ἐννέα
ennea · nine
Greek word · Strong’s number G1767 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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ennea (ἐννέα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “nine”.
How to say it
en·ne·a
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 amount that is one less than ten.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- ninety-nine ×4
- nine ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 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 mountains and go and search for the one that is going astray?
- Matthew 18:13
And if it happens that he finds it, truly I tell you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
- Luke 15:4
“What man among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the lost one 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 changes his mind than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of a change of mind.
- Luke 17:17
And Jesus answered and said, “Were not the ten cleansed? But the nine, where are they?