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Notes: It is also possible that ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά in RV MAT 18:22 · LV MAT 18:22 · Read together MAT 18:22 is a shortened form for ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτάκις, which would mean ‘seventy times seven times,’ but this is, of course, essentially equivalent to ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Related lemmas: ἑπτά

Sense 1: seventy times

Semantic entry: 60.74

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Once, Twice, Three Times, Etc. [Cardinals of Time]

Definition: seventy occurrences

Notes: For another interpretation of ἑβδομηκοντάκις in RV MAT 18:22 · LV MAT 18:22 · Read together MAT 18:22, see 60.77: ἑβδομηκοντάκις.

MAT 18:22: RV MAT 18:22 · LV MAT 18:22 · Read together MAT 18:22

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OET-RV MAT 18:22

22 “I won’t say seven times,” Yeshua answered, “but seventy times seven times!

OET-LV MAT 18:22

22 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him:
I _am_ not _saying to _you up _to seven _times, but up _to seventy _times seven.

Sense 2: seventy times

Semantic entry: 60.77

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: Double, Four Times As Much, Etc. [Multiples]

Definition: seventy multiples of a quantity

Notes: One should not, however, interpret ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά as referring to a specific number, such as 490, but simply an unusually large number with symbolic significance of being totally adequate or complete. For another interpretation of ἑβδομηκοντάκις in RV MAT 18:22 · LV MAT 18:22 · Read together MAT 18:22, see 60.74: ἑβδομηκοντάκις.