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δύο

duotwoHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentAdjective135 occurrences13 books122 verses

Definition

δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dative, δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν),

two: Matthew 19:6, Mark 10:8, John 2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Matthew 9:27; 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Matthew 19:5; 20:24, Mark 10:8, Ephesians 2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Luke 24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Luke 10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), John 2:6, 1 Corinthians 14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Genesis 6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch., Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr., see M, Pr., 21, 97), Mark 6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Matthew 27:51, Mark 15:38.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as δύο:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

135 total
  1. Acts 1:10δύο · two
    They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.
  2. Acts 1:23δύο · two [men]
    So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.
  3. Acts 1:24δύο · two
    And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen
  4. Acts 7:29δύο · two
    At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
  5. Acts 9:38δύο · two
    Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”
  6. Acts 10:7δύο · two
    When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
  7. Acts 12:6δύο · two; δυσίν · with two
    On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
  8. Acts 19:10δύο · two
    This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
  9. Acts 19:22δύο · two
    He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
  10. Acts 19:34δύο · two
    But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  11. Acts 21:33δυσί · with two
    The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
  12. Acts 23:23δύο · two
    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.
  13. 1 Corinthians 6:16δύο · two
    Or don’t you 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.”
  14. 1 Corinthians 14:27δύο · two
    If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
  15. 1 Corinthians 14:29δύο · Two
    Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
  16. 2 Corinthians 13:1δύο · of two
    This is the third time I am coming to you. “Every matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”
  17. Galatians 4:22δύο · two
    For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
  18. Galatians 4:24δύο · two
    These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
  19. Ephesians 2:15δύο · two
    …by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
  20. Ephesians 5:31δύο · two
    “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
  21. Philippians 1:23δύο · two
    I am torn between the two. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better indeed.
  22. 1 Timothy 5:19δύο · two
    Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  23. Hebrews 6:18δύο · two
    Thus 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 strongly encouraged.
  24. Hebrews 10:28δυσὶν · two
    Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  25. Revelation 9:12δύο · two
    The first woe has passed. Behold, two woes are still to follow.
  26. Revelation 11:2δύο
    But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
  27. Revelation 11:3δυσὶν · two
    And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
  28. Revelation 11:4δύο · two; δύο · two
    These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
  29. Revelation 11:10δύο · two
    And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
  30. Revelation 12:14δύο · two
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  31. Revelation 13:5δύο
    The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
  32. Revelation 13:11δύο · two
    Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
  33. Revelation 19:20δύο · Both [the beast and the false prophet]
    But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.