4000. pentakischilioi
Strong's Lexicon
pentakischilioi: Five thousand

Original Word: πεντακισχίλιοι
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: pentakischilioi
Pronunciation: pen-tak-is-KHEE-lee-oy
Phonetic Spelling: (pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy)
Definition: Five thousand
Meaning: five thousand.

Word Origin: From the Greek words πέντε (pente, meaning "five") and χίλιοι (chilioi, meaning "thousand")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "five thousand," the concept of large numbers is often expressed in the Old Testament using terms like "eleph" (H505) for "thousand."

Usage: The term "pentakischilioi" is used in the New Testament to denote the number five thousand. It is primarily used in the context of counting people, specifically in the miraculous feeding narratives where Jesus feeds a multitude.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, large gatherings of people were significant events, often associated with religious, political, or social occasions. The feeding of the five thousand is one of the few miracles recorded in all four Gospels, highlighting its importance in the early Christian community. This event demonstrated Jesus' compassion and divine provision, echoing Old Testament themes of God providing for His people, such as the manna in the wilderness.

HELPS Word-studies

4000 pentakisxílioi – 5,000. This term is also used with double entendre (i.e. with added symbolic significance). For discussion on this see: 4002 /pénte ("five"), 5507 /xílioi ("thousand"), and 5070 /tetrakisxílioi ("4,000").

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a cardinal number from pentakis and chilioi
Definition
five thousand
NASB Translation
five (1), five thousand (6).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4000: πεντακισχίλιοι

πεντακισχίλιοι, πεντακισχίλιαι, πεντακισχίλια, five times a thousand, five thousand: Matthew 14:21; Matthew 16:9; Mark 6:44; Mark 8:19; Luke 9:14; John 6:10. (Herodotus, Plato, others.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
five thousand.

From pentakis and chilioi; five times a thousand -- five thousand.

see GREEK pentakis

see GREEK chilioi

Forms and Transliterations
πεντακισχίλια πεντακισχίλιαι πεντακισχιλίας πεντακισχιλιοι πεντακισχίλιοι πεντακισχιλιους πεντακισχιλίους πεντακισχιλιων πεντακισχιλίων pentakischilioi pentakischílioi pentakischilion pentakischiliōn pentakischilíon pentakischilíōn pentakischilious pentakischilíous
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 14:21 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι χωρὶς γυναικῶν
NAS: There were about five thousand men
KJV: were about five thousand men, beside
INT: men about five thousand besides women

Matthew 16:9 Adj-GMP
GRK: ἄρτους τῶν πεντακισχιλίων καὶ πόσους
NAS: loaves of the five thousand, and how many
KJV: loaves of the five thousand, and
INT: loaves for the five thousand and how many

Mark 6:44 Adj-NMP
GRK: τοὺς ἄρτους πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες
NAS: There were five thousand men who ate
KJV: were about five thousand men.
INT: the loaves five thousand men

Mark 8:19 Adj-AMP
GRK: εἰς τοὺς πεντακισχιλίους πόσους κοφίνους
NAS: I broke the five loaves
KJV: among five thousand, how many
INT: for the five thousand how many hand-baskets

Luke 9:14 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι εἶπεν δὲ
NAS: (For there were about five thousand men.)
KJV: they were about five thousand men. And
INT: about men five thousand he said moreover

John 6:10 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἀριθμὸν ὡς πεντακισχίλιοι
NAS: in number about five thousand.
KJV: in number about five thousand.
INT: number about five thousand

Strong's Greek 4000
6 Occurrences


πεντακισχιλίων — 1 Occ.
πεντακισχίλιοι — 4 Occ.
πεντακισχιλίους — 1 Occ.

















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