adverb
dis
Greekδίς (dis)
Strong’sG1364
twice
stem di-6 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
δίς
adv.,G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1364 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddece
twice
Fromadverb from G1417;
King Jamesagain, twice.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
dis6×
Mark 14:30“twice”kai legatō auto tos Iēsus; Amēn legamō si hoti sis sēmeron houta ta nuxa prin ē dis alektōron fōnara tris min aparnesi.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
Mark 14:72“twice”kai euthuos ek deutereu alektōros fōnata; kai anamimnēskita tos Petros tem rēmem hōs legata auto tos Iēsus hoti Prin alektōron fōnara dis tris min aparnesi, kai epiballaratos klaiate.And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
Luke 18:12“twice”nēsteuamō dis teu sabbateu, apodekatamō panteim hoseim ktemō.I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
Philippians 4:16“again”hoti kai en Thessalonika kai hapax kai dis eis tan chreian mi pempava.For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
1 Thessalonians 2:18“again”dioti thelana erchara pros vin, mis men Paulos kai hapax kai dis, kai enkoptata nin tos Satanaos.For we wanted to come to you — indeed I, Paul, tried again and again — but Satan obstructed us.
Jude 1:12“twice”houtois alō tois en tai agapai vu spiladais suneuōcherōtois, afobōs heautoin poimainarōtois, nefelais anudrais hupo anemoiu paraferirōtais, dendreim fthinopōrineim akarpeim dis apothnēskarateim ekrizirateim,These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.