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Lexicon :: Strong's G1417 - dyo

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δύο
Transliteration
dyo (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-o
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Part of Speech
indeclinable noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary numeral
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Strong’s Definitions

δύο dýo, doo'-o; a primary numeral; "two":—both, twain, two.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's G1417 in the following manner: two (122x), twain (10x), both (2x), two and two (with G303) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's G1417 in the following manner: two (122x), twain (10x), both (2x), two and two (with G303) (1x).

  1. the two, the twain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δύο dýo, doo'-o; a primary numeral; "two":—both, twain, two.
STRONGS G1417:
δύο, genitive indeclinable δύο (as in Epic, and occasionally in Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, others for δυοῖν, more common in Attic [see Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 289f]); dative δυσί, δυσίν ([-σί in Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; Acts 21:33 (Tr -σίν), -σίν in Matthew 22:40; Mark 16:12; Luke 12:52 (R G -σί; Acts 12:6 (R G L -σί); Hebrews 10:28; Revelation 11:3 (R G -σί); cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 98; WHs Appendix, p. 147] — a form not found in the older and better writings, met with in Hippocrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, frequent from Polybius on, for the Attic δυοῖν); accusative δύο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 210; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i., p. 276f; Winers Grammar, § 9, 2 b.; Passow, i., p. 729); two: absolutely, οὐκ ἔτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία, Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:8; δύο ἣ τρεῖς, Matthew 18:20; 1 Corinthians 14:29; τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶ κ. δύο ἐπὶ τρισί, Luke 12:52; ἀνὰ and κατὰ δύο, two by two [Winers Grammar, 398 (372); 401 (374); Buttmann, 30 (26)], Luke 9:3 [WH omits; Tr brackets ἀνά]; Luke 10:1 [WH ἀνὰ δύο [δύο]; cf. Acta Philip. § 36, Tdf. edition, p. 92]; John 2:6 [apiece]; 1 Corinthians 14:27; δύο δύο, two and two, Mark 6:7 (so, after the Hebrew, in Genesis 6:19, 20; but the phrase is not altogether foreign even to the Greek poets, as Aesehyl. Pers. 981 μυρία μυρία for κατὰ μυριάδας, cf. Winer's Grammar, 249 (234), [cf. 39 (38)]); neuter εἰς δύο into two parts, Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; with the genitive δύο τῶν μαθητῶν (αὐτοῦ), Mark 11:1; Mark 14:13; Luke 19:29; [Matthew 11:2 R G]; τῶν οἰκετῶν, Acts 10:7. δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν, Luke 24:13 [cf. Buttmann 158 (138); Winer's 203 (191)]. with a noun or pronoun: δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι, Matthew 8:28. δύο μάχαιραι, Luke 22:38; ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων, Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; δυσὶ κυρίοις, Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Matthew 4:18; preceded by the article, οἱ δύο, the two, the twain: Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:8; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31; τοὺς δύο, Ephesians 2:15; αἱ [Rec. only] δύο διαθῆκαι, Galatians 4:24; οὗτοι [Lachmann brackets οὗτ.] οἱ δύο υἱοί μου, Matthew 20:21; περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν, Matthew 20:24; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς, Matthew 22:40; τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, Matthew 14:19; Mark 6:41; Luke 9:16; δύο δηνάρια, Luke 10:35.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
6:19; 6:20
Matthew
4:18; 6:24; 6:24; 8:28; 11:2; 14:19; 18:16; 18:20; 19:5; 19:6; 20:21; 20:24; 22:40; 22:40; 27:51
Mark
6:7; 6:41; 10:8; 10:8; 11:1; 14:13; 15:38; 16:12
Luke
9:3; 9:16; 10:1; 10:35; 12:52; 12:52; 16:13; 16:13; 19:29; 22:38; 24:13
John
2:6
Acts
10:7; 12:6; 21:33
1 Corinthians
6:16; 14:27; 14:29
2 Corinthians
13:1
Galatians
4:24
Ephesians
2:15; 5:31
Hebrews
10:28
Revelation
11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1417 matches the Greek δύο (dyo),
which occurs 135 times in 124 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:33 - Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Or do you not know that he who is joined[fn] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:27 - If any speak in a tongue, let there be only two or at most three, and each in turn, and let someone interpret.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:29 - Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:1 - This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:24 - Now this may be interpreted allegorically: these women are two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery; she is Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:19 - Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:28 - Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:16 - The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:3 - And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:4 - These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:20 - And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence[fn] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

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