Twenty
εἴκοσιStrong’s G1501eikosi
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eikosi is the Greek word usually translated “twenty” and “twenty four”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?”
Meaning
Usually translated “twenty” and “twenty four”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- twenty 11
- twenty four 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 6
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
- John 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- John 6:19So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
- Acts 1:15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
- Acts 27:28And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
- 1 Corinthians 10:8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
- Revelation 4:4And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
- Revelation 4:10The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Greek dictionary
εἴκοσι eikosi · twenty
εἴκοσι (never -ιν in WH, cf. Bl., §5, 3, and note), indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά, twenty: Luk.14:31, Jhn.6:19, Act.1:15 27:28, 1Co.10:8, Rev.4:4, 10 5:8 11:16 19:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twenty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWEN'TY, adjective
[Latin decem.]
- Twice ten; as twenty men; twenty years.
- Proverbially, an indefinite number.
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.