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GreekG6063Verb

οἶδα

oida

263Occurrences
G6063Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to know, *εὖ οἶδα *I know well; *εὖ ἴσθι *be assured : often with accusative rei, νοήματα οἶδε, *μήδεα οἶδε *he is versed in counsels, (Homer); with neut. Adjs., πεπνυμένα, φίλα, *ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς *(Homer); also with genitive, *τόξων εὖ εἰδώς *cunning in the use of the bow; *οἰωνῶν σάφα εἰδώς *(Odyssey by Homer): —; *χάριν εἰδέναι τινί *to acknowledge a debt to another, thank him, (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;the Imperat. in protestations, *ἴστω Ζεὺς αὐτός *be Zeus my witness, (Iliad by Homer); doric ἴττω Ζεύς, *ἴττω *(Aristophanes Comicus): —; *εἰδώς *absolute one who knows, *εἰδυίηι πάντ᾽ ἀγορεύω *(Iliad by Homer); *ἰδυίηισι πραπίδεσσι *with knowing mind, (Iliad by Homer)
2.with infinitive to know how to do, (Iliad by Homer), attic
3.with the participle to know that so and so is the case, *ἴσθι μοι δώσων *know that thou wilt give, (Aeschulus Tragicus); *τὸν Μῆδον ἴσμεν ἐλθόντα *(Thucydides)
4.οὐκ οἶδα εἰ, I know not whether, expresses disbelief, like Lat. nescio an non, *οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ἂν εἰ πείσαιμι *(Euripides)
5.*οἶδα *or *ἴσθι *are often parenthetic, *οἶδ᾽ ἐγώ *(Euripides); οἶδ᾽ ὅτι, οἶσθ᾽ ὅτι, ἴσθ᾽ ὅτι, *πάρειμι *(Sophocles Tragicus); so, *εὖ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι *(Demosthenes Orator): —;in [variant datesTragica Adespota also, *οἶσθ᾽ ὃ δρᾶσο; *equivalent to *δρᾶσον *—; *οἶσθ᾽ ; *do —; know'st thou what? i. e. make haste and do; οἶσθ᾽ ὡς ποίησον, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

οἶδα appears 263 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
57
1 Corinthians
24
Matthew
21
Luke
20
Mark
18
Romans
15
1 John
13
1 Thessalonians
13

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:16BSB

Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.

1 Thessalonians 5:12BSB

But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.

Galatians 4:13BSB

You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.

John 8:14BSB

Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.

Matthew 6:32BSB

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

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.