Strong's Greek · G706

ἀριθμός

arithmós

number

Definition

a number (as reckoned up)

Derivation

from G142 (αἴρω);

Appears 18 times in Scripture

Romans 9:27

Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

John 6:10

“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

Acts 5:36

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

Revelation 13:17

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Acts 11:21

The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

Acts 16:5

So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.

Acts 4:4

But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

Luke 22:3

Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.

Revelation 13:18

Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.

Acts 6:7

So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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