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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ἕνδεκαG1733
Pronunciationhéndeka
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 Iteleven6×Matthew 28:16, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33
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Matthew 28:16ἕνδεκαtoelevenAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMark 16:14ἕνδεκαtoElevenAdjective - Dative Masculine PluralLuke 24:9ἕνδεκαtoElevenAdjective - Dative Masculine PluralLuke 24:33ἕνδεκαtoElevenAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralActs 1:26ἕνδεκαtoelevenAdjective - Genitive Masculine PluralActs 2:14ἕνδεκαtoElevenAdjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 28:16
Aligned rows6
Books represented4
Matthew1Mark1Luke2Acts2
Source forms
ἕνδεκα6xhendekaMatthew 28:16, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural3xMark 16:14, Luke 24:9, Acts 2:14
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xLuke 24:33
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1xActs 1:26
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 28:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The eleven apostles remaining after Judas's betrayal, a term dense with theological loss and restoration.
Strong'sG1733
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms4 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
eleven
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 28:16Numeral
ἕνδεκαendeka
eleven
Read verseMark 16:14Numeral
ἕνδεκαendeka
eleven
Read verseLuke 24:9Numeral
ἕνδεκαendeka
eleven
Read verseLuke 24:33Numeral
ἕνδεκαendeka
eleven
Read verseActs 1:26Numeral
ἕνδεκαendeka
eleven
Read verseActs 2:14Numeral
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 patterns4Aligned forms6Case patternDative (3)Number patternPlural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 28:161×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineActs 1:261×
Dative · Plural · MasculineMark 16:14 · Luke 24:9 · Acts 2:143×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineLuke 24:331×
Word Origins
ἕνδεκα is built from these roots:
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