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Strong's G3589 ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoekonta)

Ogdoekonta means “fourscore” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3589 — kid (“destruction”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3589
Language Greek
Linked Usages 37
Books 20

Strong's G3589 Quick Answer

Strong's G3589 ὀγδοήκοντα (ogdoekonta) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ogdoekonta (og-do-ay'-kon-tah) n. 1. ten times eight [from G3590] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include fourscore. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
ogdoekonta (og-do-ay'-kon-tah) n. 1. ten times eight [from G3590]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
fourscore

Meaning and Definition

ogdoekonta (og-do-ay'-kon-tah) n. 1. ten times eight [from G3590] KJV: fourscore Root(s): G3590

Original Word
ὀγδοήκοντα
Transliteration
ogdoekonta
Derivation
Root: ὄγδοος R1: 3590
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3589. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3589 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ogdoekonta, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

fourscore Luke 2:37

How Strong's G3589 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3589 (ὀγδοήκοντα) appears 36 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3589 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3589 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Luke 2:37 KJV

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

Luke 16:7 KJV

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

Strong's G3589 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 5:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.

Genesis 16:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 35:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And the days of Isaac which he lived were a hundred and eighty years.

Strong's G3589 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 7:41 Septuagint / Brenton

O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed, thine angel went out and smote a hundred fourscore and five thousand of them.

2 Maccabees 4:8 Septuagint / Brenton

promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:

2 Maccabees 8:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib a hundred fourscore and five thousand perished.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3589.

Genesis 5:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lamech lived a hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.
Genesis 16:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 35:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the days of Isaac which he lived were a hundred and eighty years.
Exodus 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharaoh.
Numbers 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces.
Numbers 4:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
Joshua 14:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now the Lord has kept me alive as he said: this is the forty-fifth year since the Lord spoke that word to Moses; and Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old.
Judges 3:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Ehud judged them till he died.
2 Kingdoms 19:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Barzillai was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
2 Kingdoms 19:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?
4 Kingdoms 10:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole burnt offerings; and Jehu set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him that spares him shall go for his life.
4 Kingdoms 19:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, these were all dead corpses.
1 Chronicles 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, were eighty-seven thousand—this was the number of them all.
1 Chronicles 15:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty.
1 Chronicles 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
1 Chronicles 25:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, everyone that understood singing was two hundred and eighty-eight.
2 Chronicles 2:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and there were three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.
2 Chronicles 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people.
2 Chronicles 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Rehoboam.
2 Chronicles 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after him, Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand.
2 Chronicles 17:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after him Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war.
2 Chronicles 26:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went in after him Azariah the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men.
Ezra 8:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
Nehemiah 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
Esther 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Psalms 89:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; And if men should be in strength, eighty years: And the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; For weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.
Song of Solomon 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, And maidens without number.
Isaiah 37:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all these bodies dead.
Jeremiah 48:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that there came men from Shechem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, even eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and beating their breasts, and they had manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring them into the house of the Lord.
Luke 2:37 New Testament, KJV
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Luke 16:7 New Testament, KJV
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
1 Maccabees 7:41 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed, thine angel went out and smote a hundred fourscore and five thousand of them.
2 Maccabees 4:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:
2 Maccabees 8:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib a hundred fourscore and five thousand perished.
2 Maccabees 11:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
not at all considering the power of God, but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
2 Maccabees 15:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
therefore in his prayer he said after this manner: O Lord, thou didst send thine angel in the time of Hezekiah king of Judea, and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib a hundred fourscore and five thousand:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3589, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3589 FAQ

What does ogdoekonta (ὀγδοήκοντα) mean?

Ogdoekonta (Strong's G3589) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fourscore". ogdoekonta (og-do-ay'-kon-tah) n. 1. ten times eight [from G3590]

How many times is ogdoekonta (ὀγδοήκοντα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's G3589 across 20 books.

Where can I study ogdoekonta (ὀγδοήκοντα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3589 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate ogdoekonta (ὀγδοήκοντα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fourscore. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3589 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 30 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3589, with linked reader references where each row is available.