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δύο G1417
Adj-AMP  |  137× in 1 sense
Two — the cardinal numeral for a pair, used attributively and substantively throughout the New Testament
Dyo is the Greek cardinal numeral 'two,' appearing 137 times in the New Testament across every case and gender. It functions both as a simple quantifier — 'two brothers' (Matt 4:18), 'two sparrows' (Matt 10:29) — and as a theologically significant number: two witnesses establish testimony (Matt 18:16; Rev 11:3), two masters cannot both be served (Matt 6:24), and 'where two or three are gathered' Christ is present (Matt 18:20). The word is morphologically indeclinable in many contexts, as it was already in classical Attic. Spanish 'dos,' French 'deux,' and German 'zwei' all render it straightforwardly.

Senses
1. two (cardinal numeral) The cardinal number two, denoting a pair or the quantity of two persons or things. Used attributively with nouns ('two disciples,' Matt 11:2; 'two fish,' Matt 14:17) and substantively ('sent them out two by two,' Mark 6:7). Beyond simple enumeration, it carries legal and theological weight: the Mosaic requirement of two witnesses (Deut 19:15 echoed in Matt 18:16; 2 Cor 13:1), the impossibility of serving two masters (Matt 6:24), and the promise of Christ's presence where two or three gather (Matt 18:20). Spanish 'dos,' French 'deux,' and German 'zwei' all render it uniformly. 137×
QUANTITY_NUMBER Number Number Two Twelve
AR["أَخَوَيْنِ", "اثْنَانِ", "اثْنَيْنِ", "الاثنانِ", "الاثْنَانِ", "اِثنانِ", "اِثنَينِ", "ثَوبَينِ", "رِجْلَيْنِ", "سَمَكَتَيْنِ", "عَيْنَيْنِ", "عُصفورانِ", "يَدَيْنِ"]·ben["দুই", "দুই।", "দুইজন", "দুজন", "দুটি"]·DE["zwei"]·EN["of-two", "two"]·FR["deux"]·heb["שְׁנֵי", "שְׁנַיִם", "שְׁתֵּי"]·HI["दो"]·ID["dua"]·IT["due"]·jav["kalih"]·KO["두", "두-", "둘", "둘의", "둘이", "둘이나"]·PT["a-dois", "dois", "dois,", "duas"]·RU["два", "две", "двое", "двое,", "двум", "двух"]·ES["a-dos", "de-dos", "dos"]·SW["-cha-mashahidi", "bali", "kanzu-mbili", "kuwa", "macho", "mbili", "miguu", "mikono", "samaki", "shomoro-wawili", "wana", "wawili"]·TR["iki"]·urd["دو"]

Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G3956 1. all (collective plural) (616×)H3967 1. cardinal numeral hundred (550×)H1419a 1. great, large (general quality) (486×)H7969 1. cardinal number three (431×)H0505 1. cardinal number thousand (427×)H7651 1. seven (cardinal number) (393×)G1520 1. cardinal number one (339×)H6240 1. ten (cardinal number) (334×)H6242 1. twenty (cardinal number) (315×)H2568 1. cardinal number five (309×)H0702 1. four (cardinal number) (277×)G3956 2. every, each (distributive) (227×)H8337 1. six (cardinal number) (215×)G3956 3. all things, everything (substantive) (211×)G3956 4. (187×)H6235 1. ten (177×)G3173 1. great in size or extent (176×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
δύο [], also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, Refs 5th c.BC+, nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε Refs: genitive and dative δυοῖν Refs 5th c.BC+-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of Refs 5th c.BC+; Boeotian dialect δουῖν Refs 6th c.BC+, etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν Refs; Ionic dialect