ἑκᾰτόν G1540
A hundred; the cardinal number one hundred.
Hekaton is the indeclinable Greek cardinal number meaning 'one hundred.' It appears in parables about extravagant yields — the hundredfold harvest of good seed (Matt 13:8, 23; Mark 4:8, 20) — and in teaching about God's care for individuals: leaving ninety-nine sheep to find the one lost (Matt 18:12; Luke 15:4). It also quantifies debts in the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matt 18:28). The number is rendered with perfect consistency across all languages: Spanish 'cien/ciento,' French 'cent,' German 'hundert.'
Senses
1. a hundred — The cardinal number one hundred, used as an exact quantity. In the parable of the sower it describes the maximum yield of good soil — a hundredfold return (Matt 13:8, 23). In the parables of the lost sheep (Matt 18:12; Luke 15:4) and the unforgiving servant (Matt 18:28), it sets the scale of what is at stake. The word is indeclinable and functions identically across every grammatical context. Every target language renders it with its standard numeral: Spanish 'cien,' French 'cent,' German 'hundert.' 17×
AR["المائَةُ", "مائَةٌ", "مِئَةً", "مِئَةٍ", "مِائَةً", "مِائَةً وَ", "مِائَةٍ", "مِائَةَ", "مِائَةُ"]·ben["এক-শত", "একশত", "একশত-চল্লিশ", "একশো", "শত", "শত।"]·DE["hundert"]·EN["Hundred", "a-hundred", "hundred", "hundreds", "one-hundred"]·FR["cent"]·heb["מֵאָה"]·HI["एक-सौ", "एक-सौ-चालीस", "पचास-पचास", "सौ"]·ID["Seratus", "seratus", "seratus."]·IT["cento"]·jav["Satus", "satus", "satus,", "satus."]·KO["백", "백-", "백-과"]·PT["Cem", "cem", "cem.", "cento", "cento-e"]·RU["Сто", "ста", "ста.", "сто"]·ES["Cien", "cien", "ciento"]·SW["Mia", "dinari", "mia", "mia-moja", "mia."]·TR["Yüz", "yüz", "yüz.", "yüzer"]·urd["ایک-سو", "سو"]
Matt 13:8, Matt 13:23, Matt 18:12, Matt 18:28, Mark 4:8, Mark 4:20, Mark 6:40, Luke 15:4, Luke 16:6, Luke 16:7, John 19:39, John 21:11 (+5 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
ἑκᾰτόν, Refs 4th c.AD+ ἑκοτόν Refs 4th c.BC+, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable:— a hundred, Refs 8th c.BC+: in compounds frequently loosely for very many. (Dissim. from sém [kcirc]ṃtóm, compare εἷς and Latin centum, Lithuanian ši[mtilde]tas, etc.)