δώδεκα dōdeka

Greek word for “twelve” · Strong’s G1427 · used 75 times in 61 verses

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Meaning

δώδεκα, οἱ, αἱ, τά indecl.; numeral, twelve: 10:1, al.; οἱ δ., the apostles, al.; in 24:11, for Rec. δεκαδύο.;

How it is translated

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

• twelve 75

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 26 (4), Mark 14 (4), John 6 (4), Revelation 7 (4), Revelation 21 (4), Matthew 10 (3), Luke 8 (3), Luke 9 (3), Luke 22 (3), Mark 3 (2)

Forms

• δώδεκα 75

Words used with it

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

• φυλή phulē “tribe” 8
• Ἰούδας Ioudas “Judas” 8
• κόφινος kophinos “basket” 5
• κλάσμα klasma “fragment” 5
• εἷς ehis “one” 10
• χιλιάς chilias “thousand” 5
• ἔτος etos “year” 6
• Ἰσκαριώτης Iskariōtēs, Iskariōth “Iscariot” 4
• ὅτε hote “when” 6
• πόλις polis “city” 6
• μετά meta “with/after” 8
• ἀναβαίνω anabainō “to ascend” 5

Key verses

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

• Matthew 10:1 — And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all…
• Matthew 10:2 — Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
• Matthew 10:5 — These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
• Matthew 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,…
• Luke 8:43 — And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,
• Luke 18:31 — Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man…
• Luke 22:30 — That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• John 6:70 — Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
• Acts 7:8 — And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve…
• James 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
• Revelation 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
• Revelation 22:2 — In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every…

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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.