What does πεντακισχίλιοι · ἀνήρ mean in the Bible?
πεντακισχίλιοι · ἀνήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "about five thousand men".
Greek · G4000, G435
ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι
Five times a thousand · a man (properly as an individual male)
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πεντακισχίλιοι G4000 five times a thousand
Pronunciation pentakischílioi
Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
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ἀνήρ G435 a man (properly as an individual male)
Pronunciation anḗr
Emphasizes individual male identity; distinguished from woman, boy, or humanity generally; often marks adult male status
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What does ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι (hōsei andres pentakischilioi) mean in the Bible?
πεντακισχίλιοι · ἀνήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "about five thousand men".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4000, G435?
G4000, G435 is connected to 6 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. about five thousand men
Source Gloss
about five thousand men
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Plural (6)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:21 · Mark 6:44 · Luke 9:14 · John 6:10 4×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:9 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 8:19 1×
Word Origins
ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι is built from these roots:
πεντάκις G3999
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