What does δώδεκα · ἔτος mean in the Bible?
δώδεκα · ἔτος is a Greek phrase meaning "twelve years".
Greek · G1427, G2094
ἔτη δώδεκα
Twelve · a year
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δώδεκα G1427 twelve
Pronunciation dṓdeka
Symbolic number representing God's people; especially designates the Twelve Apostles as foundational to Jesus' covenant community.
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ἔτος G2094 a year
Pronunciation étos
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What does ἔτη δώδεκα (etē dōdeka) mean in the Bible?
δώδεκα · ἔτος is a Greek phrase meaning "twelve years".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1427, G2094?
G1427, G2094 is connected to 75 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. twelve years
Source Gloss
twelve years
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 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 10 Aligned forms 75 Case pattern Accusative (27) Number pattern Plural (75)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine John 11:9 · Rev 7:5 · Rev 7:6 · Rev 7:7 · Rev 7:8 13×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 8:1 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 9:17 · Acts 6:2 · Acts 19:7 · Rev 21:21 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:2 · Matt 26:14 · Matt 26:20 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 6:43 · Mark 11:11 · Mark 14:10 · Mark 14:17 · Mark 14:20 · Mark 14:43 · Luke 22:3 · Luke 22:47 · John 6:71 · John 20:24 · Rev 12:1 · Rev 21:14 16×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Mark 5:42 · Luke 2:42 · Luke 8:42 · Luke 8:43 · Rev 21:16 5×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 24:11 · Rev 21:12 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:1 · Mark 4:10 · John 6:67 · 1 Cor 15:5 4×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Jas 1:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:1 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 14:20 · Matt 19:28 · Matt 20:17 · Mark 3:14 · Mark 3:16 · Mark 6:7 · Mark 8:19 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:32 · Luke 6:13 · Luke 9:1 · Luke 18:31 · John 6:13 · John 6:70 21×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 9:20 · Mark 5:25 · Rev 21:14 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 19:28 · Matt 26:53 · Luke 22:30 3×
Word Origins
ἔτη δώδεκα is built from these roots:
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