πεντάκις
pentakis
five times
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word πεντάκις (G3999) is translated to "five times". This word belongs to the semantic domain of Time and Duration, indicating it concerns measuring the length or frequency of an event in time. Its usage is quite singular, appearing only once in the entire Bible. The limited occurrences suggest that the translators and writers of biblical texts used precise and nuanced words to convey distinct ideas. The significance of this word can be understood in its literal sense - "five times" emphasizes a specific repetition, underscoring the weight or significance of the event or action being recounted.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text