Strong G1332διετής

two years old

Transliteration
dietēs
Pronunciation
dee-et-ace'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1364 and G2094; of two years (in age): - two years old.

Detailed definition

διετής, -ές
(δίς, ἔτος), [in LXX: 2Ma.10:3 *;]
1. lasting two years.

2. two years old: ἀπὸ δ. (sc. παιδός, or neuter; cf. 1Ch.27:23, ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς), Mat.2:16.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1332 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • year1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:16
    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δι-ετής, ές,
or διέτης, ες, of or lasting two years, χρόνος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, etc.; κύησις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 777b15, etc.; ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ διετοῦς [prev. author] “HA” 500a11)]; ἐπὶ διετὲς ἡβᾶν to be two years past puberty, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 10.12, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.122, Legal cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.20.)]
II two years old, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 545b11.)]
III = {διετήσιος}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]