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Lexicon :: Strong's G1417 - dyo

Aa
δύο
Transliteration
dyo (Key)
Pronunciation
doo'-o
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Part of Speech
indeclinable noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary numeral
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Strong’s Definitions

δύο dýo, doo'-o; a primary numeral; "two":—both, twain, two.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's G1417 in the following manner: two (122x), twain (10x), both (2x), two and two (with G303) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's G1417 in the following manner: two (122x), twain (10x), both (2x), two and two (with G303) (1x).

  1. the two, the twain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δύο dýo, doo'-o; a primary numeral; "two":—both, twain, two.
STRONGS G1417:
δύο, genitive indeclinable δύο (as in Epic, and occasionally in Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, others for δυοῖν, more common in Attic [see Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 289f]); dative δυσί, δυσίν ([-σί in Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; Acts 21:33 (Tr -σίν), -σίν in Matthew 22:40; Mark 16:12; Luke 12:52 (R G -σί; Acts 12:6 (R G L -σί); Hebrews 10:28; Revelation 11:3 (R G -σί); cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 98; WHs Appendix, p. 147] — a form not found in the older and better writings, met with in Hippocrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, frequent from Polybius on, for the Attic δυοῖν); accusative δύο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 210; Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i., p. 276f; Winers Grammar, § 9, 2 b.; Passow, i., p. 729); two: absolutely, οὐκ ἔτι εἰσὶ δύο, ἀλλὰ σὰρξ μία, Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:8; δύο ἣ τρεῖς, Matthew 18:20; 1 Corinthians 14:29; τρεῖς ἐπὶ δυσὶ κ. δύο ἐπὶ τρισί, Luke 12:52; ἀνὰ and κατὰ δύο, two by two [Winers Grammar, 398 (372); 401 (374); Buttmann, 30 (26)], Luke 9:3 [WH omits; Tr brackets ἀνά]; Luke 10:1 [WH ἀνὰ δύο [δύο]; cf. Acta Philip. § 36, Tdf. edition, p. 92]; John 2:6 [apiece]; 1 Corinthians 14:27; δύο δύο, two and two, Mark 6:7 (so, after the Hebrew, in Genesis 6:19, 20; but the phrase is not altogether foreign even to the Greek poets, as Aesehyl. Pers. 981 μυρία μυρία for κατὰ μυριάδας, cf. Winer's Grammar, 249 (234), [cf. 39 (38)]); neuter εἰς δύο into two parts, Matthew 27:51; Mark 15:38; with the genitive δύο τῶν μαθητῶν (αὐτοῦ), Mark 11:1; Mark 14:13; Luke 19:29; [Matthew 11:2 R G]; τῶν οἰκετῶν, Acts 10:7. δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν, Luke 24:13 [cf. Buttmann 158 (138); Winer's 203 (191)]. with a noun or pronoun: δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι, Matthew 8:28. δύο μάχαιραι, Luke 22:38; ἐπὶ στόματος δύο μαρτύρων, Matthew 18:16; 2 Corinthians 13:1; δυσὶ κυρίοις, Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13; εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Matthew 4:18; preceded by the article, οἱ δύο, the two, the twain: Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:8; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31; τοὺς δύο, Ephesians 2:15; αἱ [Rec. only] δύο διαθῆκαι, Galatians 4:24; οὗτοι [Lachmann brackets οὗτ.] οἱ δύο υἱοί μου, Matthew 20:21; περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν, Matthew 20:24; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς, Matthew 22:40; τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, Matthew 14:19; Mark 6:41; Luke 9:16; δύο δηνάρια, Luke 10:35.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
6:19; 6:20
Matthew
4:18; 6:24; 6:24; 8:28; 11:2; 14:19; 18:16; 18:20; 19:5; 19:6; 20:21; 20:24; 22:40; 22:40; 27:51
Mark
6:7; 6:41; 10:8; 10:8; 11:1; 14:13; 15:38; 16:12
Luke
9:3; 9:16; 10:1; 10:35; 12:52; 12:52; 16:13; 16:13; 19:29; 22:38; 24:13
John
2:6
Acts
10:7; 12:6; 21:33
1 Corinthians
6:16; 14:27; 14:29
2 Corinthians
13:1
Galatians
4:24
Ephesians
2:15; 5:31
Hebrews
10:28
Revelation
11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1417 matches the Greek δύο (dyo),
which occurs 135 times in 122 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:23 - Then he called two of his centurions and ordered them, “Get ready a detachment of two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen[fn] to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:16 - Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:27 - If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:29 - Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:1 - This will be my third visit to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:22 - For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:24 - These things are being taken figuratively: The women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children who are to be slaves: This is Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:15 - by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:31 - “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:23 - I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:19 - Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:18 - God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:28 - Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first woe is past; two other woes are yet to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:2 - But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:3 - And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:4 - They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:10 - The inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:5 - The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:20 - But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

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