adjective
hepta
Strong’sG2033
seven
stem hept-88 times in the New Testamentin 6 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
Seven, the number 1234.
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 G2033 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhep-tah'
seven
Froma primary number;
King Jamesseven.
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
indeclinable seven, Refs 8th c.BC+; as a mystical number, Refs 4th c.BC+; αἱ ἑ. νῆσοι the seven largest islands, Refs 4th c.BC+; τὰ ἑ. θεάματα the Refs 1st c.BC+; οἱ ἑ. σοφισταί the Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἑ. alone, Refs 3rd c.AD+
2 οἱ ἑ., board of magistrates at Olbia, Refs 3rd c.BC+; οἱ ἑ. ἄνδρες, = Latin septemviri epulones, Refs 5th c.BC+ sept[macutenull], cf. Sanskrit saptá, Latin septem (fancifully connected with σέβομαι, Refs 1st c.AD+
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 | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta |
| object accusative | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | ||
| direct address vocative | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta |
| to, for dative | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta | hepta |
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.
88 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 12:45tote poreuotō kai paralabatō meta heauteu hepta hetereim pneumeim ponērotereim heauteu, kai eisercharanteim …… it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself …
Matthew 15:36labata toin hepta artoin kai toin ichthoin kai eucharistarantos …Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave …
Matthew 15:37… kai tem perisseuarōntem teiu klasmeiu airala hepta spuridain plērain.… satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were …
Matthew 16:10oude toin hepta artoin toiu tetrakischilioi kai posain spuridain …Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and …
Matthew 18:22… si heōs heptakis alla heōs hebdomēkontakis hepta.… answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
Matthew 22:25ale de para ni hepta adelfois; kai tos prōtos gamarantos teleutata, …Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one …
Matthew 22:26… deuteros kai tos tritos, heōs toiu hepta;… and third brothers, down to the seventh.
Matthew 22:28en ta anastasia oun tinou toiu hepta eti gunaikas? pantois gar echala autan.… wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married …
Mark 8:6… epi tau gēau; kai labarantos toin hepta artoin eucharistarantos klata kai dōate toi …… the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them …
Mark 8:8… kai chortazila, kai airala perisseumeim klasmeiu hepta spuridain.… satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were …
Mark 8:20hote kai toin hepta eis toin tetrakischilioi, posaiu spuridaiu plērōmeim …“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how …
Mark 12:20hepta adelfois ale; kai tos prōtos labata …Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and …
Mark 12:22kai tois hepta ouk afiēkala spermem; eschatem panteiu kai …In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of …
Mark 12:23… tinou autoiu eti gunaikas? tois gar hepta echala autan gunaikan.… wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
Mark 16:9… Maria ta Magdalēna, para hau ekbalatelē hepta daimoneim.… from whom He had driven out seven demons.
Luke 2:36… hēmerai pollai, zōarantas meta androu eteim hepta apo tau partheniau autau,… years. She had been married for seven years,
Luke 8:2… tas kalorōntas Magdalēnas, apo hau daimoneim hepta exerchatelē,… infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Luke 11:26… kai paralabatō hetereim pneumeim ponērotereim heauteu hepta, kai eisercharanteim katoikatō ekei, kai genotō …Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself …
Luke 20:29hepta oun adelfois ale; kai tos prōtos …Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a …
Luke 20:31… labata autan, hōsautōs de kai tois hepta ouk kataleipala tekneim kai apothnēskala;… and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
Luke 20:33… tinou autoiu genotō gunaikas? tois gar hepta echala autan gunaikan.… wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
Acts 6:3… de, adelfoir, androin ek vu marturorōntoin hepta plēroin pneumeu kai sofiau, hoin katastēani …Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of …
Acts 13:19kai kathairarantos ethneim hepta en gēa Chanaan kataklēronomata tan gēan …And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their …
Acts 19:14ale de tinou Skevou Ioudaiou archierevou hepta huiois houtem poiarōntois.Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief …
Acts 20:6… achri hēmeraiu pente, hou diatribana hēmerain hepta.… them in Troas, where we stayed seven days.
Acts 21:4… de toin mathētoin epimenana autou hēmerain hepta, hotinois to Paulo legale dia teu …… in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept …
Acts 21:8… Filippou tou euangelistou arōntou ek toiu hepta menana para auto.… evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
Acts 21:27Hōs de mellale tais hepta hēmerais suntelorō, tois apo tau Asiau …When the seven days were almost over, some Jews …
Acts 28:14“seven”… adelfoin parakalina para autoi epimenara hēmerain hepta; kai houtōs eis tan Rōman erchana.… found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
Hebrews 11:30… teim teicheim Ierichō piptala kukliranteim epi hepta hēmerain.… people had marched around them for seven days.
Revelation 1:4Iōannos tai hepta ekklēsai tai en ta Asia; charitas …John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia …
Revelation 1:4… kai tos erchorōntos, kai apo teiu hepta pneumeiu heim enōpion tou thronou autou,… is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,
Revelation 1:11… grafasar eis bibliem kai pempasar tai hepta ekklēsai, eis Efesan kai eis Smurnan …… see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira …
Revelation 1:12… lalate meta mu; kai epistrefarantos horama hepta luchnain chrusouain,… me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,
Revelation 1:16… en ta dexa cheira autou asteroin hepta, kai ek teu stomeu autou romfaias …He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword …
Revelation 1:20tem mustēriem toiu hepta asteroiu hoin horasa epi tau dexau …This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right …
Revelation 1:20… epi tau dexau mu, kai tain hepta luchnain tain chrusouain; tois hepta asterois …… My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are …
Revelation 1:20… tain hepta luchnain tain chrusouain; tois hepta asterois angelois taiu hepta ekklēsaiu alō, …… of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the …
Revelation 1:20… chrusouain; tois hepta asterois angelois taiu hepta ekklēsaiu alō, kai tais luchnais tais …… stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are …
Revelation 1:20… ekklēsaiu alō, kai tais luchnais tais hepta hepta ekklēsais alō.… and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.[’’]
Revelation 1:20… alō, kai tais luchnais tais hepta hepta ekklēsais alō.… of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.[’’]
Revelation 2:1… grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos kratarōntos toin hepta asteroin en ta dexa autou, tos …… words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and …
Revelation 2:1… autou, tos peripatarōntos en mese taiu hepta luchnaiu taiu chrusouaiu;… right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
Revelation 3:1… grafasar; Hōdeim legatō tos echarōntos teim hepta pneumeim tou theou kai toin hepta …… of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven …
Revelation 3:1… hepta pneumeim tou theou kai toin hepta asteroin; Oidamē su teim ergeim, hoti …… seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you …
Revelation 4:5… astrapais kai fōnais kai brontais; kai hepta lampadais pureu kaiorōntais enōpion tou thronou, …… of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the …
Revelation 4:5… enōpion tou thronou, heim alō teim hepta pneumeim tou theou,… torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
Revelation 5:1… graforēntem esōthen kai opisthen, katasfragizorēntem sfragidai hepta.… both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 5:5… David, anoigara tem bibliem kai tain hepta sfragidain auteu.… to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 5:6… arniem stēarēntem hōs sfazorēntem, echarōntos kerateim hepta kai ofthalmoin hepta, hois alō teim …… The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits …
Revelation 5:6… sfazorēntem, echarōntos kerateim hepta kai ofthalmoin hepta, hois alō teim hepta pneumeim tou …… and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into …
Revelation 5:6… kai ofthalmoin hepta, hois alō teim hepta pneumeim tou theou, apostelorēntois eis pantan …… and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent …
Revelation 6:1… anoigata tem arniem henan ek taiu hepta sfragidaiu, kai akouama heneu ek teiu …… the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of …
Revelation 8:2kai horama toin hepta angeloin hois enōpion tou theou stēalē, …And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and …
Revelation 8:2… tou theou stēalē, kai dōila autoi hepta salpingais.… before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
Revelation 8:6Kai tois hepta angelois tois echarōntois tain hepta salpingain …And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared …
Revelation 8:6… tois hepta angelois tois echarōntois tain hepta salpingain hetoimazala heautoin hina salpizaleia.And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
Revelation 10:3… mukotō. kai hote krazata, lalala tais hepta brontais tain heautaiu fōnain.… And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
Revelation 10:4kai hote lalala tais hepta brontais, mellame grafarō; kai akouama fōnan …When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about …
Revelation 10:4… ouranou legarōntan; Sfragizasar heim lalala tais hepta brontais, kai mē auteim grafaseia.… heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not …
Revelation 11:13… en to seismo onomeim anthrōpoiu chiliadais hepta, kai tois loipois emfobois genela kai …… a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake …
Revelation 12:3… idou drakontos megos purros, echarōntos kefalain hepta kai kerateim deka kai epi tain …… heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal …
Revelation 12:3… deka kai epi tain kefalain autou hepta diadēmeim,… with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
Revelation 13:1… anabainarōntem, echarōntem kerateim deka kai kefalain hepta, kai epi teiu kerateiu auteu deka …… beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There …
Revelation 15:1… to ourano megem kai thaumastem, angeloin hepta echarōntoin plēgain hepta tain eschatain, hoti …… in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath …
Revelation 15:1… kai thaumastem, angeloin hepta echarōntoin plēgain hepta tain eschatain, hoti en autai telita …… great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues …
Revelation 15:6kai exerchala tois hepta angelois tois echarōntois tain hepta plēgain …… out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed …
Revelation 15:6… tois hepta angelois tois echarōntois tain hepta plēgain ek tou naou, enduorēntois linem …… came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright …
Revelation 15:7… ek teiu tessares zōeiu dōata toi hepta angeloi hepta fialain chrusouain gemarōntain tou …… the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of …
Revelation 15:7… tessares zōeiu dōata toi hepta angeloi hepta fialain chrusouain gemarōntain tou thumou tou …… living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath …
Revelation 15:8… eis ton naon achri telileia tais hepta plēgais toiu hepta angeloiu.… until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
Revelation 15:8… achri telileia tais hepta plēgais toiu hepta angeloiu.… could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were …
Revelation 16:1… fōnau ek tou naou legarōntau toi hepta angeloi; Hupagavōr kai ekchavōr tain hepta …… from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the …
Revelation 16:1… hepta angeloi; Hupagavōr kai ekchavōr tain hepta fialain tou thumou tou theou eis …… pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
Revelation 17:1Kai erchata henos ek toiu hepta angeloiu toiu echarōntoiu tain hepta fialain, …Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came …
Revelation 17:1… toiu hepta angeloiu toiu echarōntoiu tain hepta fialain, kai lalata meta mu legarōntos; …… of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me …
Revelation 17:3… kokkinem, gemarōnteim onomeim blasfēmiau, echarōntos kefalain hepta kai kerateim deka.… covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:7… teu bastazarōnteu autan, teu echarōnteu tain hepta kefalain kai teim deka kerateim;… that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:9… tos nouos tos echarōntos sofian. tais hepta kefalais hepta oreim alō, hopou tas …… with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
Revelation 17:9… tos echarōntos sofian. tais hepta kefalais hepta oreim alō, hopou tas gunaikas kathotō …… for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which …
Revelation 17:9“seven”… gunaikas kathotō epi auteiu. kai basilevois hepta alō;… seven mountains on which the woman sits.
Revelation 17:11… autos ogdoos atō kai ek toiu hepta atō, kai eis apōleian hupagatō.… king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
Revelation 21:9Kai erchata henos ek toiu hepta angeloiu toiu echarōntoiu tain hepta fialain, …Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full …
Revelation 21:9… toiu hepta angeloiu toiu echarōntoiu tain hepta fialain, teiu gemarōnteiu taiu hepta plēgaiu …… of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final …
Revelation 21:9… tain hepta fialain, teiu gemarōnteiu taiu hepta plēgaiu taiu eschataiu, kai lalata meta …… the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to …
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Matthew 15:34… Posoin artoin echavō? tois de legala; Hepta, kai oligeim ichthudieim.… loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small …
Mark 8:5… Posoin echavō artoin? tois de legala; Hepta.… loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
Mark 8:20… plērōmeim klasmeiu airava? kai legalō auto; Hepta.… of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.