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Strong's G705 ἀριθμέω (arithmeo)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H705 — arbaim (“forty”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G705
Language Greek
Linked Usages 36
Books 18

Strong's G705 Quick Answer

Strong's G705 ἀριθμέω (arithmeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. arithmeo (ar-ith-meh'-o) v. 1. to enumerate or count [from G706] It has 36 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include numbered and number. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
arithmeo (ar-ith-meh'-o) v. 1. to enumerate or count [from G706]
Usage
36 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
numbered and number

Meaning and Definition

arithmeo (ar-ith-meh'-o) v. 1. to enumerate or count [from G706] KJV: number Root(s): G706

Original Word
ἀριθμέω
Transliteration
arithmeo
Derivation
Root: ἀριθμός R1: 706
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G705. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to number

Usage: ἀριθμέω, -ῶ [in LXX for סָפַר pi., פָּקַד pi., etc. ;] to number (esp. for payment, MM, see word): Mat.10:30, Luk.12:7, Rev.7:9.† (AS)

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How Strong's G705 Is Translated

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

numbered Matthew 10:30 number Revelation 7:9

How Strong's G705 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 32 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 G705 (ἀριθμέω) appears 33 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G705 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 G705 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:30 KJV

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Luke 12:7 KJV

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Revelation 7:9 KJV

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Strong's G705 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

32 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.

Genesis 15:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.

Genesis 16:10 Septuagint / Brenton

And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Strong's G705 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:15 Septuagint / Brenton

and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;

Usage Excerpts

First 36 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G705.

Genesis 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own homeborn servants three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.
Genesis 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Genesis 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 41:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number of it.
Leviticus 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall number to yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day on which ye shall offer the sheaf of the heave offering, seven full weeks:
Leviticus 23:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the morrow after the last week ye shall number fifty days, and shall bring a new meat offering to the Lord.
2 Kingdoms 24:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and Satan stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah.
2 Kingdoms 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heart of David smote him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, in what I have now done: remove, I pray thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish.
3 Kingdoms 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
4 Kingdoms 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
1 Chronicles 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me the account, and I shall know their number.
1 Chronicles 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
1 Chronicles 21:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to God, Was it not I that gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let thy hand be upon me, and upon my father’s house, and not on thy people for destruction, O Lord!
1 Chronicles 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Levites numbered themselves from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
1 Chronicles 27:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number the people, and did not finish the work, for there was hereupon wrath on Israel; and the number was not recorded in the book of the chronicles of King David.
2 Chronicles 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
2 Chronicles 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Solomon, and all the elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, were sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned for multitude.
2 Chronicles 25:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amaziah assembled the house of Judah, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Judah and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
Ezra 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Job 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let that day and night be cursed, Let darkness carry them away; Let it not come into the days of the year, Neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.
Job 14:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou hast numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape thee?
Job 28:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When he made them, thus he saw and numbered them, And made a way for the pealing of the thunder.
Job 36:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the drops of rain are numbered by him, And shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud.
Job 38:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, And has bowed the heaven down to the earth?
Job 39:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou hast numbered the full months of their being with young, And if thou hast relieved their pangs:
Psalms 146:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He numbers the multitudes of stars; And calls them all by names.
Proverbs 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That I may divide substance to them that love me, And may fill their treasures with good things. I will remember also to recount the things of old.
Ecclesiastes 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: And deficiency cannot be numbered.
Isaiah 33:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counselors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,
Jeremiah 40:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the cities round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers them, saith the Lord.
Matthew 10:30 New Testament, KJV
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Luke 12:7 New Testament, KJV
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Revelation 7:9 New Testament, KJV
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
Judith 2:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto a hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G705, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G705 FAQ

What does arithmeo (ἀριθμέω) mean?

Arithmeo (Strong's G705) is a Greek word most simply glossed "number". arithmeo (ar-ith-meh'-o) v. 1. to enumerate or count [from G706]

How many times is arithmeo (ἀριθμέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 36 linked usages for Strong's G705 across 18 books.

Where can I study arithmeo (ἀριθμέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G705 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate arithmeo (ἀριθμέω)?

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

Does Strong's G705 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 32 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G705, with linked reader references where each row is available.