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πεντακισχίλιοι

pentakischílioi

G4000 substantive adjective

SILEX Entry

Definition

A numerical adjective meaning 'five thousand', used specifically to denote a quantity of five thousand units, typically of people, objects, or measures. In the New Testament, it generally designates groups or totals of five thousand.

Semantic Range

five thousand (as a total number); group or quantity of five thousand (men, people, items, units)

Root / Etymology

Compound of πεντάκις ('five times') and χίλιοι ('thousand').

Historical & Contextual Notes

πεντακισχίλιοι appears as a straightforward numeral in Hellenistic and Koine Greek. Its use is primarily literary or scriptural, found particularly when describing crowds or measured units, as in the accounts of the feeding of the five thousand (e.g., Mark 6:44). The word construction is typical for Greek numerals, formed by combining a multiplicative adverb with the base term for 'thousand.' The term does not carry additional connotations beyond enumeration. In English translations, it is nearly always rendered as 'five thousand.'

Translation Consistency

primary "five thousand" 6 occurrences

The Greek term is a numerical adjective specifically denoting the quantity 5,000. Using the full English numeral phrase “five thousand” is both precise and natural, and it will cover every form of this lemma consistently (groups, totals, people, items). Using just “five” would misrepresent the magnitude.

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from πεντάκις and χίλιοι; five times a thousand:--five thousand.

Root Family

πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischilioi) — five, thousand, five thousand

Root πεντακισχιλ- five, thousand, five thousand

Word Forms

3 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
G4000-01 πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi ADJ.S NOM M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand 4
G4000-02 πεντακισχιλίων pentakischilion ADJ.S GEN M PL five thousand of five thousand five thousand 1
G4000-03 πεντακισχιλίους pentakischilious ADJ.S ACC M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand 1

Occurrences in Scripture

6 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
G4000-01 Matthew 14:21 πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi ADJ.S NOM M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand
G4000-02 Matthew 16:9 πεντακισχιλίων pentakischilion ADJ.S GEN M PL five thousand of five thousand five thousand
G4000-01 Mark 6:44 πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi DET NOM M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand
G4000-03 Mark 8:19 πεντακισχιλίους pentakischilious ADJ.S ACC M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand
G4000-01 Luke 9:14 πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi DET NOM M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand
G4000-01 John 6:10 πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi ADJ.S NOM M PL five thousand five thousand five thousand
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