"fifty, Mk. 6:40; Lk. 7:41"
Definition and meaning
fifty, Mk. 6:40; Lk. 7:41
In the original Greek the word is written: πεντήκοντα
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 pentekonta (G4004) across the King James Bible.
And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
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Common questions
Strong's G4004 (pentekonta) is a Greek word that means: fifty, Mk. 6:40; Lk. 7:41 It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word pentekonta (G4004) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4004 is pentekonta, a Greek word defined as: fifty, Mk. 6:40; Lk. 7:41. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
pentekonta is a Greek word found in the New Testament.