What does ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomēkontákis) mean in the Bible?
ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomēkontákis): Marks the unlimited forgiveness Jesus commands, contrasting finite human vengeance with boundless mercy.
Greek · G1441
ἑβδομηκοντάκις
Seventy times
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ἑβδομηκοντάκις G1441
Pronunciation hebdomēkontákis
What does ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomēkontákis) mean in the Bible?
ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomēkontákis): Marks the unlimited forgiveness Jesus commands, contrasting finite human vengeance with boundless mercy.
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How does the BSB render G1441?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include seventy-seven times (1).
Where does ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomēkontákis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:22. Its strongest book concentrations include 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 seventy-seven times 1× Matthew 18:22
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First aligned row Matthew 18:22
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Books represented 1
Matthew 1
Source forms
ἑβδομηκοντάκις 1x hebdomēkontakis Matthew 18:22
Parsing patterns
Adverb 1x Matthew 18:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Marks the unlimited forgiveness Jesus commands, contrasting finite human vengeance with boundless mercy.
Strong's G1441
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
seventy times
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Marks the unlimited forgiveness Jesus commands, contrasting finite human vengeance with boundless mercy.
seventy times: ἑ. ἑπτά, seventy times seven, Mat.18:22 (R, txt., ICC, in l.), or seventy-seven times (R, mg.; cf. M, Pr., 98; WM, 314; Meyer, in l.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 18:22 Adverb
ἑβδομηκοντάκις ebdomhkontakiv
seventy times
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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
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Matt 18:22 1×
Word Origins
ἑβδομηκοντάκις is built from this root:
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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