What does ἕνδεκα (héndeka) mean in the Bible?
ἕνδεκα (héndeka): The eleven apostles remaining after Judas's betrayal, a term dense with theological loss and restoration.
Greek · G1733
ἕνδεκα
Eleven
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ἕνδεκα G1733
Pronunciation héndeka
What does ἕνδεκα (héndeka) mean in the Bible?
ἕνδεκα (héndeka): The eleven apostles remaining after Judas's betrayal, a term dense with theological loss and restoration.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1733?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eleven (6).
Where does ἕνδεκα (héndeka) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 28:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2), 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 eleven 6× Matthew 28:16, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33
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Matthew 28:16 ἕνδεκα to eleven Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 16:14 ἕνδεκα to Eleven Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 24:9 ἕνδεκα to Eleven Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 24:33 ἕνδεκα to Eleven Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 1:26 ἕνδεκα to eleven Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Acts 2:14 ἕνδεκα to Eleven Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 28:16
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2 Acts 2
Source forms
ἕνδεκα 6x hendeka Matthew 28:16, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 3x Mark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Acts 2:14
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 24:33
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 1:26
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 28:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The eleven apostles remaining after Judas's betrayal, a term dense with theological loss and restoration.
Strong's G1733
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 4 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
eleven
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 28:16 Numeral
ἕνδεκα endeka
eleven
Read verse Mark 16:14 Numeral
ἕνδεκα endeka
eleven
Read verse Luke 24:9 Numeral
ἕνδεκα endeka
eleven
Read verse Luke 24:33 Numeral
ἕνδεκα endeka
eleven
Read verse Acts 1:26 Numeral
ἕνδεκα endeka
eleven
Read verse Acts 2:14 Numeral
ἕνδεκα, endeka
eleven
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Dative (3) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 28:16 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Acts 1:26 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 16:14 · Luke 24:9 · Acts 2:14 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 24:33 1×
Word Origins
ἕνδεκα is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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