adjective

eikosi

Greekεἴκοσι(ν) (eikosin)

Strong’sG1501

twenty

stem eikosin-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

twenty9×*twenty five1×twenty-1×

What it means

εἴκοσι (never -ιν in WH, cf. Bl., §5, 3, and note), indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά,

twenty: Lk 14:31, Jo 6:19, Ac 1:15 27:28, I Co 10:8, Re 4:4, 10 5:8 11:16 19:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1501 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidi'-kos-ee

a score

Fromof uncertain affinity;

King Jamestwenty.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi
object accusative	eikosi	eikosi		eikosi	eikosi
direct address vocative	eikosi	eikosi		eikosi	eikosi
of, belonging to genitive	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi
to, for dative	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi	eikosi

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

eikosistem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

11 occurrences, every one of them listed

eikosi11×

Luke 14:31“twenty”ē tinos basilevos poreuerōtos hetero basilevo sumballara eis polemon ouchi kathizaratos prōtem bouleueti ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu ercherōto epi auton?Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

John 6:19“*twenty five”elaunarētois oun hōs stadioin eikosi pente ē triakonta theōralō ton Iēsun peripatarōton epi tau thalassau kai engus teu ploieu ginerōton, kai fobila.When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea — and they were terrified.

Acts 1:15“twenty”Kai en tai hēmerai houtai anistanaratos Petros en mese toiu adelfoiu legata ate tē ochlos onomeiu epi tem autem hōs hekaton eikosi;In those days Peter stood up among the brothers ( a gathering of about a hundred and twenty ) and said,

Acts 27:28“twenty”kai bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain eikosi, brachuem de diistanaratois kai palin bolizaratois heuriskala orguiain dekapente;They took soundings and found that the water was twenty fathoms deep. Going a little farther, they took another set of soundings that read fifteen fathoms.

1 Corinthians 10:8“twenty-”mēde porneuaneiō, kathōs tinois autoiu porneuala, kai piptala hena hēmera eikosi treis chiliadais.We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Revelation 4:4“twenty”kai kuklothen tou thronou thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin thronoin eikosi tessares presbuteroin katherōtoin periballerētoin en himatiei leukei, kai epi tain kefalain autoiu stefanoin chrusouoin.Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:4“twenty”kai kuklothen tou thronou thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin thronoin eikosi tessares presbuteroin katherōtoin periballerētoin en himatiei leukei, kai epi tain kefalain autoiu stefanoin chrusouoin.Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:10“twenty”pipteli tois eikosi tessares presbuterois enōpion tou katherōtou epi tou thronou, kai proskunali to zōarōto eis toin aiōnoin toiu aiōnoiu, kai ballali toin stefanoin autoiu enōpion tou thronou, legarōtois;the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Revelation 5:8“twenty”kai hote lambata tem bibliem, teim tessares zōeim kai tois eikosi tessares presbuterois piptala enōpion teu arnieu, echarōtois hekastos kitharan kai fialain chrusouain gemarōtain thumiameiu, hais alō tais proseuchais toiu hagioiu;When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 11:16“twenty”Kai tois eikosi tessares presbuterois tois enōpion tou theou katherōtois epi toin thronoin autoiu piptala epi teim prosōpeim autoiu kai proskunala to theo,And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

Revelation 19:4“twenty”kai piptala tois presbuterois tois eikosi tessares kai teim tessares zōeim, kai proskunala to theo to katherōto epi to throno legarōtois; Amēn, Hallēlouia.And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”