Lexical Definition
δύο dýo (doo'-o) two G:A-NUI
a primary numeral
both, twain, two.
- "two"
Abbott-Smith
δύο, numeral, indecl. exc. in dat., δυσί, δυσίν (Attic δυοῖν),
two: Mt 19:6, Mk 10:8, Jo 2:6, al.; with pl. noun, Mt 9:27 10:10, al.; οἱ, τῶν, τοὺς δ., Mt 19:5 20:24, Mk 10:8, Eph 2:15, al.; δ. ἐξ, Lk 24:13; distrib., ἀνὰ, κατὰ δ., two and two, two apiece: Lk 10:1 (WH, ἀνὰ δ. [δύο]), Jo 2:6, I Co 14:27; δύο δύο (= ἀνὰ δ., as LXX, Ge 6:19 for שְׁנַיִם שְׁנַיִם, but not merely "Hebraism," cf. μυρία μυρία, Æsch., Pers., 981, and for usage in π. and MGr., v. M, Pr., 21, 97), Mk 6:7; εἰς δ. (two and two, Xen., Cyr., 7, 5, 17), into two parts, Mt 27:51, Mk 15:38.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 6:19 |
| Matthew | 9:27 · 10:10 · 19:5 · 19:6 · 20:24 · 27:51 |
| Mark | 6:7 · 10:8 · 15:38 |
| Luke | 10:1 · 24:13 |
| John | 2:6 |
| 1 Corinthians | 14:27 |
| Ephesians | 2:15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
δύο [ῠ],
also δύω in Epic dialect, Eleg. and late, [δύο ῥοπάς should be read in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1090)">Refs 5th c.BC+], nor in Attic dialect Prose or Inscrr.: Laconian dialect accusative δύε [Refs]: genitive and dative δυοῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]-]; later Attic dialect also δυεῖν (especially in feminine genitive) found in codices of [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect δουῖν [Refs 6th c.BC+], etc.: early Attic dialect Inscrr. have δυοῖν [Refs]; Ionic dialect genitive δυῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δυῶν also Doric dialect, [Refs]— Used indeclinable, like{ἄμφω}, by [δύο μοιράων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.253; δύω κανόνεσσι 13.407, etc.; so in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus ">Refs 8th c.BC+] and Attic dialect, δύο νεῶν [δύο ζεύγεσι [prev. author] 3.130; δύο νεῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.89; δύο πλέθρων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.9 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; with dual, δύο μναῖν uncertain reading [Refs]; but not in Trag. and rare in Comedy texts, ἔτεσιν δύο [Refs 4th c.BC+]: not in Attic dialect Inscrr. before the Roman period, [δύο and δύω">Refs 8th c.BC+] are sometimes joined with plural Nouns, δύο δ᾽ ἄνδρες [Refs]; also in Trag., δύο κριούς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Attic dialect Prose, δύο τέχνας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but δυοῖν is rare with plural Nouns, ὀρθοστάταις δυοῖν [Refs]; ἕνα καὶ δύο one or two, a few, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἰς δύο two and two, [Refs]; σὺν δύο two together, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δύο ποιεῖν τὴν πόλιν to split the state into two, divide it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]