What does τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakischílioi) mean in the Bible?
τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakischílioi): Compound numeral denoting exactly four thousand, used in NT primarily for describing miracle feeding crowds and large groups.
Greek · G5070
τετρακισχίλιοι
Four times a thousand
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τετρακισχίλιοι G5070
Pronunciation tetrakischílioi
What does τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakischílioi) mean in the Bible?
τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakischílioi): Compound numeral denoting exactly four thousand, used in NT primarily for describing miracle feeding crowds and large groups.
Full entry for τετρακισχίλιοι (G5070) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5070?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include four thousand (4), four thousand [men] (1).
Where does τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakischílioi) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:38. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2), Acts (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 four thousand 4× Matthew 15:38, Matthew 16:10, Mark 8:20, Acts 21:38
four thousand [men] 1× Mark 8:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:38 τετρακισχίλιοι to four thousand Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 16:10 τετρακισχιλίων to four thousand Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 8:9 τετρακισχίλιοι to four thousand [men] Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 8:20 τετρακισχιλίους to four thousand Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 21:38 τετρακισχιλίους to four thousand Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 15:38
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Acts 1
Source forms
τετρακισχίλιοι 2x tetrakischilioi Matthew 15:38, Mark 8:9
τετρακισχιλίους 2x tetrakischilious Mark 8:20, Acts 21:38
τετρακισχιλίων 1x tetrakischiliōn Matthew 16:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Mark 8:20, Acts 21:38
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 15:38, Mark 8:9
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 16:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Compound numeral denoting exactly four thousand, used in NT primarily for describing miracle feeding crowds and large groups.
Strong's G5070
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
four 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.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:38 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχίλιοι tetrakiscilioi
four thousand
Read verse Matthew 16:10 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίων, tetrakisciliwn
four thousand
Read verse Mark 8:9 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχίλιοι· tetrakiscilioi
four thousand
Read verse Mark 8:20 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίους, tetrakisciliouv
four thousand
Read verse Acts 21:38 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίους tetrakisciliouv
four 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 5 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:38 · Mark 8:9 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:10 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 8:20 · Acts 21:38 2×
Word Origins
τετρακισχίλιοι is built from these roots:
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