What does ἑβδομηκοντάκις · ἑπτά mean in the Bible?
ἑβδομηκοντάκις · ἑπτά is a Greek phrase meaning "seventy-seven times or seventy times seven".
Greek · G1441, G2033
ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά
Seventy times · seven
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ἑβδομηκοντάκις G1441 seventy times
Pronunciation hebdomēkontákis
Marks the unlimited forgiveness Jesus commands, contrasting finite human vengeance with boundless mercy.
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ἑπτά G2033 seven
Pronunciation heptá
Literal numeral seven; in NT often carries symbolic theological weight signifying completeness or perfection.
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What does ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά (hebdomēkontakis hepta) mean in the Bible?
ἑβδομηκοντάκις · ἑπτά is a Greek phrase meaning "seventy-seven times or seventy times seven".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1441, G2033?
G1441, G2033 is connected to 1 lexical occurrence verse in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. seventy-seven times or seventy times seven
Source Gloss
seventy-seven times or seventy times seven
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1
Matt 18:22 1×
Word Origins
ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά is built from this root:
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