Strong G1417δύο
two
- Transliteration
- duo
- Pronunciation
- doo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Number (Indeclinable)
Definition
A primary numeral; two: - both twain two.
Detailed definition
δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dative, δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν),
two: Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:8, Jhn.2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mat.9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mat.19:5 20:24, Mrk.10:8, Eph.2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Luk.24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Luk.10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jhn.2:6, 1Co.14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Gen.6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch., Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr., see M, Pr., 21, 97), Mrk.6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38.
(AS)
two: Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:8, Jhn.2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mat.9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mat.19:5 20:24, Mrk.10:8, Eph.2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Luk.24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Luk.10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jhn.2:6, 1Co.14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Gen.6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch., Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr., see M, Pr., 21, 97), Mrk.6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1417 appears in 124 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- two112
- twain10
- both2
- unto2
First verses
- Matthew 4:18And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Matthew 5:41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 9:27And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Matthew 11:2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Matthew 14:17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
- Matthew 18:9And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- Matthew 18:16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 18:19Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 18:20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
- Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
- Matthew 19:6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- Matthew 20:21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
- Matthew 20:24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
δύο [ῠ],
also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1231 (Nicomedia, 3rd-4th c.AD), not in _Ionic dialect_ Inscrr. nor in Trag. (δύο ῥοπάς should be read in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1090))], nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1; Thess. _feminine_ δύας [prev. work]9(2).517)]: genitive and dative δυοῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.3, but _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 91 [used as monosyllabic in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 640, compare δώδεκα for δυώδ)]-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 536, cited from 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus by 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus (?) “fragment” 372, compare 1.20 (codex Laur.))]; Boeotian dialect δουῖν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.54; later δυσί, δυσὶν ἡμέραις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.101 codices, δυσὶν ἡμέρῃσι variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 67; δυοῖν ὄμμασι καὶ δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b27, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 699, “SIG” 344.26 (Teos, 4th c.BC))], etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν [Refs (“IG” 12.3.10, +others, later δυεῖν “SIG” 2587.286, “IG” 22.463.78, +others, from 3rd C on δυσί [prev. work]1028.27, +others)]; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5653d9 (from Chios), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 130, etc., _dative_ δυοῖσι [prev. work] 32, 7.104)]; δυῶν also Doric dialect, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.40, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.139; δυοῖς “Leg.Gort.” 7.46.)]— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (who has no _genitive_ or _dative_ δυοῖν), τῶν δύο μοιράων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.253; δύω κανόνεσσι 13.407, etc.; so in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.82; δύο ζεύγεσι [prev. author] 3.130; δύο νεῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89; δύο πλέθρων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.9)]; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.5.2)]; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 105; δύ᾽ ἔτεσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.3)]: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 3.1443, +others:—two, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.16, etc.; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, δύο and δύω)] are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες [Refs (18.498, +others)]; also in Trag., δύο κριούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 237 (Lyric poetry))]; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 464b)]; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν [Refs (“IG” 2.1054.64)]; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.346; δύ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 829, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.20)]; εἰς δύο two and two, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.5.17)]; σὺν δύο two together, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.224, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66)]; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1310a4.)]
also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1231 (Nicomedia, 3rd-4th c.AD), not in _Ionic dialect_ Inscrr. nor in Trag. (δύο ῥοπάς should be read in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1090))], nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1; Thess. _feminine_ δύας [prev. work]9(2).517)]: genitive and dative δυοῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.3, but _falsa lectio_ in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, 91 [used as monosyllabic in 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 640, compare δώδεκα for δυώδ)]-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 536, cited from 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus by 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus (?) “fragment” 372, compare 1.20 (codex Laur.))]; Boeotian dialect δουῖν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.54; later δυσί, δυσὶν ἡμέραις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.101 codices, δυσὶν ἡμέρῃσι variant in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Acut.(Sp.”) 67; δυοῖν ὄμμασι καὶ δυσὶν ἀκοαῖς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b27, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 699, “SIG” 344.26 (Teos, 4th c.BC))], etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν [Refs (“IG” 12.3.10, +others, later δυεῖν “SIG” 2587.286, “IG” 22.463.78, +others, from 3rd C on δυσί [prev. work]1028.27, +others)]; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“GDI” 5653d9 (from Chios), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.94, 130, etc., _dative_ δυοῖσι [prev. work] 32, 7.104)]; δυῶν also Doric dialect, [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.40, “Tab.Heracl.” 1.139; δυοῖς “Leg.Gort.” 7.46.)]— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (who has no _genitive_ or _dative_ δυοῖν), τῶν δύο μοιράων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.253; δύω κανόνεσσι 13.407, etc.; so in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus)] and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.82; δύο ζεύγεσι [prev. author] 3.130; δύο νεῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89; δύο πλέθρων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.9)]; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading [Refs ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.5.2)]; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 105; δύ᾽ ἔτεσιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Damoxenus Comicus 2.3)]: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 3.1443, +others:—two, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.16, etc.; in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, δύο and δύω)] are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες [Refs (18.498, +others)]; also in Trag., δύο κριούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 237 (Lyric poetry))]; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 464b)]; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν [Refs (“IG” 2.1054.64)]; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.346; δύ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 829, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.20)]; εἰς δύο two and two, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 7.5.17)]; σὺν δύο two together, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.224, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.66)]; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1310a4.)]