From a (tenth) multiple of ennea and ennea itself; ninety-nine -- ninety and nine.
see GREEK ennea
see GREEK ennea
STRONGS NT 1768: ἐννενηκονταεννέαἐννενηκονταεννέα, more correctly ἐνενήκοντα ἐννέα (i. e. written separately, and the first word with a single nu ν, as by L T Tr WH; cf. (under Nu; Tdf. Proleg., p. 80; WHs Appendix, p. 148); Winers Grammar, 43f; Bornemann, Scholia ad Luc., p. 95), ninety-nine: Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:4, 7.