1440. hebdomékonta
Strong's Lexicon
hebdomékonta: Seventy

Original Word: ἑβδομήκοντα
Part of Speech: Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Transliteration: hebdomékonta
Pronunciation: heb-do-MAY-kon-ta
Phonetic Spelling: (heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah)
Definition: Seventy
Meaning: seventy.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word "ἑβδομήκοντα" (hebdomékonta), which is a combination of "ἑπτά" (hepta, meaning "seven") and a form of "δέκα" (deka, meaning "ten"), literally meaning "seven tens."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7657 (שִׁבְעִים, shiv'im): The Hebrew equivalent for seventy, used in various Old Testament contexts, such as the seventy elders of Israel (Exodus 24:1).

Usage: The numeral "seventy" is used in the New Testament to denote a specific quantity. It appears in contexts that often carry symbolic or significant meaning, reflecting completeness or a divinely appointed period or group.

Cultural and Historical Background: In Jewish tradition, the number seventy holds significant symbolic meaning. It is often associated with completeness and perfection. For example, the Jewish Sanhedrin was composed of seventy elders, and the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, is traditionally said to have been translated by seventy scholars. The number also appears in the context of the seventy nations descended from Noah, as listed in Genesis 10.

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1440 hebdomḗkontaseventy. 1440 /hebdomḗkonta ("70") is used in Scripture both with literal and symbolic meaning.

[As the product of 7 and 10, 70 has two components with symbolic value (in a figurative context).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from hebdomos and a modified form of deka
Definition
seventy
NASB Translation
seventy (3), seventy-five* (1), seventy-six* (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1440: ἑβομηκοντα

ἑβομηκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά (from Herodotus down), seventy: Acts 7:14 (here Relz ἑβδομηκονταπεντε); ; οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα (ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, L brackets WH brackets), the seventy disciples whom Jesus sent out in addition to the twelve apostles: Luke 10:1, 17. (B. D. American edition, under the phrase Seventy Disciples.)

STRONGS NT 1440a: ἑβδομηκονταέξ [ἑβδομηκονταέξ for ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ, seventy-six: Acts 27:37 Rec.]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
seventy, three score and ten.

From hebdomos and a modified form of deka; seventy -- seventy, three score and ten.

see GREEK hebdomos

see GREEK deka

Forms and Transliterations
εβδομηκοντα εβδομήκοντα ἑβδομήκοντα εβδομηκονταδύο εβδομηκονταεπτά εβδομηκονταπέντε ebdomekonta ebdomēkonta hebdomekonta hebdomēkonta hebdomḗkonta
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Englishman's Concordance
Luke 10:1 Adj
GRK: κύριος ἑτέρους ἑβδομήκοντα δύο καὶ
NAS: appointed seventy others,
KJV: appointed other seventy also, and
INT: Lord others seventy two and

Luke 10:17 Adj
GRK: δὲ οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα δύο μετὰ
NAS: The seventy returned with joy,
KJV: And the seventy returned again with
INT: moreover the seventy two with

Acts 7:14 Adj
GRK: ἐν ψυχαῖς ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε
NAS: his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons
KJV: kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
INT: in all souls seventy five

Acts 23:23 Adj
GRK: καὶ ἱππεῖς ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ δεξιολάβους
NAS: to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen
KJV: horsemen threescore and ten, and
INT: and horsemen seventy and spearmen

Acts 27:37 Adj
GRK: ὡς διακόσιαι ἑβδομήκοντα ἕξ
NAS: were two hundred and seventy-six persons.
KJV: two hundred threescore and sixteen
INT: thus two hundred seventy six

Strong's Greek 1440
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