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G1440 ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomḗkonta)
Greek
Indeclinable NUmeral (Adjective)
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seventy

Strong's Definition

seventy

Derivation: from G1442 (ἕβδομος) and a modified form of G1176 (δέκα);

KJV Usage: seventy, three score and ten

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑβομηκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά (from Herodotus down), seventy: Act_7:14 (here Relz ἑβδομηκονταπεντε); ; οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα (ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, L brackets WH brackets), the seventy disciples whom Jesus sent out in addition to the twelve apostles: Luk_10:1; Luk_10:17. (B. D. American edition, under the phrase Seventy Disciples.) STRONGS NT 1440a: ἑβδομηκονταέξ [ἑβδομηκονταέξ for ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ, seventy-six: Act_27:37 Rec.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑβδομήκοντα hebdomēkonta 5x seventy, indecl., Act_7:14 ; οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα , the seventy disciples, Luk_10:1 ; Luk_10:17 ; Act_23:23

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑβδομήκοντα , οί , αί , τά , indecl . ( < ἑπτά ), seventy: Luk_10:1 ; Luk_10:17 , Act_7:14 ; Act_23:23 ; Act_27:37 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑβδομήκοντα [page 178] In P Flor III. 382 i. 3 (A.D. 222 3) exemption from public services is granted τοῖς ἑ [β ]δ̣ο̣μ̣η̣κ̣ο̣ντα ἔτη β̣ε̣β̣ι̣ω̣κόσι , an equivalent to our old-age pensions : cf. ib. ii. 55 ἐ ]γὼ κατὰ τὰς προκειμένας θείας διατάξεις ἤδη ὑπὲρ ἑβδο̣μήκοντα [ἔτ ]η βεβιωκὼς καὶ αὐτὸς τῆς ἀναπαύσεως̣ δ̣ιά σου τοῦ κυρίου τ̣υχεῖν̣ . . . On the number seventy bearing not infrequently an approximate sense, see Kφnig in Hastings DB iii. p. 563. MGr ἑβδομήντα .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἑβδομήκοντα [Etym: ἕβδομος] indecl. "seventy", Hdt. , etc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. (ἑπτά), seventy: Luk.10:1, 17 Act.7:14 23:23 27:37.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (5)

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