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G1362 διπλοῦς (diploûs)
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Quick Definition

διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν Adj double, two-fold

Strong's Definition

from 1364 and (probably) the base of 4119; two-fold

KJV Usage: double, two-fold more

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ῆ, -οῦν | δύο · διπλόω

60.75 · Number · Double, Four Times As Much, Etc. [Multiples]

twice as much, double twice the quantity It is possible that in some contexts διπλοῦς does not mean precisely ‘twice as much’ but simply ‘much more.’ For example, in REV 18:6 it may be appropriate to translate ‘pay her back much more for what she has done.’

MAT 23:15 · 1TI 5:17 · REV 18:6 · REV 18:6

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

διπλόος (-ovs), -dn (-ἢ), -dov (-odv), [fr. Hom. down], twofold, double: 1 Tim. ν. 17; Rev. xviii. 6; διπλότερος (a compar. found also in Appian. hist. praef. § 10, from the positive form διπλός [ B. 27 (24) }) ὑμῶν, twofold more than yourselves, Mt. xxiii. 15 [(cf. Just. M. dial. 122)).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

διπλοῦς diplous 4x

double, Mt. 23:15; 1 Tim. 5:17; Rev. 18:6

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

διπλόος

(poët., διπλός, whence corp. -ότερον), -όη, -όον (-οῦ, -ῆ, -οῦν) [in LXX for כָּפַל, מִשְׁנֶה, and cognates ;]

twofold, double: I Ti 5:17, Re 18:6; διπλότιρον, in twofold measure: Mt 23:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

διπλοῦς. For this common word we may quote P Amh II. 33 (ec. B C. 157), where reference is made to the severe penalties incurred by advocates who had assisted persons charged with defrauding the Treasury. No longer were they allowed to practise, and had to pay to the Crown (eis τὸ βασιλικόν) “twice the sum (of the damage) increased by one tenth ”— διπλοῦν τὸ ἐπιδέκατον. Other exx. are P Tebt I. 111% (BC. 119) τὰ προκείμενα διπλᾶ, “‘twice the aforesaid amount,” P Oxy VIII. 1124! (a.p. 26) ἐκφόρ[ιο]ν διπλοῦν, κε double the rent,” P Fay 110% (A.D. 91) τὰς δὲ ὠλένας τοῦ ἐλαιουργίου δ[ι)]πλᾶς ποίησον, “ὁ make the hinges (?) of the oil-press double” (Edd.), P Oxy IV. 7415 (ii/a.D.) σφυρὶς διπλῆ καρύων a, “1 double basket of nuts’’ (Edd.), P Hamb I. 21! (A.D. 314-5) ἐκτίσιν σοι τοῦ ὑπερπεσόντος χρόνου τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ τότε καιροῦ ἐσομένην τιμὴν διπλῆν ὡς ἕσταται, etc. In Ost 1291% (A.D. 148) ἔσχίομεν) ὑπί(ὲρ) διπλῶν so much, διπλοῦν seems to be a tax. Wilcken (Archiv i. p. 126) refers to P Oxy I. 141 of date a.p. 503 as the earliest ex. of διπλοῦν as a wine measure known to him. In P Petr II. 13(17)* (B.c. 258-3) we find a form δίπλειον = δίπλεον -- καὶ δίπλειον εἰληφέναι Tod Siayeypapμένου ὀψωνίου ἐν τῶι KO (ἔτει), “ἀπ that I received double the allowance of provision money in the 29th year” (Ed.). In BGU I. 2134 (a.p. 112) διπλώματος ὄνων may = a ‘‘licence” to own donkeys: cf. P Tebt II. 360% (a.p. 146) διπίλώματος ?) λαχαί(νοπώλου 9) with the editors’ note.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

διπλοῦς (diplous) — double. διπλόος, η, ον, contraction διπλοῦς, ῆ, οῦν, Ionic dialect feminine διπλέη [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices, but διπλήν or -ῆν [Refs], διπλάς or -ᾶς [Refs]: contraction always in Trag., except διπλόοι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—twofold, double, properly of cloaks and articles of dress, χλαῖνα διπλῆ, ={δίπλαξ} or διπλοΐς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅθι.. διπλόος ἤντετο θώρηξ where the cuirass met [the buckle] so as to be double, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐπωμίδα πτύξας διπλῆν having folded it double, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παῖσον διπλῆν (i.e. πληγήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]of two stories, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ ἄκανθα spine bent double by age, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διπλῆ [ῥάχις] [Refs 5th c.BC+]executed in duplicate, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

2. διπλῇ χερὶ θανεῖν by mutual slaughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. δ. ὀνόματα compound words, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. of fevers in which two paroxysms took place in a given time, δ. ἀμφημερινός, τριταῖος, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

5. δ. ἰσότης, ={διπλοϊσότης} (which see), Dioph.p.98T., etc.

6. δ. ἄνδρας· τὰ δισύλλαβα ἀνδρῶν ὀνόματα, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II. as comparative, twice as much, large, etc., βίος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἢ.. twice as much as.. (see. διπλῇ): with genitive, [Refs]; διπλοῦν ὀφείλειν ὅσον.. Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διπλῷ, ={διπλῇ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. plural, in Trag., ={δύο}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV. double, doubtful, οὐ γνώμᾳ διπλόαν θέτο βουλάν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.2. double-minded, treacherous, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, playing two parts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at variance with oneself, [Refs]

V. διπλοῦν, τό, ={δίπλωμα}[Refs 1st c.AD+]

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