What does πεντήκοντα · ἀνά mean in the Bible?
πεντήκοντα · ἀνά is a Greek phrase meaning "groups or dining parties of about fifty".
Greek · G4004, G303
κλισίας ὡσεὶ ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα
Fifty · each
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πεντήκοντα G4004 fifty
Pronunciation pentḗkonta
Numerical designation for fifty; appears in distribution phrases (by fifties, in groups of fifty).
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ἀνά G303 each
Pronunciation aná
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What does κλισίας ὡσεὶ ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα (klisias hōsei ana pentēkonta) mean in the Bible?
πεντήκοντα · ἀνά is a Greek phrase meaning "groups or dining parties of about fifty".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4004, G303?
G4004, G303 is connected to 7 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. groups or dining parties of about fifty
Source Gloss
groups or dining parties of about fifty
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 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 4 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Plural (7)
Genitive · Plural · Masculine John 21:11 1×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Acts 13:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 6:40 · Luke 9:14 · Luke 16:6 3×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Luke 7:41 · John 8:57 2×
Word Origins
κλισίας ὡσεὶ ἀνὰ πεντήκοντα is built from this root:
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