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εἴκοσι

eíkosi

G1501 determiner

SILEX Entry

Definition

Cardinal number denoting the quantity 'twenty'. In all attested contexts, refers simply and directly to the number twenty, either in enumerating amounts, ages, or time periods.

Semantic Range

the number twenty; a count, age, or interval of twenty

Root / Etymology

etymology uncertain. εἴκοσι is the standard Greek word for the numeral twenty; its ultimate origin is not fully clarified within Indo-European comparative linguistics, but it is not transparently derived from simpler Greek roots.

Historical & Contextual Notes

εἴκοσι is the regular Greek term for 'twenty' attested from the earliest stages of the language (Homeric, Classical, Hellenistic) through Koine. In biblical Greek (LXX, NT), it retains only its literal numerical function and does not develop idiomatic meanings or broader semantic range. The term has continuity from Mycenaean Greek through to later forms of the language with little change except in dialectal forms. There is no significant divergence in meaning between 'εἴκοσι' and the corresponding Septuagint or New Testament usage; both always mean 'twenty.' Greek numeric terms such as εἷς (one), δέκα (ten), τριάκοντα (thirty) are typically used without extra connotations. English translations universally and accurately render it as 'twenty.'

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

of uncertain affinity; a score:--twenty.

Root Family

εἴκοσι- (eíkosi) — twenty (the cardinal number), count of twenty

Root εἴκοσι- twenty (the cardinal number), count of twenty

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G1501-01 εἴκοσι eikosi DET GEN F PL twenty twenty twenty 11

Occurrences in Scripture

11 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G1501-01 Luke 14:31 εἴκοσι eikosi DET GEN F PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 John 6:19 εἴκοσι eikosi DET ACC M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Acts 1:15 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL and twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Acts 27:28 εἴκοσι eikosi DET ACC F PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 1 Corinthians 10:8 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM F PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 4:4 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 4:4 εἴκοσι eikosi-2 DET ACC M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 4:10 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 5:8 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 11:16 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL twenty twenty twenty
G1501-01 Revelation 19:4 εἴκοσι eikosi DET NOM M PL twenty twenty twenty
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