What does ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta) is a Greek word meaning "ten times eight".
Greek · G3589
ὀγδοήκοντα
Ten times eight
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ὀγδοήκοντα G3589
Pronunciation ogdoḗkonta
What does ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta) is a Greek word meaning "ten times eight".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3589?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eighty (1), eighty-four (1).
Where does ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoḗkonta) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:37. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (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 eighty 1× Luke 16:7
eighty-four 1× Luke 2:37
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 2:37
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Luke 2
Source forms
ὀγδοήκοντα 2x ogdoēkonta Luke 2:37, Luke 16:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 16:7
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Luke 2:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ten times eight
Strong's G3589
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
ten times eight
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
eighty , Lat. octoginta, (Thucydides), etc.:—;ionic and doric ὀγδώκοντα, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:37 Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
ὀγδοηκοντατεσσάρων), ogdohkontatessarwn
eighty
Read verse Luke 16:7 Numeral
ὀγδοήκοντα. ogdohkonta
eighty
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 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 2:37 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 16:7 1×
Word Origins
ὀγδοήκοντα is built from this root:
ὄγδοος G3590
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