adjective
ennea
Greekἐννέα (ennea)
Strong’sG1767
nine
stem enne-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐννέα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1767 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiden-neh'-ah
nine
Froma primary number;
King Jamesnine.
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 | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea |
| object accusative | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ||
| direct address vocative | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea |
| to, for dative | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea | ennea |
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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
ennea5×
Matthew 18:12“*”tinem vi dokatō? ean gineteia tino anthrōpo hekaton probateim kai planiteia henem ek auteiu, ouchi afiēkati teim enenēkonta ennea epi teim oreim kai poreuiratos zētatō tem planirōtem?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 18:13“*”kai ean gineteia heuriskara autem, amēn legamō vi hoti chairatō epi aute mallon ē epi tei enenēkonta ennea tei mē planirētei.And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
Luke 15:4“*”Tinos anthrōpos ek vu echarōtos hekaton probateim kai apolluaratos ek auteiu henem ouk kataleipatō teim enenēkonta ennea en ta erēma kai poreuetō epi tem apolluarētem heōs heuriskateia autem?“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
Luke 15:7“*”legamō vi hoti houtōs charas en to ourano eti epi heno hamartōlo metanoarōto ē epi enenēkonta ennea dikaioi hotinois ouk chreian echalō metanoiau.I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Luke 17:17“nine”apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata; Ouchi tois deka katharizila? tois de ennea pou?“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?