Greek · G4000, G435 · unreviewed

ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι

Five times a thousand · a man (properly as an individual male)

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πεντακισχίλιοι G4000 five times a thousand
Pronunciation pentakischílioi
Compound numeral denoting five thousand, used consistently in gospel accounts of Jesus' miraculous feedings.
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ἀνήρ G435 a man (properly as an individual male)
Pronunciation anḗr
Emphasizes individual male identity; distinguished from woman, boy, or humanity generally; often marks adult male status
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What does ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι (hōsei andres pentakischilioi) mean in the Bible?

πεντακισχίλιοι · ἀνήρ is a Greek word meaning "about five thousand men".

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Meaning

about five thousand men
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:21 · Mark 6:44 · Luke 9:14 · John 6:10
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:9
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 8:19
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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