ἑκατονταπλασίων
hekatontaplasiōn
a hundred times
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἑκατονταπλασίων (hekatontaplasiōn) is quantified as "a hundred times" according to its short definition. This word appears three times in the Bible, indicating its limited but significant usage. In its few occurrences, the word seems to convey an extreme and disproportionate amount, suggesting a scale that is far beyond ordinary expectations. Its usage doesn't specify the context or particular object being multiplied by a hundred, leaving the interpretation open to the surrounding verse. Given its limited instances, the significance of ἑκατονταπλασίων lies in its ability to express magnitude and intensity, often emphasizing God's power or a situation's severity. This nuance highlights the word's role in biblical language, contributing to a richer tapestry of descriptive possibilities.
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Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Mark 10:30but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
Luke 8:8Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”