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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τετρακισχίλιοιG5070
Pronunciationtetrakischílioi
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.
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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 Itfour thousand4×Matthew 15:38, Matthew 16:10, Mark 8:20, Acts 21:38
four thousand [men]1×Mark 8:9
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 15:38τετρακισχίλιοιtofour thousandAdjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMatthew 16:10τετρακισχιλίωνtofour thousandAdjective - Genitive Masculine PluralMark 8:9τετρακισχίλιοιtofour thousand [men]Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralMark 8:20τετρακισχιλίουςtofour thousandAdjective - Accusative Masculine PluralActs 21:38τετρακισχιλίουςtofour thousandAdjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 15:38
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew2Mark2Acts1
Source forms
τετρακισχίλιοι2xtetrakischilioiMatthew 15:38, Mark 8:9
τετρακισχιλίους2xtetrakischiliousMark 8:20, Acts 21:38
τετρακισχιλίων1xtetrakischiliōnMatthew 16:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural2xMark 8:20, Acts 21:38
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 15:38, Mark 8:9
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural1xMatthew 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'sG5070
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
four times a thousand
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 15:38Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχίλιοιtetrakiscilioi
four thousand
Read verseMatthew 16:10Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίων,tetrakisciliwn
four thousand
Read verseMark 8:9Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχίλιοι·tetrakiscilioi
four thousand
Read verseMark 8:20Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίους,tetrakisciliouv
four thousand
Read verseActs 21:38Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τετρακισχιλίουςtetrakisciliouv
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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineMatt 15:38 · Mark 8:92×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineMatt 16:101×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineMark 8:20 · Acts 21:382×
Word Origins
τετρακισχίλιοι is built from these roots: