What does τριάκοντα (triákonta) mean in the Bible?
τριάκοντα (triákonta): Numerical cardinal meaning thirty; appears frequently in Gospel narratives for denoting specific ages and monetary amounts
Greek · G5144
τριάκοντα
Thirty
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τριάκοντα G5144
Pronunciation triákonta
What does τριάκοντα (triákonta) mean in the Bible?
τριάκοντα (triákonta): Numerical cardinal meaning thirty; appears frequently in Gospel narratives for denoting specific ages and monetary amounts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5144?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include thirty (4), thirtyfold (4), . . . (2), [for] thirty-eight (1).
Where does τριάκοντα (triákonta) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:8. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), John (2), Mark (2), Galatians (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 thirty 4× Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3, Matthew 27:9, Luke 3:23
thirtyfold 4× Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20
. . . 2× John 6:19, Galatians 3:17
[for] thirty-eight 1× John 5:5
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:8 τριάκοντα to thirtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 13:23 τριάκοντα to thirtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 26:15 τριάκοντα to thirty Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 27:3 τριάκοντα to thirty Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Matthew 27:9 τριάκοντα to thirty Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 4:8 τριάκοντα to thirtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Mark 4:20 τριάκοντα to thirtyfold Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Luke 3:23 τριάκοντα to thirty Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural John 5:5 τριάκοντα to [for] thirty-eight Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural John 6:19 τριάκοντα to . . . Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:8
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 5
Matthew 5 Mark 2 Luke 1 John 2 Galatians 1
Source forms
τριάκοντα 11x triakonta Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 9x Matthew 13:8, Matthew 13:23, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:3
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x John 6:19
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 1x Luke 3:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Numerical cardinal meaning thirty; appears frequently in Gospel narratives for denoting specific ages and monetary amounts
Strong's G5144
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 3 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
thirty
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Numerical cardinal meaning thirty; appears frequently in Gospel narratives for denoting specific ages and monetary amounts
(τρεῖς), thirty: Mat.13:8, al.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:8 Numeral
τριάκοντα. triakonta
thirty
Read verse Matthew 13:23 Numeral
τριάκοντα. triakonta
thirty
Read verse Matthew 26:15 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
Read verse Matthew 27:3 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
Read verse Matthew 27:9 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
Read verse Mark 4:8 Numeral
τριάκοντα, triakonta
thirty
Read verse Mark 4:20 Numeral
τριάκοντα, triakonta
thirty
Read verse Luke 3:23 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
Read verse John 5:5 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
Read verse John 6:19 Numeral
τριάκοντα, triakonta
thirty
Read verse Galatians 3:17 Numeral
τριάκοντα triakonta
thirty
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 11 Case pattern Accusative (10) Number pattern Plural (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 3:23 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 13:8 · Matt 13:23 · Matt 26:15 · Matt 27:3 · Matt 27:9 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:20 · John 5:5 · Gal 3:17 9×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 6:19 1×
Word Origins
τριάκοντα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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