Word Summary
hepta: seven
Original Word: ἑπτάTransliteration: hepta
Phonetic Spelling: (hep-tah')
Part of Speech: Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Short Definition: seven
Meaning: seven
Strong's Concordance
seven.
A primary number; seven -- seven.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2033: ἑπτάἑπτά,
οἱ,
αἱ,
τά,
seven:
Matthew 12:45;
Matthew 15:34;
Mark 8:5;
Luke 2:36;
Acts 6:3, etc.; often in the Apocalypse;
οἱ ἑπτά, namely,
διάκονοι,
Acts 21:8. In
Matthew 18:22 it is joined (instead of
ἑπτάκις) to the numeral adv.
ἑβδομηκοντάκις, in imitation of the Hebrew
שֶׁבַע ,
Psalm 118:164 (); Proverbs 24:16; (see ἑβδομηκοντάκις, and cf. Keil, Commentary on Matthew, the passage cited).