What does ἐννέα (ennéa) mean in the Bible?
ἐννέα (ennéa) is a Greek word meaning "nine".
Greek · G1767
ἐννέα
Nine
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ἐννέα G1767
Pronunciation ennéa
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
nine 1× Luke 17:17
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Matthew 18:12 ἐννέα to . . . Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 18:13 ἐννέα to . . . Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural Luke 15:4 ἐννέα to . . . Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Luke 15:7 ἐννέα to . . . Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Luke 17:17 ἐννέα to nine Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 18:12
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Luke 3
Source forms
ἐννέα 5x ennea Matthew 18:12, Matthew 18:13, Luke 15:4, Luke 15:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Matthew 18:12, Luke 15:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 15:7
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural 1x Matthew 18:13
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 17:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. nine
Strong's G1767
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
nine
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 17:17 Numeral
ἐννέα ennea
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 patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 17:17 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:13 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 18:12 · Luke 15:4 2×
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