ἰδοῦ

II. ἰδού (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.1.417, al.), as Adv., lo! behold! (even with words of hearing, ἰδοὺ δοῦπον αὖ κλύω τινά S. Aj. 870 (lyr.), cf.El. 1410):

1. with Nouns and Prons., ἰ. χελιδών Klein Meistersign. 133 (Attic vase, vi B.C.), etc.; ἰ. ἐγώ here am I, LXX Ge. 27.1,al.; ἰ. ἡ μνᾶ σοι Ev.Luc. 19.20; οὐκ ἰ. Ἀαρών; LXX Ex. 4.14.

2. with Verbs,

a. in the imper., ἰ. θεᾶσθε S. Tr. 1079, Ar. Ach. 366; esp. in offering a thing, take it! ἰ. δέχου παῖ S. Ph. 776.

b. in ind. of all tenses, ἰ. πείθομαι E. Or. 143 (lyr.): freq. in LXX and NT with past tenses, Ge. 24.15,al., Ev.Matt. 27.51, al.; in the middle of a sentence, Ev.Luc. 13.16.

3. with questions, ἰ., τί ἔστιν; Ar. Nu. 825, Eq. 157.

4. in repeating another's words quizzingly, as ἰδού γ’ ἄκρατον wine, quotha! ib.87; ἰ. λέγειν ib.344; ἰδού γε κλέπτειν Id. Th. 206, cf. Ec. 136.