Twelve
δώδεκαStrong’s G1427dōdeka
Appears in 61 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dōdeka is the Greek word usually translated “twelve”. It appears in 61 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:”
Meaning
Usually translated “twelve”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- twelve 73
- of the twelve 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 14
- Luke 13
- Matthew 12
- Revelation 10
- John 6
- Acts 4
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:1And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
- Matthew 10:2Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
- Matthew 10:5These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Matthew 11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
- Matthew 14:20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
- Matthew 19:28And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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Greek dictionary
δώδεκα dōdeka · twelve
δώδεκα, οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl. numeral, twelve: Mat.9:20 10:1, al.; οἱ δ., the apostles, Mat.10:5, Mrk.4:10, al.; in Act.19:7 24:11, for Rec. δεκαδύο. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twelve” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWELVE, adjective
twelv. The sum of two and ten; twice six; a dozen. twelve men compose a petty jury.
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.