ΙΒ΄, ιβ΄
IB΄, ib΄
Sounds Like: EE-beh
Translations: twelve
From the root: ΙΒ΄
Part of Speech: Numeral
Explanation: This is a Greek numeral representing the number 12. In the Koine Greek system, letters of the alphabet were used to represent numbers. The iota (Ι) represents 10, and the beta (Β) represents 2. The keraia (΄) at the end indicates that the preceding letters are being used as a number rather than a word.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 18:123
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΙΒ΄, appear in our texts.
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