ἑπτά hepta

Greek word for “seven” · Strong’s G2033 · used 88 times in 63 verses

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Meaning

ἐπτά, οἱ, αἱ, τά; indecl.; seven: 18:22 (cf. ἑβδομηκοντάκις), al.; οἱ ἐ;

How it is translated

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

• seven 84
• seven! 1
• seventh 1
• there were seven 1
• seven — 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 17 (6), Revelation 1 (5), Mark 8 (4), Revelation 15 (4), Matthew 15 (3), Matthew 22 (3), Mark 12 (3), Luke 20 (3), Acts 21 (3), Revelation 5 (3)

Forms

• ἑπτὰ 76
• ἑπτά 12

Words used with it

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

• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 13
• γυνή gunē “woman” 12
• κέρας keras “horn” 5
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 10
• χρύσεος chruseos “golden” 5
• σπυρίς spuris “basket” 4
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 9
• βροντή brontē “thunder” 4
• φιάλη phialē “bowl” 4
• ἔσχατος eschatos “last/least” 5
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 6
• πρῶτος prōtos “first” 6

Key verses

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

• Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
• Revelation 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits…
• Revelation 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto…
• Revelation 1:16 — And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Revelation 1:20 — The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and…
• Revelation 2:1 — Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven…
• Revelation 3:1 — And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou…
• Revelation 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the…
• Revelation 5:6 — And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns…
• Revelation 11:13 — And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant…
• Revelation 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
• Revelation 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the…

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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.