the feet of the…
    • 5:25 …came in and announced Look the men you put…
    • 7:56 Look he said I see…
    • 8:36 …water the eunuch said Look here is water What…
    • 13:11 …Now look the hand of the…
    • 27:24 …stand before Caesar And look God has granted you…

  • James 2

    • 5:4 Look the wages you withheld…
    • 5:9 …will not be judged Look the Judge is standing…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 32
“behold” 29

  • Matthew 3

    • 1:23 Behold the virgin will be…
    • 10:16 Behold I am sending you…
    • 11:10 …whom it is written Behold I will send My…

  • Luke 7

    • 1:31 Behold you will conceive and…
    • 2:10 …not be afraid For behold I bring you good…
    • 2:34 …to His mother Mary Behold this Child is appointed…
    • 7:27 …whom it is written Behold I will send My…
    • 10:19 Behold I have given you…
    • 11:41 …are within you and behold everything will be clean…
    • 24:49 …And behold I am sending the…

  • Acts 1

    • 10:19 …Spirit said to him Behold three men are looking…

  • 2 Corinthians 2

    • 5:17 …old has passed away Behold the new has come…
    • 6:2 …salvation I helped you Behold now is the time…

  • Hebrews 1

    • 8:8 …the people and said Behold the days are coming…

  • Jude 1

    • 1:14 …also prophesied about them Behold the Lord is coming…

  • Revelation 14

    • 1:7 Behold He is coming with…
    • 1:18 …I was dead and behold now I am alive…
    • 2:10 …are about to suffer Behold the devil is about…
    • 2:22 Behold I will cast her…
    • 3:8 …I know your deeds Behold I have placed before…
    • 3:20 Behold I stand at the…
    • 5:5 …me Do not weep Behold the Lion of the…
    • 9:12 …first woe has passed Behold two woes are still…
    • 11:14 …second woe has passed Behold the third woe is…
    • 16:15 Behold I am coming like…
    • 21:3 …from the throne saying Behold the dwelling place of…
    • 21:5 …on the throne said Behold I make all things…
    • 22:7 Behold I am coming soon…
    • 22:12 Behold I am coming soon…
“suddenly” 12

  • Matthew 6

    • 3:16 …out of the water Suddenly the heavens were opened…
    • 8:2 Suddenly a leper came and…
    • 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm came…
    • 17:3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared…
    • 28:2 Suddenly there was a great…
    • 28:9 Suddenly Jesus met them and…

  • Luke 3

    • 9:30 Suddenly two men Moses and…
    • 9:38 Suddenly a man in the…
    • 24:4 …were puzzling over this suddenly two men in radiant…

  • Acts 3

    • 1:10 …He was going when suddenly two men in stood…
    • 10:30 …this the ninth hour Suddenly a man in radiant…
    • 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the…
“see” 10

  • Matthew 4

    • 21:5 …the Daughter of Zion See your King comes to…
    • 24:25 See I have told you…
    • 26:46 …Rise let us go See My betrayer is approaching…
    • 28:7 …you will see Him See I have told you…

  • Mark 1

    • 14:42 …Rise let us go See My betrayer is approaching…

  • Luke 1

    • 17:21 …There it is For you see the kingdom of God…

  • John 1

    • 12:15 …O Daughter of Zion See your King is coming…

  • Romans 1

    • 9:33 …as it is written See I lay in Zion…

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 12:14 See I am ready to…

  • 1 Peter 1

    • 2:6 …it stands in Scripture See I lay in Zion…
“saw” 9

  • Luke 1

    • 7:12 …approached the town gate He saw a dead man being…

  • Revelation 8

    • 4:1 …this I looked and saw a door standing open…
    • 4:2 …in the Spirit and I saw a throne standing in…
    • 6:2 …So I looked and saw a white horse and…
    • 6:5 …Then I looked and saw a black horse and…
    • 6:8 …Then I looked and saw a pale green horse…
    • 7:9 …this I looked and saw a multitude too large…
    • 14:1 …Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on…
    • 14:14 …And I looked and saw a white cloud and…
“now” 6

  • Matthew 2

    • 12:41 …preaching of Jonah and now One greater than Jonah…
    • 12:42 …wisdom of Solomon and now One greater than Solomon…

  • Luke 4

    • 1:20 …And now you will be silent…
    • 2:25 Now there was a man…
    • 11:31 …wisdom of Solomon and now One greater than Solomon…
    • 11:32 …preaching of Jonah and now One greater than Jonah…
“just then” 5

  • Matthew 2

    • 9:2 Just then some men brought to…
    • 19:16 Just then a man came up…

  • Luke 2

    • 5:18 Just then some men came carrying…
    • 8:41 Just then a synagogue leader named…

  • Acts 1

    • 11:11 Just then three men sent to…
“here” 5

  • Matthew 1

    • 24:26 …do not go out or, ‘Here He is in the…

  • Luke 1

    • 23:14 …I have examined Him here in your presence and…

  • Acts 2

    • 9:10 …in a vision Ananias Here I am Lord he…
    • 10:21 …the men and said Here am I the one…

  • Hebrews 1

    • 2:13 …Him And once again Here am I and the…
“here is” 4

  • Matthew 2

    • 12:18 Here is My Servant whom I…
    • 25:6 …the cry rang out Here is the bridegroom Come out…

  • Luke 1

    • 19:20 …came and said Master here is your mina which I…

  • John 1

    • 19:5 …Pilate said to them Here is the man…
“there” 3

  • Matthew 2

    • 12:10 …with a withered hand was there In order to accuse…
    • 24:26 …if they tell you There He is in the…

  • Luke 1

    • 13:11 …and a woman there had been disabled by…
“that” 2

  • Matthew 1

    • 22:4 …who have been invited that I have prepared my…

  • Luke 1

    • 24:13 That same day two of…
“listen” 2

  • Mark 1

    • 4:3 Listen A farmer went out…

  • 1 Corinthians 1

    • 15:51 Listen I tell you a…
“there was” 2

  • Luke 2

    • 19:2 …And there was a man named Zacchaeus…
    • 23:50 …Now there was a Council member named…
“here i am” 2

  • Hebrews 2

    • 10:7 …Then I said Here I am it is written about…
    • 10:9 …Then He adds Here I am I have come to…
“consider” 2

  • James 2

    • 3:4 Consider ships as well Although…
    • 3:5 …boasts of great things Consider how small a spark…
“see how” 2

  • James 2

    • 5:7 …until the Lord’s coming See how the farmer awaits the…
    • 5:11 See how blessed we consider those…
“there is still” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 7:4 …of your eye while there is still a beam in your…
“then” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 8:34 Then the whole town went…
“seeing this” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 9:3 On seeing this some of the scribes…
“here are” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 12:49 …His disciples He said Here are My mother and My…
“and” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 15:22 And a Canaanite woman from…
“there were” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 20:30 …And there were two blind men sitting…
“this” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 26:51 At this one of Jesus companions…
“moment” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 27:51 At that moment the veil of the…
“surely” 1

  • Matthew 1

    • 28:20 …have commanded you And surely I am with you…
“am” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 1:38 I am the Lord’s servant Mary…
“as soon” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 1:44 …For as soon as the sound of…
“call me blessed” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 1:48 …now on all generations will call me blessed
“came along” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 5:12 …the towns a man came along who was covered with…
“because” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 6:23 …and leap for joy because great is your reward…
“when” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 7:37 When a sinful woman from…
“go” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 10:3 Go I am sending you…
“one day” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 10:25 One day an expert in the…
“long” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 13:16 …kept bound for eighteen long years be released from…
“indeed” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 13:30 …And indeed some who are last…
“right there” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 14:2 Right there before Him was a…
“when you enter” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 22:10 …He answered When you enter the city a man…
“arrived” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 22:47 …still speaking a crowd arrived led by the man…
“as you can see” 1

  • Luke 1

    • 23:15 …Him back to us As you can see He has done nothing…
“yet” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 5:28 …this name he said Yet you have filled Jerusalem…
“met” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 8:27 …and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch a…
“is” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 9:11 …Tarsus named Saul for he is praying…
“there is” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 13:25 …not that One But there is One coming after me…
“turn” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 13:46 …worthy of eternal life we now turn to the Gentiles…
“found” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 16:1 …then to Lystra where he found a disciple named Timothy…
“compelled” 1

  • Acts 1

    • 20:22 …And now compelled by the Spirit I…
“consider what” 1

  • 2 Corinthians 1

    • 7:11 Consider what this godly sorrow has…
“assure you” 1

  • Galatians 1

    • 1:20 I assure you before God that what…
“as for” 1

  • Revelation 1

    • 3:9 As for those who belong to…
“there before me was” 1

  • Revelation 1

    • 19:11 …heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse And…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.