δύο duo

Greek word for “two” · Strong’s G1417 · used 135 times in 122 verses

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Meaning

δύο, numeral, indecl.

How it is translated

Glosses given for duo in context, with how often each is used:

• two 132
• two women 2
• two? 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 18 (5), Luke 9 (5), Mark 6 (4), Revelation 11 (4), Matthew 20 (3), Matthew 21 (3), Matthew 25 (3), Matthew 26 (3), Matthew 27 (3), Mark 9 (3)

Forms

• δύο 126
• δυσὶν 7
• δυσὶ 1
• δυσίν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with duo more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἷς ehis “one” 32
• ἤ ē “or” 18
• πέντε pente “five” 10
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 13
• τρεῖς treis “Three” 9
• ἕτερος heteros “other” 9
• ἄλλος allos “another” 9
• ἰχθύς ichthus “fish” 6
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 12
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 8
• μετά meta “with/after” 12
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 8

Key verses

The verses using duo that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:18 — And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
• Matthew 6:24 — No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God…
• Matthew 21:31 — Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the…
• Matthew 27:51 — And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
• Mark 9:43 — And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall…
• Philippians 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
• Hebrews 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope…
• Hebrews 10:28 — He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
• Revelation 11:2 — But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty…
• Revelation 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
• Revelation 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that…
• Revelation 19:20 — And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.