adjective
dōdeka
Strong’sG1427
twelve
stem dōdek-75 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
The word denotes the number twelve 1234. In the New Testament it is also used on its own, as "the Twelve," to refer to the apostles 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G1427 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect, Epic dialect, Lyric poetry; Attic dialect δώδεκα, twelve, in all genders, Refs 8th c.BC+:—also δυόδεκο, Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka |
| object accusative | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | ||
| direct address vocative | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka |
| to, for dative | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka | dōdeka |
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
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
75 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 9:20Kai idou gunaikas haimorroarōntas dōdeka eteim prosercharantas opisthen hapteta teu kraspedeu …… who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and …
Matthew 10:1Kai proskalerantos toin dōdeka mathētoin autou dōata autoi exousian pneumeiu …And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them …
Matthew 10:2toiu de dōdeka apostoloiu teim onomeim atō houteim; prōtos …These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and …
Matthew 10:5Houtoin toin dōdeka apostelata tos Iēsus parangelarantos autoi legarōntos; …These twelve Jesus sent out with the following …
Matthew 11:1… hote telata tos Iēsus diatassarōntos toi dōdeka mathētoi autou, metabainata ekeithen teu didaskarō …After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there …
Matthew 14:20… kai airala tem perisseuarōntem teiu klasmeiu dōdeka kofinoin plēroin.… satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were …
Matthew 19:28… doxau autou, kathevi kai vis epi dōdeka thronoin krinarōntois tain dōdeka fulain tou …… followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of …
Matthew 19:28… vis epi dōdeka thronoin krinarōntois tain dōdeka fulain tou Israēl.… sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 20:17… tos Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim paralabata toin dōdeka mathētoin kata idian, kai en ta …… up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,
Matthew 26:14Tote poreuirantos henos toiu dōdeka, tos legorōntos Ioudos Iskariōtos, pros toin …Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went …
Matthew 26:20Opsēau de generantau anakeiote meta toiu dōdeka mathētoiu… came, Jesus was reclining with the twelve disciples.
Matthew 26:47… autou lalarōntou idou Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka erchata kai meta autou ochlos pollos …… still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd …
Matthew 26:53… mu, kai parastēati mi arti pollotereim dōdeka legiōnain angeloiu?… put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
Mark 3:14kai poiata dōdeka, hina aleiō meta autou kai hina …He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as …
Mark 3:16kai poiata toin dōdeka, kai epitithata onomem to Simōno Petron,These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named …
Mark 4:10… auton tois peri auton sun toi dōdeka tain parabolain.… as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked …
Mark 5:25kai gunaikas arōntas en rusia haimeu dōdeka eteim… who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.
Mark 5:42… korasiem kai peripatate, ate gar eteiu dōdeka. kai ekstēala euthuos ekstasia mega.… began to walk around (she was twelve years old). And at once they …
Mark 6:7kai proskalotō toin dōdeka, kai archeta autoin apostelarō duo duo, …Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send …
Mark 6:43kai airala klasmeim dōdeka kofinoiu plērōmeim kai apo toiu ichthoiu.and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread …
Mark 9:35kai kathizarantos fōnata toin dōdeka kai legatō autoi; Ei tinos thelatō …Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to …
Mark 10:32… akoloutharōntois fobole. kai paralabarantos palin toin dōdeka archeta autoi legarō teim mellarōnteim auto …… were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them …
Mark 11:11… hōrau exerchata eis Bēthanian meta toiu dōdeka.… went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
Mark 14:10Kai Ioudos Iskariōth tos henos toiu dōdeka aperchata pros toin archierevoin hina auton …Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to …
Mark 14:17Kai opsēau generantau erchotō meta toiu dōdeka.… evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.
Mark 14:20tos de legata autoi; Henos toiu dōdeka, tos embaptorōntos meta mu eis tem …… answered, “It is one of the Twelve — the one who is dipping his …
Mark 14:43… autou lalarōntou paragenotō Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka kai meta autou ochlos meta machairaiu …… still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed …
Luke 2:42kai hote geneta eteiu dōdeka, anabainarōntoiu autoiu kata tem ethem tau …And when He was twelve years old, they went up according …
Luke 6:13… mathētoin autou, kai eklegerantos apo autoiu dōdeka, hoin kai apostoloin onomazata,… His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated …
Luke 8:1… tan basileian tou theou, kai tois dōdeka sun auto,… of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
Luke 8:42… thugatras monogenas ate auto hōs eteiu dōdeka kai autas apothnēskate. En de te …… his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with …
Luke 8:43… arōntas en rusia haimeu apo eteiu dōdeka, hotinas iatroi prosanaliskarantas holon ton bion …… who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her …
Luke 9:1Sunkalerantos de toin dōdeka dōata autoi dunamian kai exousian epi …Then Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and …
Luke 9:12… hēmeras archeta klinarō; prosercharantois de tois dōdeka legala auto; Apoluasar ton ochlon, hina …… the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss …
Luke 9:17… airita tem perisseuarantem autoi klasmeiu kofinois dōdeka.… satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were …
Luke 18:31Paralabarantos de toin dōdeka legata pros autoin; Idou anabainanō eis …Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look …
Luke 22:3… Iskariōton, arōnton ek tou arithmou toiu dōdeka;… Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
Luke 22:30… mu, kai kathevi epi thronoiu tain dōdeka fulain krinarōntois tou Israēl.… and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke 22:47… kai tos legorōntos Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka proerchote autoin, kai engizata to Iēso …… man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
John 6:13sunagala oun, kai gemizala dōdeka kofinoin klasmeiu ek toiu pente artoiu …So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the …
John 6:67legata oun tos Iēsus toi dōdeka; Mē kai vis thelavō hupagarō?So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
John 6:70… tos Iēsus; Ouk mis vin toin dōdeka eklegema? kai ek vu henos diabolos …… Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a …
John 6:71… mellate paradōarō auton, henos ek toiu dōdeka.… although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
John 11:9apokrinita Iēsus; Ouchi dōdeka hōrais alō tau hēmerau? ean tinos …Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks …
John 20:24Thōmos de henos ek toiu dōdeka, tos legorōntos Didumos, ouk ate meta …… Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when …
Acts 6:2proskalerantois de tois dōdeka tem plēthem toiu mathētoiu legala; Ouk …So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said …
Acts 7:8… Isaak ton Iakōb, kai Iakōb toin dōdeka patriarchoin.… of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
Acts 19:7ale de tois pantois androis hōsei dōdeka.There were about twelve men in all.
Acts 24:11… hoti ouk polloterais alō mi hēmerais dōdeka apo hau anabainama proskunarintos eis Ierousalēm,… for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to …
1 Corinthians 15:5kai hoti horita Kēfo, eita toi dōdeka;… to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
James 1:1… kai kuriou Iēsu Christou doulos tai dōdeka fulai tai en ta diaspora chairarō.… the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
Revelation 7:5“twelve”ek fulau Ioudou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizorēntois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka …From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the …
Revelation 7:5“twelve”… dōdeka chiliadais sfragizorēntois, ek fulau Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,… Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
Revelation 7:5“twelve”… Roubēn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Gad dōdeka chiliadais,… tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,
Revelation 7:6“twelve”ek fulau Asēr dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, …from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the …
Revelation 7:6“twelve”… Asēr dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Manassou dōdeka chiliadais,… tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Revelation 7:6“twelve”… Nefthalim dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Manassou dōdeka chiliadais,… tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,
Revelation 7:7“twelve”ek fulau Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, …from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the …
Revelation 7:7“twelve”… Sumeōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,… tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
Revelation 7:7“twelve”… Leviou dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Issachar dōdeka chiliadais,… tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,
Revelation 7:8“twelve”ek fulau Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, …from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from …
Revelation 7:8“twelve”… Zaboulōn dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais …… tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Revelation 7:8“twelve”… Iōsēf dōdeka chiliadais, ek fulau Beniamin dōdeka chiliadais sfragizorēntois.… tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.
Revelation 12:1… epi tau kefalau autau stefanos asteroiu dōdeka,… her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
Revelation 21:12… teichem megem kai hupsēlem, echarōntas pulōnoin dōdeka, kai epi toi pulōnoi angeloin dōdeka, …… inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels …
Revelation 21:12… dōdeka, kai epi toi pulōnoi angeloin dōdeka, kai onomeim epigraforēnteim heim atō taiu …… the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
Revelation 21:12… kai onomeim epigraforēnteim heim atō taiu dōdeka fulaiu huioiu Israēl;… a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of …
Revelation 21:14… tem teichem tau polau echarōntos themelioin dōdeka, kai epi autoiu dōdeka onomeim toiu …The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the …
Revelation 21:14… echarōntos themelioin dōdeka, kai epi autoiu dōdeka onomeim toiu dōdeka apostoloiu teu arnieu.… foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Revelation 21:14“twelve”… kai epi autoiu dōdeka onomeim toiu dōdeka apostoloiu teu arnieu.… bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Revelation 21:16“twelve”… tan polan to kalamo epi stadioin dōdeka chiliadaiu; tem mēkem kai tem platem …The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal — 12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
Revelation 21:21kai tois dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos …And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each …
Revelation 21:21kai tois dōdeka pulōnois dōdeka margaritois, ana henos hekastos toiu pulōnoiu …And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of …
Revelation 22:2… kai ekeithen xulem zōau poiarōntem karpoin dōdeka, kata mēnon hekaston apodōarōntem ton karpon …… stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a …
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Mark 8:19… kofinoin klasmeiu plēroin airava? legalō auto; Dōdeka.… of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.