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ἑβδομήκοντα G1440
Adj-NFP  |  5× in 1 sense
Seventy; the cardinal number used for groups of people, ages, or counts
The indeclinable numeral 'seventy,' carrying rich biblical resonance. Jesus appoints seventy (or seventy-two) disciples and sends them out (Luke 10:1, 17), echoing the seventy elders of Israel. Stephen recalls the seventy-five souls who went down to Egypt with Jacob (Acts 7:14). The number also appears in military logistics -- seventy horsemen escort Paul from Jerusalem (Acts 23:23) -- and in a ship's passenger count of 276 (Acts 27:37, as part of the compound). Every language renders it transparently: Spanish 'setenta,' French 'soixante-dix,' preserving the number's symbolic weight.

Senses
1. sense 1 The cardinal number seventy, used of specific counts of people or as part of larger numbers. Carries symbolic resonance from the seventy elders of Israel (Num 11:16), echoed when Jesus sends out the Seventy (Luke 10:1, 17). Stephen cites seventy-five family members who entered Egypt (Acts 7:14), while Acts 23:23 records seventy horsemen in a military escort. French 'soixante-dix' (sixty-ten) and Spanish 'setenta' render the number straightforwardly, but the theological overtones -- completeness, the nations -- are unmistakable in Luke's usage.
QUANTITY_NUMBER Number Large Cardinal Numbers
AR["سَبْعونَ", "سَبْعينَ", "سَبْعِينَ"]·ben["পঁচাত্তর", "সত্তর", "সত্তরজন"]·DE["ἑβδομήκοντα"]·EN["seventy"]·FR["soixante-dix"]·heb["שִׁבְעִים"]·HI["छियानवे", "पचहत्तर", "सत्तर"]·ID["tujuh-puluh", "tujuh-puluh,"]·IT["ebdomekonta", "settanta"]·jav["pitung-dasa", "pitung-dasa,", "pitung-puluh"]·KO["일흔", "칠십", "칠십-명과"]·PT["setenta"]·RU["семьдесят"]·ES["setenta"]·SW["sabini"]·TR["yetmiş", "yetmiş-beş"]·urd["ستر", "پچھتر"]

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
ἑβδομήκοντα, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable, seventy, Refs 5th c.BC+