What does ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasíōn) mean in the Bible?
ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasíōn): Emphasizes abundant divine reward or return, specifically multiplied a hundredfold rather than merely doubled or tripled.
Greek · G1542
ἑκατονταπλασίων
A hundred times
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ἑκατονταπλασίων G1542
Pronunciation hekatontaplasíōn
What does ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasíōn) mean in the Bible?
ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasíōn): Emphasizes abundant divine reward or return, specifically multiplied a hundredfold rather than merely doubled or tripled.
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How does the BSB render G1542?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a hundredfold (3).
Where does ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasíōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Mark (1), 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 a hundredfold 3× Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:30, Luke 8:8
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 19:29
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1
Source forms
ἑκατονταπλασίονα 2x hekatontaplasiona Mark 10:30, Luke 8:8
ἑκατονταπλασίονα* 1x hekatontaplasiona Matthew 19:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 19:29, Mark 10:30
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 8:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Emphasizes abundant divine reward or return, specifically multiplied a hundredfold rather than merely doubled or tripled.
Strong's G1542
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 8:4-15 Source Gloss
a hundred times
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Emphasizes abundant divine reward or return, specifically multiplied a hundredfold rather than merely doubled or tripled.
a hundred times as much or many , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 19:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἑκατονταπλασίονα ekatontaplasiona
a hundredfold
Read verse Mark 10:30 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
ἑκατονταπλασίονα ekatontaplasiona
a hundredfold
Read verse Luke 8:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἑκατονταπλασίονα. ekatontaplasiona
a hundredfold
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 19:29 · Mark 10:30 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 8:8 1×
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Biblical Witnesses
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Word Origins
ἑκατονταπλασίων is built from these roots:
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