Strong's Lexicon
G1768 — ἐννενηκονταεννέα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1768 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐννενηκονταεννέα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a (tenth) multiple of G1767 and G1767 itself |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | ennenekontaennea |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | en-nen-ay-kon-tah-en-neh'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. ninety-nine |
| KJV Renderings: | ninety and nine |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐνενήκοντα, see ἐννενηκοντα.
STRONGS NT 1768: ἐννενηκονταεννέαἐννενηκονταεννέα, more correctly ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα (i. e. written separately, and the first word with a single nu ν, as by L T Tr WH; cf. (under Nu; Tdf. Proleg., p. 80; WHs Appendix, p. 148); Winers Grammar, 43f; Bornemann, Scholia ad Luc., p. 95), ninety-nine: Mat 18:12; Luk 15:4; Luk 15:7.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐνενήκοντα (ninety and nine)
Matthew 18:12
- KJV: 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
- GK: τι υμίν δοκεί εάν γένηταί τινι ανθρώπω εκατόν πρόβατα και πλανηθή εν εξ αυτών ουχί αφείς τα ενενήκοντα εννέα επί τα όρη πορευθείς ζητεί το πλανώμενον
Matthew 18:13
- KJV: And if so be that he find it verily I say unto you he rejoiceth more of that than of the ninety and nine which went not astray
- GK: και εάν γένηται ευρείν αυτό αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι χαίρει επ΄ αυτώ μάλλον η επί τοις ενενήκοντα εννέα τοις μη πεπλανημένοις
Luke 15:4
- KJV: What 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
- GK: τις άνθρωπος εξ υμών έχων εκατόν πρόβατα και απολέσας εν εξ αυτών ου καταλείπει τα ενενήκοντα εννέα εν τη ερήμω και πορεύεται επί το απολωλός έως εύρη αυτό
Luke 15:7
- KJV: I 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
- GK: λέγω υμίν ότι ούτως χαρά έσται εν τω ουρανώ επί ενί αμαρτωλώ μετανοούντι η επί ενενήκοντα εννέα δικαίοις οίτινες ου χρείαν έχουσι μετανοίας
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