Seventh
ἕβδομοςStrong’s G1442hebdomos
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hebdomos is the Greek word usually translated “seventh”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,”
Meaning
Usually translated “seventh”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- seventh 9
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- John 1
- Hebrews 1
- Jude 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- John 4:52Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
- Hebrews 4:4For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
- Revelation 8:1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
- Revelation 10:7But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
- Revelation 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Revelation 16:17And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Greek dictionary
ἕβδομος hebdomos · seventh
ἕβδομος, -η, -ον (ἑπτὰ), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁבִיעִי ;] seventh: Jhn.4:52, Heb.4:4" (LXX), Ju 14, Rev.8:1 10:7 11:15 16:17 21:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “seventh” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEV'ENTH, adjective
- The ordinal of seven; the first after the sixth.“On the seventh day God ended his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work which he had made” Genesis 2:2
- Containing or being one part in seven; as the seventh part.
All definitions and other forms of “seventh”
SEV'ENTH, noun
- The seventh part; one part in seven.
- In music, a dissonat interval or heptachord.
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.