adjective
duo
Strong’sG1417
two
stem duo-135 times in the New Testamentin 13 of 27 books2 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
Two, the numeral 124, used indeclinably in most forms though it can also take a dative form and, in certain dialects, other case forms 13. It functions as a number word for pairs, whether standing with singular or plural nouns 13, and appears in distributive expressions meaning "two and two" or "two apiece" 13, as well as in phrases describing division into two parts 13.
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
δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dat., δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1417 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddoo'-o
"two"
Froma primary numeral;
King Jamesboth, twain, two.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, Refs 5th c.BC+, nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε Refs: genitive and dative δυοῖν Refs 5th c.BC+-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect δουῖν Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν Refs; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; δυῶν also Doric dialect, Refs— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by Refs 8th c.BC+ and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading Refs; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο Refs 4th c.BC+: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, Refs 8th c.BC+ are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες Refs; also in Trag., δύο κριούς Refs 5th c.BC+; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας Refs 5th c.BC+; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν Refs; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, Refs 8th c.BC+; εἰς δύο two and two, Refs; σὺν δύο two together, Refs 8th c.BC+; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, 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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
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 | duo | duo | duo | duo | duo | duo |
| object accusative | duo | duo | duo | duo | ||
| direct address vocative | duo | duo | duo | duo | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | duo | duo | duo | duo | duo | duo |
| to, for dative | duo | duo | duo | duo6×δυσὶν | duo3×δυσὶν | duo |
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.
135 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
duo“two”to, fordative plural6×
Matthew 6:24Oudenos dunotō duo kurioi douleuarō; ē gar ton henon …No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the …
Mark 16:12Meta de houteim duo ek autoiu peripatarōntoi fanerita en hetera …… appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked along …
Luke 12:52… en heno oiko diamerizorēntois, treis epi duo kai duo epi treis,… household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
Luke 16:13oudenos oiketos dunotō duo kurioi douleuarō; ē gar ton henon …No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the …
Hebrews 10:28… tinos nomon Mōusou chōris oiktirmoiu epi duo ē treis marturoi apothnēskatō;… without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
Revelation 11:3kai dōami toi duo marturoi mu, kai profēteuali hēmerain chilioi …And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for …
duo“two”to, fordative plural3×
Matthew 22:40en houtai tai duo entolai holos tos nomos kremannuotō kai …… and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Acts 12:6… koimorōntos metaxu duo stratiōtoiu dorēntos halusiai duo, fulakois tē pro tau thurau tērale …… sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at …
Acts 21:33… epilabeta autou kai keleuata dira halusiai duo, kai punthanote tinos atoiō kai tinem …… ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he …
duo91×
Matthew 4:18… para tan thalassan tau Galilaiau horata duo adelfoin, Simōnon ton legorōnton Petron kai …… the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his …
Matthew 4:21Kai probainarantos ekeithen horata allosoin duo adelfoin, Iakōbon ton tou Zebedaiou kai …Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee …
Matthew 5:41… angareuati miliem henem, hupagasōr meta autou duo.… go one mile, go with him two miles.
Matthew 8:28… tan chōran toiu Gadarēnoiu hupantala auto duo daimonizorōntois ek teiu mnēmeieiu exerchorōntois, chalepois …… the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs …
Matthew 9:27… paragarōnto ekeithen to Iēso akolouthala auto duo tuflois krazarōntois kai legarōntois; Elēasar nin, …As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out …
Matthew 10:10“two”mē pēran eis hodan mēde duo chitōnoin mēde hupodēmeim mēde rabdan; axios …Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his …
Matthew 10:29ouchi duo strouthieim assarieu pōlotō? kai henem ek …Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet …
Matthew 14:17… hōde ei mē pente artoin kai duo ichthoin.… only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
Matthew 14:19… labarantos toin pente artoin kai toin duo ichthoin, anableparantos eis ton ouranon eulogata …… Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven …
Matthew 18:8… tan zōan kullon ē chōlon, ē duo cheirain ē duo podoin echarōnton balira …… crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be …
Matthew 18:8… ē chōlon, ē duo cheirain ē duo podoin echarōnton balira eis tem purem …… than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the …
Matthew 18:9… monofthalmon eis tan zōan eiserchara, ē duo ofthalmoin echarōnton balira eis tan geennan …… with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the …
Matthew 18:16… paralabasar meta su ēti henon ē duo, hina epi stomeu duo marturoiu ē …… will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter …
Matthew 18:16… henon ē duo, hina epi stomeu duo marturoiu ē treis stēiteia pantem rēmem;… be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’
Matthew 18:19Palin amēn legamō vi hoti ean duo sumfōnaleia ek vu epi tau gēau …… I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree …
Matthew 18:20hou gar alō duo ē treis sunagorēntois eis tem ēmem …For where two or three gather together in My …
Matthew 19:5… ta gunaika autou, kai eli tois duo eis sarkan henan?… united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
Matthew 19:6hōste ouketi alō duo alla sarkas henas. hem oun tos …So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God …
Matthew 20:21… auto; Legasar hina kathizaleia houtois tois duo huiois mu henos ek dexeiu su …… in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at …
Matthew 20:24… akouarantois tois deka aganaktala peri toiu duo adelfoiu.… this, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Matthew 20:30kai idou duo tuflois kathorōntois para tan hodan, akouarantois …And there were two blind men sitting beside the road …
Matthew 21:1… Orem taiu Elaiaiu, tote Iēsus apostelata duo mathētoin… Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
Matthew 21:28… de vi dokatō? anthrōpos echate tekneim duo. prosercharantos te prōte legata; Teknem, hupagasōr …… There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first …
Matthew 21:31tinos ek toiu duo poiata tem thelēmem tou patrou? legalō; …Which of the two did the will of his father …
Matthew 24:40tote duo eli en to agro, henos paralabotō …Two men will be in the field …
Matthew 24:41duo alētharōntais en to mulo, henas paralabotō …Two women will be grinding at the …
Matthew 25:15… men dōata pente talanteim ho de duo ho de henem, hekasto kata tan …… he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent …
Matthew 25:17hōsautōs tos teim duo kerdainata alloseim duo;Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.
Matthew 25:17hōsautōs tos teim duo kerdainata alloseim duo;… one with the two talents gained two more.
Matthew 25:22prosercharantos de kai tos teim duo talanteim legata; Kurior, duo talanteim mi …The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master …
Matthew 25:22… tos teim duo talanteim legata; Kurior, duo talanteim mi paradōasa; ide alloseim duo …… said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two …
Matthew 25:22… duo talanteim mi paradōasa; ide alloseim duo talanteim kerdainama.… two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
Matthew 26:2Oidavē hoti meta duo hēmerain tem pascha genotō, kai tos …“You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of …
Matthew 26:37kai paralabarantos ton Petron kai toin duo huioin Zebedaiou archeta luporō kai adēmonarō.… took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to …
Matthew 26:60… polloiu prosercharantoiu pseudomarturoiu. husterem de prosercharantois duo… many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward
Matthew 27:21… legata autoi; Tinon thelavō apo toiu duo apoluameia vi? tois de legala; Ton …“Which of the two do you want me to release …
Matthew 27:38Tote staurolō sun auto duo lēstois, henos ek dexeiu kai henos …Two robbers were crucified with Him, one …
Matthew 27:51… schizita apo anōthen heōs katō eis duo, kai tas gēas seiita, kai tais …… of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth …
Mark 6:7… toin dōdeka, kai archeta autoin apostelarō duo duo, kai dōate autoi exousian teiu …… and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over …
Mark 6:7… dōdeka, kai archeta autoin apostelarō duo duo, kai dōate autoi exousian teiu pneumeiu …… to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
Mark 6:9“two”alla hupodorēntoin sandalieim, kai mē endueveia duo chitōnoin.and to wear sandals, but not a second …
Mark 6:38… horavar. kai gnōskarantois legalō; Pente, kai duo ichthoin.… after checking, they said, “Five — and two fish.”
Mark 6:41… labarantos toin pente artoin kai toin duo ichthoin anableparantos eis ton ouranon eulogata …Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven …
Mark 6:41… autou hina paratithaleiō autoi, kai toin duo ichthoin merizata pantoi.… the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
Mark 9:43… eiserchara eis tan zōan ē tain duo cheirain echarōnton aperchara eis tan geennan, …… enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into …
Mark 9:45… eis tan zōan chōlon ē toin duo podoin echarōnton balira eis tan geennan.… enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
Mark 9:47… eis tan basileian tou theou ē duo ofthalmoin echarōnton balira eis tan geennan,… with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
Mark 10:8kai eli tois duo eis sarkan henan; hōste ouketi alō …and the two will become one flesh.’ So they …
Mark 10:8… eis sarkan henan; hōste ouketi alō duo alla henas sarkas;… flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Mark 11:1… pros tem Orem taiu Elaiaiu, apostelatō duo toiu mathētoiu autou… Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two of His disciples
Mark 12:42… ercharantas henas chēras ptōchas balata lepteim duo, hem atō kodrantos.… poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to …
Mark 14:1… tem pascha kai teim azumeim meta duo hēmerain. kai zētale tois archierevois kai …… the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests …
Mark 14:13kai apostelatō duo toiu mathētoiu autou kai legatō autoi; …So He sent two of His disciples and told them …
Mark 15:27kai sun auto stauralō duo lēstoin, henon ek dexeiu kai henon …Along with Jesus, they crucified two robbers, one on His right and …
Mark 15:38… tem katapetasmem tou naou schizita eis duo apo anōthen heōs katō.… of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
Luke 2:24… to nomo kuriou, zeugem trugōnaiu ē duo nossoin peristeraiu.… Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Luke 3:11apokrinirantos de legate autoi; Tos echarōntos duo chitōnoin metadōatar to mē echarōnto, kai …John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who …
Luke 5:2kai horata duo ploieim stēarēnteim para tan limnan, tois …He saw two boats at the edge of the …
Luke 7:18“two”… autou peri panteiu houteiu. kai proskalerantos duo tinoin toiu mathētoiu autou tos Iōannos… disciples informed him about all these things.
Luke 7:41duo chreofeiletois ale danisto tino; tos henos …“Two men were debtors to a certain …
Luke 9:3“two”… mēte arton mēte arguriem, mēte ana duo chitōnoin echarō.… bag, no bread, no money, no second …
Luke 9:13… polloterem ē artois pente kai ichthois duo, ei mēti poreuirantois nis agorazaneia eis …… only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go …
Luke 9:16… de toin pente artoin kai toin duo ichthoin anableparantos eis ton ouranon eulogata …Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven …
Luke 9:30kai idou androis duo sullalale auto, hotinois ale Mōusos kai …Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking …
Luke 9:32… horala tan doxan autou kai toin duo androin toin sustēarēntoin auto.… they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men standing with Him.
Luke 10:1“*”… anadeikata tos kurios kai heteroin hebdomēkonta duo kai apostelata autoin ana duo duo …After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He …
Luke 10:1… hebdomēkonta duo kai apostelata autoin ana duo duo pro prosōpeu autou eis pantan …… others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town …
Luke 10:1… duo kai apostelata autoin ana duo duo pro prosōpeu autou eis pantan polan …… appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to …
Luke 10:17“*”Hupostrefala de tois hebdomēkonta duo meta charau legarōntois; Kurior, kai teim …The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit …
Luke 10:35kai epi tan aurion ekbalarantos duo dēnarieim dōata to pandochevo kai legata; …The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the …
Luke 12:6ouchi pente strouthieim pōlolō assarieiu duo? kai henem ek auteiu ouk atō …Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them …
Luke 12:52… oiko diamerizorēntois, treis epi duo kai duo epi treis,… be divided, three against two and two against three.
Luke 15:11Legata de; Anthrōpos tinos echate duo huioin.… There was a man who had two sons.
Luke 17:34legamō vi, houta ta nukta eli duo epi klinau henau, tos henos paralabiti …I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed …
Luke 17:35eli duo alētharōntais epi tem autem, tas henas …Two women will be grinding grain together …
Luke 18:10Anthrōpois duo anabainala eis tem hierem proseuchera, tos …“Two men went up to the temple …
Luke 19:29… tem orem tem kalorōntem Elaiōnaiu, apostelata duo toiu mathētoiu… Mount of Olives, He sent out two of His disciples,
Luke 21:2… tinan chēran penichran balarōntan ekei lepteim duo,… saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
Luke 22:38… de legala; Kurior, idou machairais hōde duo. tos de legata autoi; Hikanem atō.… they said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.” “That is enough,” He answered.
Luke 23:32Agole de kai heterois kakourgois duo sun auto anairira.Two others, who were criminals, were also …
Luke 24:4… autain peri houteu kai idou androis duo epistēala autai en estha astraptarōnta.… they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside …
Luke 24:13Kai idou duo ek autoiu en auta ta hēmera …That same day two of them were going to a …
John 1:35… Iōannos kai ek toiu mathētoiu autou duo,… day John was there again with two of his disciples.
John 1:37kai akouala tois duo mathētois autou lalarōntou kai akolouthala to …And when the two disciples heard him say this, they …
John 1:40… adelfos Simōnou Petrou henos ek toiu duo toiu akouarantoiu para Iōannou kai akoloutharantoiu …… Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed …
John 2:6“two”… toiu Ioudaioiu keiorōntais, chōrarōntais ana metrētoin duo ē treis.… had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold …
John 4:40… menara para autoi; kai menata ekei duo hēmerain.… stay with them, and He stayed two days.
John 4:43Meta de tain duo hēmerain exerchata ekeithen eis tan Galilaian;After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
John 6:9… hos echatō pente artoin krithinoin kai duo opsarieim; alla houteim tinem atō eis …… boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will …
John 8:17… nomo de to humetero grafotē hoti duo anthrōpoiu tas marturias alēthas atō.… is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
John 11:6… men menata en ho ate topo duo hēmerain;… He stayed where He was for two days,