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δώδεκα

Twelve

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δώδεκα G1427
Pronunciation dṓdeka

What does δώδεκα (dṓdeka) mean in the Bible?

δώδεκα (dṓdeka) is a Greek word meaning "twelve". δώδεκα, οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl.

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Meaning

twelve
Extended definition

Symbolic number representing God's people; especially designates the Twelve Apostles as foundational to Jesus' covenant community.

numeral, twelve: Mat.9:20 10:1, al.; οἱ δ., the apostles, Mat.10:5, Mrk.4:10, al.; in Act.19:7 24:11, for Rec. δεκαδύο.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
75 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses
Mark 3:13–19 δώδεκα dṓdeka
twelve
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

δώδεκα · ἔτος G1427, G2094
twelve years
δώδεκα · θρόνος G1427, G2362
twelve thrones
δώδεκα · κόφινος G1427, G2894
twelve baskets
δώδεκα · μαθητής G1427, G3101
the twelve disciples
δώδεκα · φυλή · Ἰσραήλ G1427, G5443, G2474
twelve tribes of Israel
εἷς · δώδεκα G1520, G1427
one of the Twelve
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 3 — The Servant-King Confronted: Sabbath Mercy, Demonic Accusation, and the Family of God Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 19 — Marriage from Creation, Children Received, Riches Renounced, and the Reward of Following Christ Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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