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Strong's G3991 πέμπτος (pemptos)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3991 — mapheleyah (“darkness”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3991
Language Greek
Linked Usages 60
Books 23

Strong's G3991 Quick Answer

Strong's G3991 πέμπτος (pemptos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pemptos (pemp'-tos) adj. 1. fifth [from G4002] It has 60 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include fifth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pemptos (pemp'-tos) adj. 1. fifth [from G4002]
Usage
60 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
fifth

Meaning and Definition

pemptos (pemp'-tos) adj. 1. fifth [from G4002] KJV: fifth Root(s): G4002

Original Word
πέμπτος
Transliteration
pemptos
Derivation
Root: πέντε R1: 4002
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3991. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G3991 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pemptos, 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.

fifth Revelation 6:9

How Strong's G3991 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 42 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 G3991 (πέμπτος) appears 60 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3991 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 G3991 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Revelation 6:9 KJV

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

Revelation 9:1 KJV

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

Revelation 16:10 KJV

And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

Strong's G3991 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

42 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.

Genesis 30:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Genesis 47:24 Septuagint / Brenton

And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four remaining parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.

Strong's G3991 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:5 Septuagint / Brenton

There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,

1 Esdras 8:6 Septuagint / Brenton

in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave to him.

1 Maccabees 1:54 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and built idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side;

Usage Excerpts

First 60 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3991.

Genesis 1:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
Genesis 30:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Genesis 47:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and the four remaining parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses.
Exodus 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 5:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted.
Leviticus 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
Numbers 7:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the fifth day the prince of the children of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
Numbers 29:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the fifth day nine calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without spot.
Numbers 33:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron the priest went up by the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year of the departure of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
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.
Joshua 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fifth lot came out to Asher according to their families.
Judges 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now thy heart, and quit thyself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate.
2 Kingdoms 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fourth was Adonijah, the son of Haggith, and the fifth was Shephatiah, the son of Abital.
3 Kingdoms 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
4 Kingdoms 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, and while Jehoshaphat was king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
4 Kingdoms 25:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1 Chronicles 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fifth, Shephatiah, the son of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, born of Eglah his wife.
1 Chronicles 8:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Rapha the fifth.
1 Chronicles 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
1 Chronicles 24:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
1 Chronicles 25:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
1 Chronicles 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the fifth Elam, the sixth Jehohanan, the seventh Eliehoenai, the eighth Obed-edom.
1 Chronicles 26:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Obed-edom there were born sons, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
1 Chronicles 27:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The fifth chief for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.
2 Chronicles 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,
2 Chronicles 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was no war waged with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
Ezra 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Ezra 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Nehemiah 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Jeremiah 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the eleventh year of Zedekiah king of Judah, even until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
Jeremiah 35:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the fourth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the false prophet, the son of Azzur, from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying,
Jeremiah 52:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who waited on the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem;
Ezekiel 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the midst of the captivity by the river of Chebar; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
Ezekiel 1:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of King Jehoiachin.
Ezekiel 8:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth day of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me.
Ezekiel 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the seventh year, on the fifteenth day of the month, there came men of the elders of the house of Israel to inquire of the Lord, and they sat before me.
Ezekiel 33:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken.
Ezekiel 40:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the taking of the city, in that day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me
Zechariah 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
Zechariah 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though ye fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh months (yea, behold, these seventy years) have ye at all fasted to me?
Zechariah 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Judah for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and ye shall rejoice; and love ye the truth and peace.
Revelation 6:9 New Testament, KJV
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Revelation 9:1 New Testament, KJV
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 16:10 New Testament, KJV
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Revelation 21:20 New Testament, KJV
The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
1 Esdras 8:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priests, of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
1 Esdras 8:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave to him.
1 Maccabees 1:54 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the fifteenth day of the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and built idol altars throughout the cities of Judah on every side;
1 Maccabees 1:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God.
1 Maccabees 4:52 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called the month Chislev, in the hundred forty and eighth year, they rose up betimes in the morning,
1 Maccabees 4:59 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Chislev, with mirth and gladness.
1 Maccabees 10:67 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Furthermore in the hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius son of Demetrius out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
2 Maccabees 1:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Chislev, we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that ye also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Nehemiah offered sacrifice, after that he had built the temple and the altar.
2 Maccabees 7:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Afterward they brought the fifth also, and mangled him.
2 Maccabees 10:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Chislev.
2 Maccabees 10:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met withal.
3 Maccabees 6:38 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They were being enrolled from the twenty-fifth of Pachon to the fourth of Epeiph, a period of forty days: the measures taken for their destruction lasted from the fifth of Epeiph till the seventh, that is, three days.
4 Maccabees 11:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said,
Baruch 1:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
in the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burned it with fire.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3991, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Revelation 4 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3991 FAQ

What does pemptos (πέμπτος) mean?

Pemptos (Strong's G3991) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fifth". pemptos (pemp'-tos) adj. 1. fifth [from G4002]

How many times is pemptos (πέμπτος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 60 linked usages for Strong's G3991 across 23 books.

Where can I study pemptos (πέμπτος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3991 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate pemptos (πέμπτος)?

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

Does Strong's G3991 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 42 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3991, with linked reader references where each row is available.