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τριάκοντα

triákonta

G5144 determiner

SILEX Entry

Definition

A cardinal numeral denoting the quantity 'thirty.' Used strictly as a counting numeral to indicate the total of thirty individual items or people. It does not express any contextual or metaphorical sense beyond indicating this specific number in narrative, legal, genealogical, or enumerative contexts.

Semantic Range

thirty, the numeral 30, a group of thirty, thirtyfold

Root / Etymology

From the cardinal numeral root τρι-/τρια- (‘three’) combined with the multiplicative suffix -κοντα, which indicates a group of ten. Thus, τριάκοντα literally means 'three tens.'

Historical & Contextual Notes

In classical and Hellenistic Greek, τριάκοντα is the standard term for 'thirty,' occurring both independently and in enumerations. Its formation follows the usual Greek system for constructing multiples of ten (εἴκοσι 'twenty,' τεσσαράκοντα 'forty,' etc.). In the Septuagint and New Testament, τριάκοντα regularly appears in narratives listing ages, quantities, or monetary amounts (e.g. 'thirty pieces of silver'), without special symbolic or idiomatic usage. English translations uniformly render it as 'thirty.' There are no documented shifts in meaning or notable metaphorical extensions in Koine or biblical Greek. Numerals like τριάκοντα are function words and, as such, do not carry semantic connotations beyond the denotation of quantity except where number symbolism is inferred contextually (which is not achieved by the word itself).

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

the decade of τρεῖς; thirty:--thirty.

Root Family

τριάκοντα (triakonta) — three, tens, to number, to count

Root τρι- three, tens, to number, to count

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G5144-01 τριάκοντα triakonta ADJ.S ACC N PL thirty thirty thirty 11

Occurrences in Scripture

11 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G5144-01 Matthew 13:8 τριάκοντα triakonta ADJ.S ACC N PL thirtyfold thirty thirty
G5144-01 Matthew 13:23 τριάκοντα triakonta ADJ.S ACC N PL thirtyfold thirty thirty
G5144-01 Matthew 26:15 τριάκοντα triakonta DET ACC N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 Matthew 27:3 τριάκοντα triakonta DET ACC N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 Matthew 27:9 τριάκοντα triakonta DET ACC N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 Mark 4:8 τριάκοντα triakonta ADJ.S ACC N PL thirtyfold thirty thirty
G5144-01 Mark 4:20 τριάκοντα triakonta ADJ.S DAT N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 Luke 3:23 τριάκοντα triakonta DET GEN N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 John 5:5 τριάκοντα triakonta DET ACC N PL thirty thirty thirty
G5144-01 John 6:19 τριάκοντα triakonta DET ACC M PL thirty thirty thirty
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