noun · masculine
arithmos
Greekἀριθμός (arithmos)
Strong’sG706
a number, total
stem arithm-18 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀριθμός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for מִסְפָּר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G706 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-ith-mos'
a number (as reckoned up)
Fromfrom G142;
King Jamesnumber.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | arithmos10×ἀριθμὸς | arithmois |
| object accusative | arithmon5×ἀριθμὸν | arithmoin |
| direct address vocative | arithmor | arithmoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | arithmou2×ἀριθμοῦ | arithmoiu |
| to, for dative | arithmo1×ἀριθμῷ | arithmoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
arithmo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
18 occurrences, every one of them listed
arithmos“number”subjectnominative singular10×
Acts 4:4“number”pollois de toiu akouaratoiu ton logon pisteuala, kai ginita tos arithmos toiu anēroiu hōs chiliadais pente.But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.
Acts 5:36“number”pro gar houtaiu taiu hēmeraiu anistanata Theudaos, legarōtos arō tinon heauton, ho prosklinita anēroiu arithmos hōs tetrakosioi; hos anairita, kai pantois hosois peithile auto dialuila kai ginela eis oudenem.Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.
Acts 6:7“number”Kai tos logos tou theou auxanate, kai plēthunite tos arithmos toiu mathētoiu en Ierousalēm sfodra, pollos tē ochlos toiu hierevoiu hupakouale ta pistia.So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 11:21“number”kai ate cheiras kuriou meta autoiu, pollos tē arithmos tos pisteuaratos epistrefata epi ton kurion.The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
Romans 9:27“number”Ēsaios de krazatō huper tou Israēl; Ean ateiō tos arithmos toiu huioiu Israēl hōs tas ammas tau thalassau, tem hupoleimmem sōziti;Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.
Revelation 5:11“number”Kai horama, kai akouama fōnan angeloiu polloiu kuklō tou thronou kai teiu zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu, kai ate tos arithmos autoiu muriadais muriadaiu kai chiliadais chiliadaiu,Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
Revelation 9:16“number”kai tos arithmos teiu strateumeiu teu hippikeu dismuriadais muriadaiu; akouama ton arithmon auteiu.And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
Revelation 13:18“number”hōde tas sofias atō; tos echarōtos nouon psēfizatar ton arithmon teu thēreu, arithmos gar anthrōpou atō; kai tos arithmos auteu hexakosioi hexēkonta hex.Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
Revelation 13:18“number”hōde tas sofias atō; tos echarōtos nouon psēfizatar ton arithmon teu thēreu, arithmos gar anthrōpou atō; kai tos arithmos auteu hexakosioi hexēkonta hex.Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
Revelation 20:8“number”kai exercheti planara teim ethneim teim en tai tessares gōniai tau gēau, ton Gōg kai Magōg, sunagara autoin eis ton polemon, hoiu tos arithmos autoiu hōs tas ammas tau thalassau.and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
arithmon“number”objectaccusative singular5×
John 6:10“number”legata tos Iēsus; Poiavar toin anthrōpoin anapiptara. ate de chortos pollos en to topo. anapiptala oun tois anērois ton arithmon hōs pentakischilioi.“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
Revelation 7:4“number”Kai akouama ton arithmon toiu sfragizirētoiu, hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais, sfragizirētois ek pantau fulau huioiu Israēl;And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
Revelation 9:16“number”kai tos arithmos teiu strateumeiu teu hippikeu dismuriadais muriadaiu; akouama ton arithmon auteiu.And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.
Revelation 13:17“number”kai hina mē tinos duneteiō agorazara ē pōlara ei mē tos echarōtos tem charagmem, tem onomem teu thēreu ē ton arithmon teu onomeu auteu.so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark — the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Revelation 13:18“number”hōde tas sofias atō; tos echarōtos nouon psēfizatar ton arithmon teu thēreu, arithmos gar anthrōpou atō; kai tos arithmos auteu hexakosioi hexēkonta hex.Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.
arithmou“number”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Luke 22:3“number”Eiserchata de Satanaos eis Ioudaon ton kalirōton Iskariōton, arōton ek tou arithmou toiu dōdeka;Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
Revelation 15:2“number”Kai horama hōs thalassan hualinan mignuirētan pure, kai toin nikarōtoin ek teu thēreu kai ek tau eikōnau auteu kai ek tou arithmou teu onomeu auteu histanarētoin epi tan thalassan tan hualinan, echarōtoin kitharain tou theou.And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, beside which stood those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name. They were holding harps from God,
arithmo“numbers”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 16:5“numbers”tais men oun ekklēsais stereoile ta pistia kai perisseuale to arithmo kata hēmeran.So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.