"a number, Lk. 22:3; Jn. 6:10; Acts 4:4; Rev. 20:8; 13:18"
Definition and meaning
a number, Lk. 22:3; Jn. 6:10; Acts 4:4; Rev. 20:8; 13:18
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀριθμός
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of arithmos (G706) across the King James Bible.
Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
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Common questions
Strong's G706 (arithmos) is a Greek word that means: a number, Lk. 22:3; Jn. 6:10; Acts 4:4; Rev. 20:8; 13:18 It appears 15 times in the King James Bible.
The word arithmos (G706) appears 15 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G706 is arithmos, a Greek word defined as: a number, Lk. 22:3; Jn. 6:10; Acts 4:4; Rev. 20:8; 13:18. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
arithmos is a Greek word found in the New Testament.