"four thousand, Mt. 15:38; 16:10; Mk. 8:9, 20; Acts 21:38*"
Definition and meaning
four thousand, Mt. 15:38; 16:10; Mk. 8:9, 20; Acts 21:38*
In the original Greek the word is written: τετρακισχίλιοι
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 tetrakischilioi (G5070) across the King James Bible.
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
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Common questions
Strong's G5070 (tetrakischilioi) is a Greek word that means: four thousand, Mt. 15:38; 16:10; Mk. 8:9, 20; Acts 21:38* It appears 5 times in the King James Bible.
The word tetrakischilioi (G5070) appears 5 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5070 is tetrakischilioi, a Greek word defined as: four thousand, Mt. 15:38; 16:10; Mk. 8:9, 20; Acts 21:38*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
tetrakischilioi is a Greek word found in the New Testament.