What does ἕβδομος (hébdomos) mean in the Bible?
ἕβδομος (hébdomos) is a Greek word meaning "seventh".
Greek · G1442
ἕβδομος
Seventh
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ἕβδομοςG1442
Pronunciationhébdomos
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 Itseventh5×Hebrews 4:4, Revelation 8:1, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 11:15
[at the] seventh1×John 4:52
[the] seventh1×Jude 1:14
seventh [angel]1×Revelation 16:17
seventh [day]1×Hebrews 4:4
Show sample aligned rows
John 4:52ἑβδόμηνto[at the] seventhAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularHebrews 4:4ἑβδόμηςtoseventh [day]Adjective - Genitive Feminine SingularHebrews 4:4ἑβδόμῃtoseventhAdjective - Dative Feminine SingularJude 1:14ἕβδομοςto[the] seventhAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 8:1ἑβδόμηνtoseventhAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularRevelation 10:7ἑβδόμουtoseventhAdjective - Genitive Masculine SingularRevelation 11:15ἕβδομοςtoseventhAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 16:17ἕβδομοςtoseventh [angel]Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 21:20ἕβδομοςtoseventhAdjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 4:52
Aligned rows9
Books represented4
John1Hebrews2Jude1Revelation5
Source forms
ἕβδομος4xhebdomosJude 1:14, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 21:20
ἑβδόμην2xhebdomēnJohn 4:52, Revelation 8:1
ἑβδόμῃ1xhebdomēHebrews 4:4
ἑβδόμης1xhebdomēsHebrews 4:4
ἑβδόμου1xhebdomouRevelation 10:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular4xJude 1:14, Revelation 11:15, Revelation 16:17, Revelation 21:20
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular2xJohn 4:52, Revelation 8:1
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular1xHebrews 4:4
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular1xHebrews 4:4
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular1xRevelation 10:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. seventh
Strong'sG1442
Lexical occurrences9 versesGreek text appearances9 timesWord forms5 forms9 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
seventh
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 4:52Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμηνebdomhn
seventh
Read verseHebrews 4:4Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμηςebdomhv
seventh
Read verseHebrews 4:4Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμῃebdomh
seventh
Read verseJude 1:14Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομοςebdomov
seventh
Read verseRevelation 8:1Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἑβδόμην,ebdomhn
seventh
Read verseRevelation 10:7Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
ἑβδόμουebdomou
seventh
Read verseRevelation 11:15Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομοςebdomov
seventh
Read verseRevelation 16:17Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἕβδομοςebdomov
seventh
Read verseRevelation 21:20Adjective 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 patterns5Aligned forms9Case patternNominative (4)Number patternSingular (9)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineJude 1:14 · Rev 11:15 · Rev 16:17 · Rev 21:204×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 4:41×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 10:71×
Dative · Singular · FeminineHeb 4:41×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineJohn 4:52 · Rev 8:12×
Word Origins
ἕβδομος is built from this root: