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Hundred, Hundredfold

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἑκατόν

(Strong's #1540 — Noun — hekaton — hek-at-on' )

an indeclinable numeral, denotes "a hundred," e.g., Matthew 18:12,28; it also signifies "a hundredfold," Matthew 13:8,23 , and the RV in the corresponding passage, Mark 4:8,20 (for AV, "hundred"), signifying the complete productiveness of sown seed. In the passage in Mark the phrase is, lit., "in thirty and in sixty and in a hundred." In Mark 6:40 it is used with the preposition kata, in the phrase "by hundreds." It is followed by other numerals in John 21:11; Acts 1:15; Revelation 7:4; 14:1,3; 21:17 .

2: ἑκατονταπλασίων

(Strong's #1542 — Adjective — hekatontaplasion — hek-at-on-ta-plah-see'-own )

an adjective, denotes "a hundredfold," Mark 10:30; Luke 8:8; the best mss. have it in Matthew 19:29 for pollaplasion, "many times more." See the RV margin.

For multiples of a hundred, see under the numerals TWO , THREE , etc. For "a hundred years," see YEARS.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hundred, Hundredfold'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hundred-hundredfold.html. 1940.
 
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