Word Summary
dietēs: lasting two years, two years old
Original Word: διετήςTransliteration: dietēs
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-et-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: lasting two years, two years old
Meaning: lasting two years, two years old
Strong's Concordance
two years old.
From dis and etos; of two years (in age) -- two years old.
see GREEK dis
see GREEK etos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1332: διετήςδιετής,
διετες (
δίς and
ἔτος) (from
Herodotus down),
of two years, two years old:
ἀπό διετοῦς namely,
παιδός,
Matthew 2:16, cf. Fritzsche at the passage; (others take
διετοῦς here as neuter; see Meyer).