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Strong's G4000 πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischilioi)

Pentakischilioi means “five thousand” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4000 — mabon (“taught”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4000
Language Greek
Linked Usages 27
Books 13

Strong's G4000 Quick Answer

Strong's G4000 πεντακισχίλιοι (pentakischilioi) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pentakischilioi (pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy) n. 1. five times a thousand [from G3999 and G5507] It has 27 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include five. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
pentakischilioi (pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy) n. 1. five times a thousand [from G3999 and G5507]
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
five

Meaning and Definition

pentakischilioi (pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy) n. 1. five times a thousand [from G3999 and G5507] KJV: five thousand Root(s): G3999, G5507

Original Word
πεντακισχίλιοι
Transliteration
pentakischilioi
Derivation
Root: χίλιοι R1: 3999 R2: 5507
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4000. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G4000 Is Translated

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

five Matthew 14:21

How Strong's G4000 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 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 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 13 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 G4000 (πεντακισχίλιοι) appears 21 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4000 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 G4000 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 14:21 KJV

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

Matthew 16:9 KJV

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Mark 6:44 KJV

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

Strong's G4000 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

8 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Judges 20:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gidom, and they smote of them two thousand men.

3 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Brenton

And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.

1 Chronicles 5:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

Strong's G4000 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

13 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jeconiah, and Shemaiah, and Nethanel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.

1 Esdras 2:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:

1 Esdras 5:42 Septuagint / Brenton

Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4000.

Judges 20:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gidom, and they smote of them two thousand men.
3 Kingdoms 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
1 Chronicles 5:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
1 Chronicles 29:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold pieces, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
2 Chronicles 35:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Conaniah, and Benaiah, and Shemaiah, and Nethanel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, gave an offering to the Levites for the Passover, of five thousand sheep and five hundred calves.
Ezra 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:69 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
Esther 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.
Matthew 14:21 New Testament, KJV
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Matthew 16:9 New Testament, KJV
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Mark 6:44 New Testament, KJV
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
Mark 8:19 New Testament, KJV
When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
Luke 9:14 New Testament, KJV
For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
John 6:10 New Testament, KJV
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
1 Esdras 1:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeconiah, and Shemaiah, and Nethanel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the Passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.
1 Esdras 2:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
1 Esdras 5:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:
1 Esdras 5:44 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
1 Maccabees 4:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night;
1 Maccabees 4:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
In the following year therefore, Lysias gathered together threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
1 Maccabees 4:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So they joined battle; and there were slain of the host of Lysias about five thousand men, even before them were they slain.
1 Maccabees 10:42 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they appertain to the priests that minister.
2 Maccabees 12:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timothy, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
2 Maccabees 12:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Maccabeus marched forth to Carnaim, and to the temple of Atargatis, and there he slew five and twenty thousand persons.
2 Maccabees 12:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within.
2 Maccabees 13:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, a hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
2 Maccabees 15:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4000, grouped by book.

Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4000 FAQ

What does pentakischilioi (πεντακισχίλιοι) mean?

Pentakischilioi (Strong's G4000) is a Greek word most simply glossed "five thousand". pentakischilioi (pen-tak-is-khil'-ee-oy) n. 1. five times a thousand [from G3999 and G5507]

How many times is pentakischilioi (πεντακισχίλιοι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's G4000 across 13 books.

Where can I study pentakischilioi (πεντακισχίλιοι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4000 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate pentakischilioi (πεντακισχίλιοι)?

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

Does Strong's G4000 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 8 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 13 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4000, with linked reader references where each row is available.