Quick Definition
two years old
Strong's Definition
of two years (in age)
Derivation: from G1364 (δίς) and G2094 (ἔτος);
KJV Usage: two years old
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διετής, διετες (δίς and ἔτος) (from Herodotus down), of two years, two years old: ἀπό διετοῦς namely, παιδός, Mat_2:16, cf. Fritzsche at the passage; (others take διετοῦς here as neuter; see Meyer).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διετής dietēs 1x
of two years; of the age of two years, Mat_2:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** διετής , -ές
( < δίς , ἔτος ),
[in LXX : 2Ma_10:3 * ;]
1. lasting two years.
2. two years old: ἀπὸ δ . ( sc . παιδός , or neuter ; cf. 1Ch_27:23 , ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς ), Mat_2:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διετής [page 160]
P Amh II. 87 .28 (lease of land A.D. 125) ἀμεθέστατόν σε φυλάξω [ε ]ἰ [ς ] τὸν διετῆ χρόνον , I will guarantee your tenancy for the period of two years (Edd.) : cf. P Lond 856 .7 (late i/A.D.) (= III. p. 92) διετο̣[ῦ ]ς̣ and OGIS 513 .13 (iii/A.D.) Αὐρ (ηλίαν ) . . . ἱερασαμένην ἐνδόξως καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς διετεῖ χρόνῳ , JHS xxxiv. p. 1 ff., inscr. no. 13 .10 (Lycia) θύσει δ [ὲ κ ]τήτωρ τῆς ο [ἰ ]κίας [κα ]τ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν τῇ ῑβ [το ]ῦ Ξανδικοῦ ἔριφον [δ ]ιτ [ῆ ] ( l. διετῆ ), P Cairo Preis 31 .20 (A.D. 139 40) ἐπὶ ] δ̣ιετῆ χρόνον ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰσιόντος μηνό [ς
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διετής δι-ετής, ές (adj di-et hs_es suff_acc ) (adj di-et hs_es stem_acc ) [Etym: ἔτος] "of or lasting two years", Hdt. :— διετές, Lat. biennium, ἐπὶ διετὲς ἡβᾶν to be "two years" past puberty, Aeschin.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
διετής, -ές
(δίς, ἔτος), [in LXX: 2Ma.10:3 * ;]
__1. lasting two years.
__2. two years old: ἀπὸ δ. (sc. παιδός, or neuter; cf. 1Ch.27:23, ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς), Mat.2:16.†
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