Greek word · G1250
διακόσιοι
diakosioi
two hundred
Appears 8 times in 7 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·
What it means
From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
Mark · 1
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Mark 6:37 διακοσίων two hundred
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
Here: 'Two hundred.' That is around two hundred days of a labourer's pay, most of a year's earnings. They name a large figure to show how impossible the request is.
John · 2
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John 6:7 διακοσίων Two hundred
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
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John 21:8 διακοσίων two hundred
The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
Acts · 3
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Acts 23:23 διακοσίους διακοσίους two hundred
Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
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Acts 27:37 διακόσιαι two hundred
In all, there were 276 of us on board.
Here: “Two hundred.” It is feminine to agree with psychai (“souls”), which shows the number belongs to the persons being counted.
Revelation · 2
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Revelation 11:3 διακοσίας two hundred
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
Here: The second part of 1,260.
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Revelation 12:6 διακοσίας two hundred
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Here: The second part of the number 1,260.
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