δύο

dýo · Greek · Strong's G1417 · 132 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “both”

What it means

"two"

a primary numeral;

How the KJV renders it

both, twain, two

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“both”

also renders amphóteros (G297), hékastos (G1538), yachad (H3162), shᵉnayim (H8147)

“two”

also renders tsemed (H6776), shᵉnayim (H8147), tᵉrêyn (H8648)

“twain”

also renders shᵉnayim (H8147)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

132 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 6:16 A-NUI1 Corinthians 14:27 A-NUI1 Corinthians 14:29 A-NUI1 Timothy 5:19 A-NUI2 Corinthians 13:1 A-NUIActs 1:10 A-NUIActs 1:23 A-NUIActs 1:24 A-NUIActs 7:29 A-NUIActs 9:38 A-NUIActs 10:7 A-NUIActs 12:6 A-DPFActs 19:10 A-NUIActs 19:22 A-NUIActs 19:34 A-NUIActs 21:33 A-DPFActs 23:23 A-NUIEphesians 2:15 A-NUIEphesians 5:31 A-NUIGalatians 4:22 A-NUIGalatians 4:24 A-NUIHebrews 6:18 A-NUIHebrews 10:28 A-DPMJohn 1:35 A-NUIJohn 1:37 A-NUIJohn 1:41 A-NUIJohn 2:6 A-NUIJohn 4:40 A-NUIJohn 4:43 A-NUIJohn 6:9 A-NUIJohn 8:17 A-NUIJohn 11:6 A-NUIJohn 19:18 A-NUIJohn 20:4 A-NUIJohn 20:12 A-NUIJohn 21:2 A-NUILuke 2:24 A-NUILuke 3:11 A-NUILuke 5:2 A-NUILuke 7:19 A-NUILuke 7:41 A-NUILuke 9:3 A-NUILuke 9:13 A-NUILuke 9:16 A-NUILuke 9:30 A-NUILuke 9:32 A-NUILuke 10:1 A-NUILuke 10:35 A-NUILuke 12:6 A-NUILuke 12:52 A-DPMLuke 15:11 A-NUILuke 16:13 A-DPMLuke 17:34 A-NUILuke 17:35 A-NUILuke 18:10 A-NUILuke 19:29 A-NUILuke 21:2 A-NUILuke 22:38 A-NUILuke 23:32 A-NUILuke 24:4 A-NUI

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.