What does ἐννέα (ennéa) mean in the Bible?
ἐννέα (ennéa) is a Greek word meaning "nine".
Greek · G1767
ἐννέα
Nine
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ἐννέαG1767
Pronunciationennéa
What does ἐννέα (ennéa) mean in the Bible?
ἐννέα (ennéa) is a Greek word meaning "nine".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1767?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (4), nine (1).
Where does ἐννέα (ennéa) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 18:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), Matthew (2).
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. . .4×Matthew 18:12, Matthew 18:13, Luke 15:4, Luke 15:7
nine1×Luke 17:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 18:12
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
Matthew2Luke3
Source forms
ἐννέα5xenneaMatthew 18:12, Matthew 18:13, Luke 15:4, Luke 15:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural2xMatthew 18:12, Luke 15:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural1xLuke 15:7
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural1xMatthew 18:13
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural1xLuke 17:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. nine
Strong'sG1767
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms4 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
nine
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
nine: Luk.17:17; ἐνενήκοντα ἐ., Mat.18:12-13, Luk.15:4, 7.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 17:17Numeral
ἐννέαennea
nine
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 forms5Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineLuke 17:171×
Dative · Plural · NeuterMatt 18:131×
Dative · Plural · MasculineLuke 15:71×
Accusative · Plural · NeuterMatt 18:12 · Luke 15:42×
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