2001 Translation

D, d

Sounds Like: DEL-tah

Translations: Delta, four, 4

From the root: Δ

Part of Speech: Letter, Numeral

Explanation: Δ (Delta) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeral system, it represents the number four. It is also used as a symbol in various contexts, including mathematics and science, though its primary function in Koine Greek texts is as a letter or a numeral.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:30, 1:32, 2:1, 2:4, 2:16, 2:23, 2:44, 2:65, 2:73, 2:78, 2:87, 2:88, 2:92, 2:96, 2:99, 2:111, 2:130, 3:4, 3:10, 3:11, 4:1, 4:10, 4:11, 4:23, 4:33, 4:58, 6:11, 7:3, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 10:9, 10:24, 10:25, 10:28, 10:34, 11:16

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 12:11
• 2 Esdras — 17:34
• Judith — 8:4
• 1 Maccabees — 3:60, 8:13, 14:45, 15:9, 15:10
• 4 Maccabees — 8:6
• Proverbs — 6:22, 17:8, 19:9, 21:1, 24:22
• Job — 31:12, 39:11, 39:30
• Isaiah — 55:6
• Jeremiah — 44:9
• Matthew — 5:21, 5:22, 10:11, 10:33, 12:32, 16:25, 18:6, 21:44, 23:16, 23:18, 24:31
• Mark — 2:3, 3:29, 8:35
• Luke — 9:24, 10:5, 10:10, 17:33, 20:18
• John — 4:14
• 2 Corinthians — 11:21
• 1 John — 2:5, 3:17
• Revelation — 7:1, 21:19
• Shepherd of Hermas — 22:0, 29:0, 30:3

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 3:1, 8:1, 10:1, 12:1, 14:1, 16:1, 25:1, 26:1, 41:1, 54:1, 57:1, 63:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:1, 0:4, 0:8
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:1, 4:6, 6:1, 8:2, 10:1, 34:3, 44:4, 60:4, 65:3, 68:8, 68:9, 74:1, 80:2, 80:3, 81:3, 112:1, 120:2, 126:1, 131:2, 135:6, 137:4, 138:1

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 2:2, 2:5, 4:2, 6:1, 8:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:19, 5:21, 5:22, 10:11, 10:33, 12:32, 16:25, 18:6, 23:16, 23:18, 27:44
• Mark — 3:29, 8:35
• Luke — 9:24, 10:5, 10:10, 20:18
• John — 4:14
• 2 Corinthians — 11:21
• 1 John — 2:5, 3:17

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 6:2, 7:2, 11:12, 12:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, Δ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• Δ' — four, but, and, now, moreover, through, by, on account of, for the sake of
• Δʼ — 4, four
• Δ΄ — four

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