πεντακισχίλιοι

pentakischilioi · five thousand

Greek word · Strong’s number G4000 · appears 6 times in the Bible

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What it means

pentakischilioi (πεντακισχίλιοι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “five thousand”.

How to say it

pen·ta·kis·chi·li·oi

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

  1. Five times a thousand; in the Gospels, the men who ate from five loaves.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 14:21

    And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

  • Matthew 16:9

    Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

  • Mark 6:44

    And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

  • Mark 8:19

    when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

  • Luke 9:14

    For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Make them recline in groups of about fifty each.”

  • John 6:10

    Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.