What does πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi) mean in the Bible?
πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi): Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
Greek · G4000
πεντακισχίλιοι
πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi): Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
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πεντακισχίλιοιG4000
Pronunciationpentakischílioi
What does πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi) mean in the Bible?
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4000?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include five thousand (6).
Where does πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2), John (1), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itfive thousand6×Matthew 14:21, Matthew 16:9, Mark 6:44, Mark 8:19
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Matthew 14:21πεντακισχίλιοιtofive thousandAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMatthew 16:9πεντακισχιλίωνtofive thousandAdjective - Genitive Masculine PluralMark 6:44πεντακισχίλιοιtofive thousandAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMark 8:19πεντακισχιλίουςtofive thousandAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralLuke 9:14πεντακισχίλιοιtofive thousandAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralJohn 6:10πεντακισχίλιοιtofive thousandAdjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 14:21
Aligned rows6
Books represented4
Matthew2Mark2Luke1John1
Source forms
πεντακισχίλιοι4xpentakischilioiMatthew 14:21, Mark 6:44, Luke 9:14, John 6:10
πεντακισχιλίους1xpentakischiliousMark 8:19
πεντακισχιλίων1xpentakischiliōnMatthew 16:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural4xMatthew 14:21, Mark 6:44, Luke 9:14, John 6:10
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1xMark 8:19
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1xMatthew 16:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
Strong'sG4000
Lexical occurrences6 versesGreek text appearances6 timesWord forms3 forms6 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkMat.14:21Source Gloss
five times a thousand
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:21Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι,pentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verseMatthew 16:9Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
πεντακισχιλίων,pentakisciliwn
five thousand
Read verseMark 6:44Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοιpentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verseMark 8:19Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχιλίους,pentakisciliouv
five thousand
Read verseLuke 9:14Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι.pentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verseJohn 6:10Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι.pentakiscilioi
five thousand
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 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 patterns3Aligned forms6Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 14:21 · Mark 6:44 · Luke 9:14 · John 6:104×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineMatt 16:91×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineMark 8:191×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Feeding miracle: count of men fed with loaves and fishes
Parallel feeding account: enumeration of male recipients of miraculous meal
Jesus directs disciples to seat crowd numbering five thousand men
Fourth gospel account noting the number of men present for multiplication
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 6 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πεντακισχίλιοι is built from these roots:
πεντάκιςG3999
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