Five thousand
πεντακισχίλιοιStrong’s G4000pentakischilioi
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pentakischilioi is the Greek word usually translated “five thousand”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.”
Meaning
Usually translated “five thousand”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- five thousand 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Luke 1
- John 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Mark 6:44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
- Mark 8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Luke 9:14For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
- John 6:10And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Greek dictionary
πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi · five thousand
πεντακισ-χίλιοι, -αι, -α five thousand: Mat.14:21 16:9, Mrk.6:44 8:19, Luk.9:14, Jhn.6:10.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.