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Thirty

τριάκονταStrong’s G5144

triakonta

Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament

In short

Triakonta is the Greek word usually translated “thirty” and “thirtyfold”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.

“But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.”
Matthew 13:8 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “thirty” and “thirtyfold”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • thirty 9
  • thirtyfold 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 5
  • Mark 2
  • John 2
  • Luke 1
  • Galatians 1

5 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

τριάκοντα triakonta · thirty

τριάκοντα, ἱο, αἱ, τά indecl. (τρεῖς), thirty: Mat.13:8, al. (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “thirty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

THIRTY, adjective

thur'ty. Thrice ten; ten three times repeated; or twenty and ten. The month of June consists of thirty days. Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh.

    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.