Duo δύο

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Duo
δύο
Transliterationduo
Strong's numberG1417
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glosstwo
Occurrences136 in 123 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (35)

Duo (Greek δύο, Strong's G1417) is a Greek adjective meaning “two”. It occurs 136 times in 123 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dative, δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν),
two: Mat.19:6, Mrk.10:8, Jhn.2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mat.9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mat.19:5 20:24, Mrk.10:8, Eph.2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Luk.24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Luk.10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jhn.2:6, 1Co.14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Gen.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), Mrk.6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mat.27:51, Mrk.15:38.
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVtwo (122), twain (9), both (2), them twain (1), unto (1)
BSBtwo (124), second (3), two by two (1), twenty to thirty gallons (1), both (1)

Verses

Every verse with Duo, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Hebrews

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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