δῠώδεκα G1427
Twelve — the cardinal number, often designating the twelve tribes of Israel or the twelve apostles.
Dodeka is the Greek cardinal number twelve, appearing across all genders and cases. In the New Testament it functions both as a plain numeral (a woman ill for twelve years, Matt 9:20; twelve baskets of leftovers, Matt 14:20) and as a loaded theological designation. 'The Twelve' became a near-proper-noun title for the inner circle of Jesus' disciples (Matt 10:1-5; 1 Cor 15:5), deliberately echoing the twelve tribes of Israel and signaling eschatological restoration. Spanish doce, French douze, and German zwolf all translate it without ambiguity, reflecting its semantic simplicity even as its symbolic weight varies by context.
Senses
1. twelve — The cardinal number twelve, used in ordinary counting (Matt 9:20, twelve years; Matt 14:20, twelve baskets) and as a theologically charged designation for the twelve apostles (Matt 10:1-2; 1 Cor 15:5), deliberately evoking the twelve tribes. All target languages render it with their standard numeral — Spanish doce, French douze, German zwolf. 75×
AR["اثْنَتا عَشْرَةَ", "اثْنَتَيْ-عَشْرَةَ", "اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ", "اثْنَيْ-عَشَرَ", "اثْنَيْ-عَشْرَ", "اثْنَيْ-عَشْرَةَ", "الاثنَي-عَشَرَ", "الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ", "الِاثْنَيْ-عَشَرَ", "اِثنتَي-عَشرَةَ", "اِثنَي-عَشَرَ"]·ben["বারো", "বারোজন", "বারোজনকে", "বারোজনের", "বারোটি"]·DE["zwoelf", "zwölf"]·EN["twelve"]·FR["douze"]·heb["הַ-שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר", "שְׁנֵים-עָשְׂר", "שְׁנֵים-עָשָׂר", "שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר", "שְׁתֵּים-עֶשְׂרֵה"]·HI["की", "के", "को", "बअरह", "बरह", "बारह", "बारह-को", "बारहों-को"]·ID["dua-belas", "dua-belas-tahun", "kedua-belas"]·IT["dodici"]·jav["kalih-welas", "kalih-welas,", "rolas", "rolas."]·KO["열두", "열두-", "열두.", "열둘", "열둘-을", "열둘-의", "열둘을", "열둘을,"]·PT["doze", "doze."]·RU["двенадцати", "двенадцать", "двенадцатью"]·ES["doce"]·SW["kumi-na-mbili", "kumi-na-miwili.", "kumi-na-wawili", "makabila", "miaka-kumi-na-miwili", "vikapu", "viti-vya-enzi", "wanafunzi"]·TR["on-iki", "on-iki.", "on-ikiyi", "oniki", "onikiden"]·urd["بارہ", "بارہ-کو"]
Matt 9:20, Matt 10:1, Matt 10:2, Matt 10:5, Matt 11:1, Matt 14:20, Matt 19:28, Matt 19:28, Matt 20:17, Matt 26:14, Matt 26:20, Matt 26:47 (+38 more)
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
δῠώδεκα, Ionic dialect, Epic dialect, Lyric poetry; Attic dialect δώδεκα, twelve, in all genders, Refs 8th c.BC+:—also δυόδεκο, Refs 4th c.BC+