adjective
hebdomēkonta
Greekἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomēkonta)
Strong’sG1440
seventy
stem hebdomēkont-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.
(< ἑπτά),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1440 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta |
| object accusative | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | ||
| direct address vocative | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta |
| to, for dative | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta | hebdomēkonta |
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
hebdomēkonta5×
Luke 10:1“seventy”Meta de houteim anadeiknuata tos kurios kai heteroin hebdomēkonta duo kai apostelata autoin ana duo duo pro prosōpeu autou eis pantan politan kai topon hou mellate autos ercherō.After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
Luke 10:17“seventy”Hupostrefala de tois hebdomēkonta duo meta charau legarōtois; Kurior, kai teim daimoneim hupotassitō ni en te onome su.The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
Acts 7:14“seventy five”apostelaratos de Iōsēf metakaleta Iakōb ton patēron autou kai pantan tan sungeneian en psuchai hebdomēkonta pente,Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
Acts 23:23“seventy”Kai proskaleratos tinoin duo toiu hekatontarchēoiu legata; Hetoimazavar stratiōtoin diakosioi hopōs poreuileia heōs Kaisareiau, kai hippevoin hebdomēkonta kai dexiolaboin diakosioi, apo tritau hōrau tau nuxau,Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
Acts 27:37“seventy”ene de tais pantais psuchais en te ploie diakosioi hebdomēkonta hex.In all, there were 276 of us on board.