G1768 ἐννενηκονταεννέα (ennenēkontaennéa)

Greek

Indeclinable NUmeral (Adjective)

Quick Definition

ἐνενήκοντα Indec.num. ninety

Strong's Definition

ninety-nine

Derivation: from a (tenth) multiple of G1767 (ἐννέα) and G1767 (ἐννέα) itself;

KJV Usage: ninety and nine

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐνενήκοντα (G1768a)

adjc. | ἐννέα

60.32 · Number · One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]

ninety cardinal number, where there are ninety instances of a countable entity

MAT 18:12 · MAT 18:13 · LUK 15:4 · LUK 15:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐνενήκοντα, see ἐννενηκοντα. STRONGS NT 1768: ἐννενηκονταεννέαἐννενηκονταεννέα, more correctly ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα (i. e. written separately, and the first word with a single nu ν, as by L T Tr WH; cf. (under Nu; Tdf. Proleg., p. 80; WHs Appendix, p. 148); Winers Grammar, 43f; Bornemann, Scholia ad Luc., p. 95), ninety-nine: Mat_18:12; Luk_15:4; Luk_15:7.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐνενήκοντα enenēkonta 4x

indecl., ninety, Mt. 18:12, 13; Lk. 15:4, 7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐννενήκοντα, v.s. ἐνεν-.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐνενήκοντα. For the form see WH Wotes? p. 155, and cf. PSI IV. 4325 (ili/B.C.) ἀρούρας ἐνενήκοντα, Osty 15085 (B.C. 144-3), 1511 5. 5, ἐνεὸος See also Pretsigke 3534 ἐβίωσεν ἐτὸν ἐνMGr ἐνενήντα. (B.C. 143-2) al. Akovta πλείου ἔλατον. > 4 EVEOS. Brugmann discusses this word in V. Thomsen Festschrsft (1912) p. I ff.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐνενήκοντα (enenēkonta) — ninety. ἐνενήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, ninety, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; compare ἐνήκοντα, ἐννήκοντα. (ἐννεν- frequently in codices, but Inscrr. have ἐνεν- [Refs]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐννενήκοντα, see: ἐνεν-. ἐνενήκοντα (Rec. ἐννεν-), οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl., ninety: Mat.18:12-13, Luk.15:4, 7.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

18:12 18:13

15:4 15:7

Matthew 18:12

What {do} you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine... on the hills and go out to search for the [one] that is lost?

Matthew 18:13

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over [that one sheep] than over the ninety-nine... that did not go astray.

Luke 15:4

What man among you, [if] he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, {does} not leave the ninety-nine... in the pasture and go after the [one] that is lost, until he finds it?

Luke 15:7

I tell you that in the same way there will be [more] joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine... righteous ones who do not need to repent.