"to know, Mt. 6:8; to know how, Mt. 7:11; from the Hebrew, to regard with favor, 1 Thess. 5:12. οἶδα is actually a perfect form functioning as a present, and ᾔδειν is actually a pluperfect form functioning as an aorist."
Definition and meaning
to know, Mt. 6:8; to know how, Mt. 7:11; from the Hebrew, to regard with favor, 1 Thess. 5:12. οἶδα is actually a perfect form functioning as a present, and ᾔδειν is actually a pluperfect form functioning as an aorist.
In the original Greek the word is written: οἶδα
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of oida (G3608) across the King James Bible.
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
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Common questions
Strong's G3608 (oida) is a Greek word that means: to know, Mt. 6:8; to know how, Mt. 7:11; from the Hebrew, to regard with favor, 1 Thess. 5:12. οἶδα is actually a perfect form functioning as a present, and ᾔδειν is actually a pluperfect form functio... It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word oida (G3608) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3608 is oida, a Greek word defined as: to know, Mt. 6:8; to know how, Mt. 7:11; from the Hebrew, to regard with favor, 1 Thess. 5:12. οἶδα is actually a perfect form functioning as a presen. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
oida is a Greek word found in the New Testament.