Strong G1362διπλοῦς

double

Transliteration
diplous
Pronunciation
dip-looce'
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G1364 and (probably) the base of G4119; two fold: - double two-fold more.

Detailed definition

διπλόος
(poët., διπλός, whence corp. -ότερον), -όη, -όον (-οῦ, -ῆ, -οῦν) [in LXX for כָּפַל, מִשְׁנֶה, and cognates;]
twofold, double: 1Ti.5:17, Rev.18:6; διπλότιρον, in twofold measure: Mat.23:15.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1362 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • double2
  • twofold1

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:15
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
  2. 1 Timothy 5:17
    Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
  3. Revelation 18:6
    Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διπλόος, η, ον,
contraction διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ionic dialect feminine διπλέη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42)] codices, but διπλήν or -ῆν [Refs ([prev. author] 5.90)], διπλάς or -ᾶς [Refs ([prev. author] 3.28)]: contraction always in Trag., except διπλόοι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 39: (compare ἁπλόος))]:—twofold, double, properly of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, ={δίπλαξ} or διπλοΐς, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.134, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.226)]; ὅθι.. διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle] so as to be double, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.133)]; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it double, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Carystius Comicus 4: generally, καλύβη διπλῆ διαφράγματι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.133; διπλόος θάνατος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.104)]; παῖσον διπλῆν (i.e. πληγήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1415; δ. οἰκίδιον)]of two stories, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.9)]; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine bent double by age, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 492)]; διπλῆ [ῥάχις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 1.11; σύμβολον δ.)]executed in duplicate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PHib. 1.29 (3rd c.BC).)]
2 διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by mutual slaughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 14.)]
3 δ. ὀνόματα compound words, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1459a9, “Rh.” 1404b29, etc.)]
4 of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.472, 9.677.)]
5 δ. ἰσότης, ={διπλοϊσότης} (which see), Dioph.p.98T., etc.
6 δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
II as comparative, twice as much, large, etc., βίος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 75b; δίκη [prev. author] “Lg.” 865c)]; δ. ἢ.. twice as much as.. (see. διπλῇ): with genitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 35b)]; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον.. Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.28)]; διπλῷ, ={διπλῇ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 722b.)]
III plural, in Trag., ={δύο}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 950, “Ch.” 761, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 960, “OT” 20, “Ant.” 51.)]
IV double, doubtful, οὐ γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.89; διπλᾶς καὶ ἀμφιβόλους λέξεις 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.302.)]
IV.2 double-minded, treacherous, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 395, etc.; οὐδὲν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.1.32; δ. καὶ ποικίλος 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 11.5)]; also, playing two parts, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 397e)]; at variance with oneself, [Refs ([prev. work] 554d.)]
V διπλοῦν, τό, ={δίπλωμα}[Refs 1st c.AD+ (111, 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.29, +others)]