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Lexicon :: Strong's G1440 - hebdomēkonta

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ἑβδομήκοντα
Transliteration
hebdomēkonta (Key)
Pronunciation
heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah
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Part of Speech
indeclinable noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἕβδομος (G1442) and a modified form of δέκα (G1176)
mGNT
5x in 1 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
93x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:627,249

Strong’s Definitions

†ἑβδομήκοντα hebdomḗkonta, heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah; from G1442 and a modified form of G1176; seventy:—seventy, three score and ten.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G1440 in the following manner: seventy (2x), three score and ten (1x), three score and fifteen (with G4002) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G1440 in the following manner: seventy (2x), three score and ten (1x), three score and fifteen (with G4002) (1x).

  1. seventy

    1. the seventy disciples whom Jesus sent out in addition to the twelve apostles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἑβδομήκοντα hebdomḗkonta, heb-dom-ay'-kon-tah; from G1442 and a modified form of G1176; seventy:—seventy, three score and ten.
STRONGS G1440:
ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, [from Herodotus down], seventy: Acts 7:14 [here Recelz ἑβδομηκονταπέντε]; Acts 23:23; 27:37; οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα [ἑβδ. 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.]

Related entry:
[ἑβδομηκονταέξ for ἑβδομηκοντα ἕξ, seventy-six: Acts 27:37 Rec.]

Related entry:
[ἑβδομηκονταπέντε, seventy-five: Acts 7:14 Recelz (Gen. 25:7; Exd. 39:6 (Exd. 38:27); 1 Esdr. 5:12)]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
25:7
Exodus
39:6; 38:27
Luke
10:1; 10:17
Acts
7:14; 7:14; 23:23; 27:37; 27:37

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1440 matches the Greek ἑβδομήκοντα (hebdomēkonta),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in 'Jdg' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - There he captured a young man from Succoth and demanded that he write down the names of all the seventy-seven officials and elders in the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:30 - He had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Ask the leading citizens of Shechem whether they want to be ruled by all seventy of Gideon’s sons or by one man. And remember that I am your own flesh and blood!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon.[fn] But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - But today you have revolted against my father and his descendants, killing his seventy sons on one stone. And you have chosen his slave woman’s son, Abimelech, to be your king just because he is your relative.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - God was punishing Abimelech for murdering Gideon’s seventy sons, and the citizens of Shechem for supporting him in this treachery of murdering his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:56 - In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:14 - He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
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