ἑβδομήκοντα hebdomḗkonta

Meaning

seventy

In the King James Version: seventy, three score and ten

Derivation: from G1442 (ἕβδομος) and a modified form of G1176 (δέκα);

Where it is used

• Luke 10:1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was about to visit.
• Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
• Acts 7:14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
• Acts 23:23 Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.
• Acts 27:37 In all, there were 276 of us on board.