ἐννέα

Matthew 18:12 ἐννέα nine

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

Here: Completes 'ninety-nine'. Everyone else in the flock is safe.

Matthew 18:13 ἐννέα nine

And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

Here: Completes "ninety-nine." With the one, it makes up the full flock of a hundred, so the flock is whole again.

Luke 15:4 ἐννέα nine

“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

Here: Completes 'ninety-nine.' The exact count shows an owner who knows his flock by number.

Luke 15:7 ἐννέα nine

I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

Here: Completes 'ninety-nine': the many who were never lost.

Luke 17:17 ἐννέα the nine

“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?

Here: Put first in its clause for emphasis: 'But the nine, where?' English adds 'other' for smoothness, but the Greek simply says 'the nine.'