ἑβδομήκοντα
hebdomēkonta · seventy
Greek word · Strong’s number G1440 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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hebdomēkonta (ἑβδομήκοντα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “seventy”.
How to say it
heb·do·mē·kon·ta
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The quantity seventy: seven times ten.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- seventy ×3
- seventy-two ×2
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 10:1
Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others also, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
- Luke 10:17
And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!”
- Acts 7:14
And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons.
- Acts 23:23
And calling two of the centurions, he said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, from the third hour of the night;
- Acts 27:37
And in all we were two hundred seventy-six persons in the ship.