Strong G1768ἐνενήκοντα

ninety

Transliteration
ennenēkontaennea
Pronunciation
en-nen-ay-kon-tah-en-neh'-ah
Morphology
Greek Number (Indeclinable)

Definition

From a (tenth) multiple of G1767 and G1767 itself;
ninety nine: - ninety and nine.

Detailed definition

ἐννενήκοντα, see: ἐνεν-.
ἐνενήκοντα (Rec. ἐννεν-), οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl.,
ninety: Mat.18:12-13, Luk.15:4, 7.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1768 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ninety4

First verses

  1. Matthew 18:12
    How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
  2. Matthew 18:13
    And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
  3. Luke 15:4
    What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
  4. Luke 15:7
    I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐνενήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά,
indeclinable, ninety, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.602, etc.)]; compare ἐνήκοντα, ἐννήκοντα. (ἐννεν- frequently in codices, but Inscrr. have ἐνεν- [Refs (“IG” 12.324.109, “Hermes” 17.5 (from Delos), etc.:—also _genitive_ _plural_ ἐνενηκόντων “GDI” 5653c26 (from Chios).))]