'Idea' in the Bible
And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.
Then those who came first had the idea that they would get more; and they, like the rest, were given a penny.
But Jesus made answer and said, You have no idea what you are requesting. Are you able to take of the cup which I am about to take?
Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?
And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.
After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.
And then looking round, she saw Jesus there, but had no idea that it was Jesus.
And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
But Peter said, May your money come to destruction with you, because you had the idea that what is freely given by God may be got for a price.
And on the Sabbath we went outside the town, by the river, where we had an idea that there would be a place of prayer; and, being seated, we had talk with the women who had come together.
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
And some said one thing, and some another: for there was no order in the meeting; and most of them had no idea why they had come together.
For they had seen him before in the town with Trophimus of Ephesus, and had the idea that Paul had taken him with him into the Temple.
And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.
But when the fourteenth day came, while we were going here and there in the Adriatic sea, about the middle of the night the sailors had an idea that they were getting near land;
And when it was day, they had no knowledge of the land, but they saw an inlet of the sea with a floor of sand, and they had the idea of driving the ship up on to it if possible.
But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.
Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
For if a man sees you, who have knowledge, taking food as a guest in the house of an image, will it not give him, if he is feeble, the idea that he may take food offered to images?
For if a man has an idea that he is something when he is nothing, he is tricked by himself.