"two hundred, Mk. 6:37; Jn. 6:7; 21:8; Acts 23:23f.*"
Definition and meaning
two hundred, Mk. 6:37; Jn. 6:7; 21:8; Acts 23:23f.*
In the original Greek the word is written: διακόσιοι
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
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 diakosioi (G1250) across the King James Bible.
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
And the other disciples came in a little ship;(for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
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Common questions
Strong's G1250 (diakosioi) is a Greek word that means: two hundred, Mk. 6:37; Jn. 6:7; 21:8; Acts 23:23f.* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word diakosioi (G1250) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1250 is diakosioi, a Greek word defined as: two hundred, Mk. 6:37; Jn. 6:7; 21:8; Acts 23:23f.*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
diakosioi is a Greek word found in the New Testament.