Strong G1440ἑβδομήκοντα

seventy

Transliteration
hebdomēkonta
Pronunciation
heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah
Morphology
Greek Number (Indeclinable)

Definition

From G1442 and a modified form of G1176 seventy: - seventy three score and ten.

Detailed definition

ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.
(ἑπτά),
seventy: Luk.10:1, 17 Act.7:14 23:23 27:37.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1440 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • seventy2
  • threescore2
  • sixteen1

First verses

  1. Luke 10:1
    After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
  2. Luke 10:17
    And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
  3. Acts 7:14
    Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
  4. Acts 23:23
    And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
  5. Acts 27:37
    And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά,
indeclinable, seventy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.7.8, etc.)]