Seventy
ἑβδομήκονταStrong’s G1440hebdomēkonta
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hebdomēkonta is the Greek word usually translated “seventy”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.”
Meaning
Usually translated “seventy”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- seventy 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 10:17And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
- Acts 7:14Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
- Acts 23:23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
- Acts 27:37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
Greek dictionary
ἑβδομήκοντα hebdomēkonta · seventy
ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. (ἑπτά), seventy: Luk.10:1, 17 Act.7:14 23:23 27:37.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seventy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEV'ENTY, adjective
[Gr. ten.]
Seven times ten.
- “That he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem” Daniel 9:2
All definitions and other forms of “seventy”
SEV'ENTY, noun
The Septuagint or seventy translators of the Old Testament into the Greek language.
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.