Ennenēkontaennéa — G1768

Definition

numeral

ninety-nine

1. STRONGS NT 1768

Usually translated as

ninety and nine

Origin

from a (tenth) multiple of G1767 and G1767 itself

• ennéa (G1767)

Occurrences

Ennenēkontaennéa occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (2)

• Matthew 18:12 — How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine (εννενηκονταεννεα), and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
• Matthew 18:13 — And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine (εννενηκονταεννεα) which went not astray.
• Luke 15:4 — What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine (εννενηκονταεννεα) in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
• Luke 15:7 — I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine (εννενηκονταεννεα) just persons, which need no repentance.