What does πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta): Numerical designation for fifty; appears in distribution phrases (by fifties, in groups of fifty).
Greek · G4004
πεντήκοντα
Fifty
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πεντήκοντα G4004
Pronunciation pentḗkonta
What does πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) mean in the Bible?
πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta): Numerical designation for fifty; appears in distribution phrases (by fifties, in groups of fifty).
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4004?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fifty (3), . . . (2), fifties (1), fifty {each} (1).
Where does πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 6:40. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), John (2), Acts (1), Mark (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 fifty 3× Luke 7:41, Luke 16:6, John 8:57
. . . 2× John 21:11, Acts 13:20
fifties 1× Mark 6:40
fifty {each} 1× Luke 9:14
Show sample aligned rows
Mark 6:40 πεντήκοντα to fifties Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 7:41 πεντήκοντα to fifty Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Luke 9:14 πεντήκοντα to fifty {each} Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 16:6 πεντήκοντα to fifty Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural John 8:57 Πεντήκοντα to fifty Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural John 21:11 πεντήκοντα to . . . Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Acts 13:20 πεντήκοντα to . . . Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Mark 6:40
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 4
Mark 1 Luke 3 John 2 Acts 1
Source forms
πεντήκοντα 6x pentēkonta Mark 6:40, Luke 7:41, Luke 9:14, Luke 16:6
Πεντήκοντα 1x Pentēkonta John 8:57
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 3x Mark 6:40, Luke 9:14, Luke 16:6
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 2x Luke 7:41, John 8:57
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural 1x Acts 13:20
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x John 21:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Numerical designation for fifty; appears in distribution phrases (by fifties, in groups of fifty).
Strong's G4004
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 4 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:14 Source Gloss
fifty
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 6:40 Numeral
πεντήκοντα. penthkonta
fifty
Read verse Luke 7:41 Numeral
πεντήκοντα. penthkonta
fifty
Read verse Luke 9:14 Numeral
πεντήκοντα. penthkonta
fifty
Read verse Luke 16:6 Numeral
πεντήκοντα. penthkonta
fifty
Read verse John 8:57 Numeral
Πεντήκοντα penthkonta
fifty
Read verse John 21:11 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
πεντηκοντατριῶν· penthkontatriwn
fifty
Read verse Acts 13:20 Numeral
πεντήκοντα, penthkonta
fifty
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 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)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πεντήκοντα is built from this root:
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