adjective

pentakischilioi

Greekπεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischilioi)

Strong’sG4000

five thousand

stem pentakischili-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

five thousand6×

What it means

πεντακισ-χίλιοι, -αι, -α,

five thousand: Mt 14:21 16:9, Mk 6:44 8:19, Lk 9:14, Jo 6:10.†

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

Strong’s G4000 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy

five times a thousand

Fromfrom G3999 and G5507;

King Jamesfive thousand.

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	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi4×πεντακισχίλιοι	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi
object accusative	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi		pentakischilioi1×πεντακισχιλίους	pentakischilioi
direct address vocative	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi		pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi
of, belonging to genitive	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi1×πεντακισχιλίων	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi
to, for dative	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi	pentakischilioi

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

pentakischilioistem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

pentakischilioi“five thousand”subjectnominative plural4×

Matthew 14:21“five thousand”tois de esthiarōtois ale anērois hōsei pentakischilioi chōris gunaikaiu kai paidieiu.About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

Mark 6:44“five thousand”kai ale tois esthiaratois toin artoin pentakischilioi anērois.And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

Luke 9:14“five thousand”ale gar hōsei anērois pentakischilioi. legata de pros toin mathētoin autou; Kataklinavar autoin klisiain hōsei ana pentēkonta.(There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

John 6:10“five thousand”legata tos Iēsus; Poiavar toin anthrōpoin anapiptara. ate de chortos pollos en to topo. anapiptala oun tois anērois ton arithmon hōs pentakischilioi.“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

pentakischilioi“five thousand”objectaccusative plural1×

Mark 8:19“five thousand”hote toin pente artoin klama eis toin pentakischilioi, posoin kofinoin klasmeiu plēroin airava? legalō auto; Dōdeka.When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

pentakischilioi“five thousand”of, belonging togenitive plural1×

Matthew 16:9“five thousand”oupō noavō, oude mnēmoneuavō toin pente artoin toiu pentakischilioi kai posoin kofinoin lambava?Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?