Twin
ΔίδυμοςStrong’s G1324Didumos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Didumos is the Greek word usually translated “didymus”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “didymus”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- didymus 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 3
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
Δίδυμος Didumos · Twin
Δίδυμος, -ου, ὁ (prop. name from δίδυμος, -η, -ον, double, sc. παῖς, twin) Didymus, surname of the apostle Thomas: Jhn.11:16 20:24 21:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWIN, noun
- One of two young produced at a birth by an animal that ordinarily brings but one; used mostly in the plural, twins; applied to the young of beasts, as well as to human beings.
- A sign of the zodiac; Gemini.
- One very much resembling another.
All definitions and other forms of “twin”
TWIN, adjective
Noting one of two born at a birth; as a twin brother or sister.
- Very much resembling.
- In botany, swelling out into two protuberances, as an anther or germ.
TWIN, verb intransitive
To be born at the same birth.
- To bring two at once.
- To be paired; to be suited. [This verb is little used.]
TWIN, verb transitive
To separate into two parts.
TWIN'-BORN, adjective
[twin and born.]
Born at the same birth.
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.