"twenty, Lk. 14:31; Acts 27:28"
Definition and meaning
twenty, Lk. 14:31; Acts 27:28
In the original Greek the word is written: εἴκοσι
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 eikosi (G1501) across the King James Bible.
Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said,(the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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Common questions
Strong's G1501 (eikosi) is a Greek word that means: twenty, Lk. 14:31; Acts 27:28 It appears 11 times in the King James Bible.
The word eikosi (G1501) appears 11 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1501 is eikosi, a Greek word defined as: twenty, Lk. 14:31; Acts 27:28. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
eikosi is a Greek word found in the New Testament.