Ninety
ἐνενήκονταStrong’s G1768enenēkonta
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Enenēkonta is the Greek word usually translated “ninety”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?”
Meaning
Usually translated “ninety”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- ninety 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 18:13And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
- Luke 15:4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
- Luke 15:7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
Greek dictionary
ἐνενήκοντα enenēkonta · ninety
ἐννενήκοντα, see: ἐνεν-. ἐνενήκοντα (Rec. ἐννεν-), οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl., ninety: Mat.18:12-13, Luk.15:4, 7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ninety” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NI'NETY, adjective
Nine times ten; as ninety years.
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.