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
Five times a thousand
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πεντακισχίλιοι G4000
Pronunciation pentakischílioi
What does πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi) mean in the Bible?
πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischílioi): Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
Full entry for πεντακισχίλιοι (G4000) · Open the biblical lexicon
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 It five thousand 6× Matthew 14:21, Matthew 16:9, Mark 6:44, Mark 8:19
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Matthew 14:21 πεντακισχίλιοι to five thousand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 16:9 πεντακισχιλίων to five thousand Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 6:44 πεντακισχίλιοι to five thousand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 8:19 πεντακισχιλίους to five thousand Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 9:14 πεντακισχίλιοι to five thousand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural John 6:10 πεντακισχίλιοι to five thousand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:21
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 1 John 1
Source forms
πεντακισχίλιοι 4x pentakischilioi Matthew 14:21, Mark 6:44, Luke 9:14, John 6:10
πεντακισχιλίους 1x pentakischilious Mark 8:19
πεντακισχιλίων 1x pentakischiliōn Matthew 16:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 14:21, Mark 6:44, Luke 9:14, John 6:10
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 8:19
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 16:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
Strong's G4000
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Mat.14:21 Source Gloss
five times a thousand
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 14:21 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι, pentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verse Matthew 16:9 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
πεντακισχιλίων, pentakisciliwn
five thousand
Read verse Mark 6:44 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι pentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verse Mark 8:19 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχιλίους, pentakisciliouv
five thousand
Read verse Luke 9:14 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
πεντακισχίλιοι. pentakiscilioi
five thousand
Read verse John 6:10 Adjective 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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
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:
πεντάκις G3999
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