What does διπλοῦς (diploûs) mean in the Bible?
διπλοῦς (diploûs): Double in quantity or intensity; often used for punishment or reward measured at twice the ordinary rate
Greek · G1362
διπλοῦς
Two-fold
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διπλοῦς G1362
Pronunciation diploûs
What does διπλοῦς (diploûs) mean in the Bible?
διπλοῦς (diploûs): Double in quantity or intensity; often used for punishment or reward measured at twice the ordinary rate
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1362?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a double [portion] (1), double (1), of double (1), twice as much (1).
Where does διπλοῦς (diploûs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:15. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), 1 Timothy (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a double [portion] 1× Revelation 18:6
double 1× Revelation 18:6
of double 1× 1 Timothy 5:17
twice as much 1× Matthew 23:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:15 διπλότερον to twice as much Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular - Comparative 1 Timothy 5:17 διπλῆς to of double Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 18:6 διπλᾶ to double Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Revelation 18:6 διπλοῦν to a double [portion] Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:15
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 1 Timothy 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
διπλᾶ 1x dipla Revelation 18:6
διπλῆς 1x diplēs 1 Timothy 5:17
διπλότερον 1x diploteron Matthew 23:15
διπλοῦν 1x diploun Revelation 18:6
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular - Comparative 1x Matthew 23:15
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x Revelation 18:6
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 18:6
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Timothy 5:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Double in quantity or intensity; often used for punishment or reward measured at twice the ordinary rate
Strong's G1362
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
two-fold
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Double in quantity or intensity; often used for punishment or reward measured at twice the ordinary rate
(poët., διπλός, whence corp. -ότερον), -όη, -όον (-οῦ, -ῆ, -οῦν) [in LXX for כָּפַל, מִשְׁנֶה, and cognates ;] twofold, double: 1Ti.5:17, Rev.18:6; διπλότιρον, in twofold measure: Mat.23:15.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:15 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
διπλότερον diploteron
double, two-fold
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:17 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
διπλῆς diplhv
double, two-fold
Read verse Revelation 18:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
διπλᾶ dipla
double, two-fold
Read verse Revelation 18:6 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
διπλοῦν. diploun
double, two-fold
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine 1 Tim 5:17 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 23:15 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rev 18:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 18:6 1×
Word Origins
διπλοῦς is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain