To number
ἀριθμέωStrong’s G0705arithmeō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Arithmeō is the Greek word usually translated “numbered”, “have been numbered” and “number”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”
Meaning
Usually translated “numbered”, “have been numbered” and “number”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- numbered 1
- have been numbered 1
- to number 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 12:7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
- Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Greek dictionary
ἀριθμέω arithmeō · to number
ἀριθμέω, -ῶ [in LXX for סָפַר pi., פָּקַד pi., etc. ;] to number (esp. for payment, MM, see word): Mat.10:30, Luk.12:7, Rev.7:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “number” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NUM'BER, noun
[Probably the radical sense is to speak, name or tell, as our word tell, in the other dialects, is to number number may be allied to name, as the Spaniards use nombre for name, and the French word written with the same letters, is number ]
- The designation of a unit reference to other units, or in reckoning, counting, enumerating; as, one is the first number; a simple number
- An assemblage of two or more units.
- More than one; many.
- Multitude.
All definitions and other forms of “number”
- In poetry, measure; the order and quantity of syllables constituting feet, which render verse musical to the ear.
- Poetry; verse.
- In grammar, the difference of termination or form of a word, to express unity or plurality.
- In mathematics, number is variously distinguished. cardinal numbers are those which express the amount of units; as 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
NUM'BER, verb transitive
- To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of any sum, collection or multitude.“If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered” Genesis 13:16
- To reckon as one of a collection or multitude.“He was numbered with the transgressors” Isaiah 53:12
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.