What does ἕβδομος (hébdomos) mean in the Bible?
ἕβδομος (hébdomos) is a Greek word meaning "seventh".
Greek · G1442
ἕβδομος
Seventh
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ἕβδομος G1442
Pronunciation hébdomos
What does ἕβδομος (hébdomos) mean in the Bible?
ἕβδομος (hébdomos) is a Greek word meaning "seventh".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1442?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include seventh (5), [at the] seventh (1), [the] seventh (1), seventh [angel] (1), seventh [day] (1).
Where does ἕβδομος (hébdomos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 4:52. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (5), Hebrews (2), John (1), Jude (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 seventh 5× Hebrews 4:4, Revelation 8:1, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 11:15
[at the] seventh 1× John 4:52
[the] seventh 1× Jude 1:14
seventh [angel] 1× Revelation 16:17
seventh [day] 1× Hebrews 4:4
Show sample aligned rows
John 4:52 ἑβδόμην to [at the] seventh Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Hebrews 4:4 ἑβδόμης to seventh [day] Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Hebrews 4:4 ἑβδόμῃ to seventh Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Jude 1:14 ἕβδομος to [the] seventh Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 8:1 ἑβδόμην to seventh Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 10:7 ἑβδόμου to seventh Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 11:15 ἕβδομος to seventh Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 16:17 ἕβδομος to seventh [angel] Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 21:20 ἕβδομος to seventh Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 4:52
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
John 1 Hebrews 2 Jude 1 Revelation 5
Source forms
ἕβδομος 4x hebdomos Jude 1:14, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 21:20
ἑβδόμην 2x hebdomēn John 4:52, Revelation 8:1
ἑβδόμῃ 1x hebdomē Hebrews 4:4
ἑβδόμης 1x hebdomēs Hebrews 4:4
ἑβδόμου 1x hebdomou Revelation 10:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 4x Jude 1:14, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 21:20
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x John 4:52, Revelation 8:1
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 4:4
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 4:4
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 10:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. seventh
Strong's G1442
Lexical occurrences 9 verses Greek text appearances 9 times Word forms 5 forms 9 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
seventh
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
9 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 4:52 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμην ebdomhn
seventh
Read verse Hebrews 4:4 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμης ebdomhv
seventh
Read verse Hebrews 4:4 Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμῃ ebdomh
seventh
Read verse Jude 1:14 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομος ebdomov
seventh
Read verse Revelation 8:1 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμην, ebdomhn
seventh
Read verse Revelation 10:7 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἑβδόμου ebdomou
seventh
Read verse Revelation 11:15 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομος ebdomov
seventh
Read verse Revelation 16:17 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομος ebdomov
seventh
Read verse Revelation 21:20 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομος, ebdomov
seventh
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 5 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 5 Aligned forms 9 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Jude 1:14 · Rev 11:15 · Rev 16:17 · Rev 21:20 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 4:4 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 10:7 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Heb 4:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine John 4:52 · Rev 8:1 2×
Word Origins
ἕβδομος 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