Strong G1324Δίδυμος
Twin
- Transliteration
- Didumos
- Pronunciation
- did'-oo-mos
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Prolonged from G1364; double that is twin;
Didymus a Christian: - Didymus.
Didymus a Christian: - Didymus.
Meaning of the name
Didymus, "twin"
Detailed definition
Δίδυμος, -ου, ὁ
(prop. name from δίδυμος, -η, -ον, double, sc. παῖς, twin)
Didymus, surname of the apostle Thomas: Jhn.11:16 20:24 21:2.†
(AS)
(prop. name from δίδυμος, -η, -ον, double, sc. παῖς, twin)
Didymus, surname of the apostle Thomas: Jhn.11:16 20:24 21:2.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Thomas
One of Jesus' twelve disciples, known for doubting
Thomas, also called Didymus, was one of Jesus' twelve disciples, known for doubting Jesus' resurrection until he saw him in person.
In the Bible
Strong G1324 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- didymus3
First verses
- John 11:16Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
- John 20:24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
- John 21:2There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δίδῠμος [ῐ], η, ον,
also ος, ον variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.209, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 656 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113e:)] —reduplicate from δύο, double, twofold, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.227, etc.; διδύμαιν χειροῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 206 (Lyric poetry): also in _sing._, χερὶ διδύμᾳ)] with both hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.9)]; δ. ἅλς, i. e. the Pontus and Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 967 (Lyric poetry); δ. γένος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.72 (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus); δ. ξύλον)]forked, [LXX (LXX.Josh.8.29)]; τὸ γλυκύ μοι δ., of a wife, [Refs (“IG” 14.1974.)]
II twin, δ. κασίγνητος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.36; δ. τέκνων ἄριστα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1693 (Lyric poetry); δ. τέκεα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 220 (Lyric poetry).)]
III substantive, δίδυμοι twins, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.641, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.41)]: of the Twins in the zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 147, “IG” 14.1307)]; also δίδυμα, τά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; δύο διδύμω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1401 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.2 the testicles, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Deu.25.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.125 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus): _sing._, 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.11.)]
III.3 ovaries, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus [same place], 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.12.)]
also ος, ον variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.209, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 656 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 113e:)] —reduplicate from δύο, double, twofold, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.227, etc.; διδύμαιν χειροῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 206 (Lyric poetry): also in _sing._, χερὶ διδύμᾳ)] with both hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.9)]; δ. ἅλς, i. e. the Pontus and Bosporus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 967 (Lyric poetry); δ. γένος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.72 (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus); δ. ξύλον)]forked, [LXX (LXX.Josh.8.29)]; τὸ γλυκύ μοι δ., of a wife, [Refs (“IG” 14.1974.)]
II twin, δ. κασίγνητος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.36; δ. τέκνων ἄριστα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1693 (Lyric poetry); δ. τέκεα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 220 (Lyric poetry).)]
III substantive, δίδυμοι twins, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.641, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.41)]: of the Twins in the zodiac, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eudoxus Astronomus cited in 2nd c.BC: Hipparchus Astronomicus 1.2.8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 147, “IG” 14.1307)]; also δίδυμα, τά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.52; δύο διδύμω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1401 (Lyric poetry).)]
III.2 the testicles, [LXX+3rd c.BC+ (LXX.Deu.25.11, “Anthologia Graeca” 5.125 (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus): _sing._, 3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 14.11.)]
III.3 ovaries, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herophilus Medicus [same place], 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.12.)]