1768. ennenékontaennea
Strong's Lexicon
ennenékontaennea: Ninety-nine

Original Word: ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα
Part of Speech: Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Transliteration: ennenékontaennea
Pronunciation: en-ne-NAY-kon-ta en-NEH-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (en-nen-ay-kon-tah-en-neh'-ah)
Definition: Ninety-nine
Meaning: ninety.

Word Origin: A compound of ἐνενήκοντα (ninety) and ἐννέα (nine)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for the specific number ninety-nine, the concept of counting and the significance of numbers can be seen in various Hebrew texts, such as the use of numbers in genealogies and censuses (e.g., Strong's Hebrew 8672 - תִּשְׁעִים, tish'im for ninety).

Usage: The Greek numeral ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα is used to denote the number ninety-nine. It appears in contexts where precise counting or numerical representation is significant, often in parables or teachings of Jesus to illustrate a point about value, care, or completeness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the cultural context of the New Testament, numbers often held symbolic significance. The number ninety-nine, being just one short of one hundred, can symbolize incompleteness or the need for one more to achieve fullness. In agrarian societies, counting livestock was a common practice, and each animal was valuable to the shepherd, reflecting the economic and personal importance of each individual in a community.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
variant reading for enenékonta, q.v.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1768: ἐνενήκοντα

ἐνενήκοντα, see ἐννενηκοντα.

STRONGS NT 1768: ἐννενηκονταεννέαἐννενηκονταεννέα, more correctly ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα (i. e. written separately, and the first word with a single nu ν, as by L T Tr WH; cf. (under Nu; Tdf. Proleg., p. 80; WHs Appendix, p. 148); Winers Grammar, 43f; Bornemann, Scholia ad Luc., p. 95), ninety-nine: Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:4, 7.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ninety-nine.

From a (tenth) multiple of ennea and ennea itself; ninety-nine -- ninety and nine.

see GREEK ennea

see GREEK ennea

Forms and Transliterations
ενενηκοντα ἐνενήκοντα ενενηκονταεννέα ενενηκονταπέντε εννενήκονταεννέα εννενηκονταέξ εννενηκονταοκτώ εννενηκονταπέντε enenekonta enenēkonta enenḗkonta
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 18:12 Adj
GRK: ἀφήσει τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐπὶ
KJV: leave the ninety and nine, and goeth
INT: having left the ninety nine on

Matthew 18:13 Adj
GRK: ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα τοῖς
KJV: of the ninety and nine which
INT: over the ninety nine which

Luke 15:4 Adj
GRK: καταλείπει τὰ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα ἐν
KJV: leave the ninety and nine in
INT: leaves the ninety nine in

Luke 15:7 Adj
GRK: ἢ ἐπὶ ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα δικαίοις
KJV: over ninety and nine just persons,
INT: [more] than over ninety nine righteous ones

Strong's Greek 1768
4 Occurrences


ἐνενήκοντα — 4 Occ.

















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