noun · masculine
didumos
GreekΔίδυμος (didumos)
Strong’sG1324
the Twin, Didymus, Thomas
stem didum-3 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Δίδυμος, -ου, ὁ
(prop. name from δίδυμος, -η, -ον, double, sc. παῖς, twin)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1324 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddid'-oo-mos
double, i.e. twin; Didymus, a Christian
Fromprolongation from G1364;
King JamesDidymus.
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 | didumos3×Δίδυμος | didumois |
| object accusative | didumon | didumoin |
| direct address vocative | didumor | didumoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | didumou | didumoiu |
| to, for dative | didumo | didumoi |
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
didumo 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
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
didumos“Twin”subjectnominative singular3×
John 11:16“Twin”legata oun Thōmaos tos legirōtos Didumos toi summathētoi; Aganeiō kai nis hina apothnēskaneia meta autou.Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
John 20:24“Twin”Thōmaos de henos ek toiu dōdeka, tos legirōtos Didumos, ouk ate meta autoiu hote erchata Iēsus.Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.
John 21:2“Twin”ale homou Simōnos Petros kai Thōmaos tos legirōtos Didumos kai Nathanaēl tos apo Kana tau Galilaiau kai tois tou Zebedaiou kai allois ek toiu mathētoiu autou duo.Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.