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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ὀγδοήκονταG3589
Pronunciationogdoḗkonta
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 Iteighty1×Luke 16:7
eighty-four1×Luke 2:37
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 2:37
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Luke2
Source forms
ὀγδοήκοντα2xogdoēkontaLuke 2:37, Luke 16:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xLuke 16:7
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural1xLuke 2:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. ten times eight
Strong'sG3589
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
ten times eight
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
eighty , Lat. octoginta, (Thucydides), etc.:—;ionic and doric ὀγδώκοντα, (Iliad by Homer) (ML)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 2:37Adjective Genitive Plural Neuter
ὀγδοηκοντατεσσάρων),ogdohkontatessarwn
eighty
Read verseLuke 16:7Numeral
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · NeuterLuke 2:371×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineLuke 16:71×
Word Origins
ὀγδοήκοντα is built from this root:
ὄγδοοςG3590