Quick Definition
ἴσως Adv perhaps
Strong's Definition
adverb from 2470; likely, i.e. perhaps
KJV Usage: it may be
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | ἴσος
71.11 · Mode · Probable, Improbable
probably, likely pertaining to an event having a high degree of probability In view of the misjudgment implied in LUK 20:13, a number of translators have rendered ἴσως as simply ‘perhaps’ or ‘maybe,’ though the Greek term ἴσως would certainly imply a considerably higher degree of hope for a successful outcome.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἴσως, (ἴσος, q. v.), adv., [fr. Soph. down]; τὴς equally, in like manner. 2. agreeably to expectation, i. e. it may be, probably; freq. an urbane expression of one’s reasonable hope (Germ. wohl, hoffentlich) : Lk. xx. 13, and often in Attic writ.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἴσως isōs 1x
equally; perhaps, it may be that, Lk. 20:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἴσως
(< ἴσσς),
adv.,
[in LXX for אוּלַי, אַךְ, הֵן, Ge 32:20, Je 5:4, al.;]
equally.
perhaps: Lk 20:13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἴσως. P Magd 2058 (n.c. 218) ἴσως καὶ ὁμοίως, P Giss I. 76° (ii/A.D.) ἀσπάζομαί σε πολλά, lows kal Χαιρᾶς καὶ Ἡρώδης. With the usage in Lk 20% cf. P Amh II. 135} (early 11.4.0.) τί δὲ ἡμεῖν συνέβη μετὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἴσως ἐγνώκατε ἢ κνώσσεσθε (1. γνώσεσθε), ‘what befell us in connexion with the magistrates you have probably heard or will hear” (Edd.), P Tebt II. 4248 (late iii/a.D.) ἔπεμψά σοι ἐπιστολὴν διὰ τοῦ ἀρτοκόπου καὶ εἴσως οἶδας τί σοι ἔγραψα, P Oxy IX. 120421 (A.D. 299) μὴ ἐπιγνοὺς ὡς ἀξιώματος μείζονος μετείληφεν, ὃ ἀπαλλάττει ἴσως αὐτὸν τῶν λειτουργιῶν τῶν πολειτικῶν, ‘ignoring his acquisition of a superior rank, which presumably releases him from municipal offices a (Ed.), 7. XIV. 16814 (iii/a.p.) tows pe νομίζετε, ἀδελφ[ο]ί, , Ἶταλικὸος βάρβαρόν τινα ἢ Αἰγύπτιον ἀνάνθρωπον εἶναι, “you are, my brothers, perhaps thinking me a barbarian or an inhuman Egyptian ’’ (Edd.). MGr ἴσως, ‘‘ perhaps.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἴσως (isōs) — perhaps. ἴσως, Laconian dialect ϝίὡρ (see. βίωρ), adverb of ἴσος, equally, in like manner, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; evenly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. equally, with reference to equality, τὸ ὀρθὸν ληπτέον ἴσως [Refs 4th c.BC+]; fairly, equitably, ἴ. καὶ κοινῶς Aen.[Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. probably, perhaps, [Refs 7th c.BC+] with optative is falsa lectio in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἴ. μέν.., ἴ. δέ.. perhaps so or so, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: used to soften or qualify a positive assertion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. with numerals, about, [Refs 5th c.BC+]