G1501: εἴκοσι (eíkosi)

G1501 εἴκοσι (eíkosi)

Greek

Quick Definition

εἴκοσι Indec.num. twenty

Strong's Definition

of uncertain affinity; a score

KJV Usage: twenty

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εἴκοσι (G1501)

anum.

60.25 · Number · One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]

twenty cardinal number, where there are twenty instances of a countable entity

LUK 14:31 · JHN 6:19 · ACT 1:15 · ACT 27:28 · 1CO 10:8 · REV 4:4 · REV 4:4 · REV 4:10 · REV 5:8 · REV 11:16 · REV 19:4

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

εἴκοσι eikosi 11x

twenty, Lk. 14:31; Acts 27:28

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

εἴκοσι (never -ιν in WH, cf. Bl., §5, 3, and note), indecl., οἱ, αἱ, τά, twenty: Lk 14:31, Jo 6:19, Ac 1:15 27:28, I Co 10:8, Re 4:4, 10 5:8 11:16 19:4.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

εἴκοσι, and not εἴκοσιν, is the regular form in the papyri even before a vowel, as in the best MSS. of Ac 1 esc BG UE: 644." (A.D. 69) εἴκοσι 4, 26. 1. 267" (a.d. 199) εἴκοσι ἀριθμῴ, P Grenf II. 59" (a.p. 189) εἴκοσι ἀπό. Cronert Mem. Herc. p. 141 n.* notes only one exception, P Grenf IT. 75" (A.D. 305) τάλαντα εἴκοσιν, ἃ πλήρωσέν (1 ἐπλήρωσέν) pot: see also Mayser Gr. p. 239.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

εἴκοσι (eikosi) — twenty. εἴκοσι (for εἴκοσιν see below), Attic dialect, Ionic dialect, also [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—indeclinable, twenty, [Refs 8th c.BC+] more frequently in Epic dialect form ἐείκοσι, before a vowel ἐείκοσιν, [Refs]; Doric dialect ϝίκατι [Refs]; ϝείκατι [Refs]; Laconian dialect βείκατι [Refs 5th c.AD+]; εἴκατι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ϝείκατι and εἴκατι are late spellings of (ϝ) ῑκατ; εἴκοσι is contraction from *εϝῑκοσι. Cf. Latin vīginti, Sanskrit viṃśatis. εἴκοσιν is the only form used by [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἴκοσι ἔτη, εἴκοσι ἡμερῶν, [Refs]