Hundred, Hundredfold
Hundred, Hundredfold
an indeclinable numeral, denotes “a hundred,” e.g., Mat 18:12, Mat 18:28; it also signifies “a hundredfold,” Mat 13:8, Mat 13:23, and the RV in the corresponding passage, Mar 4:8, Mar 4:20 (for AV, “hundred”), signifying the complete productiveness of sown seed. In the passage in Mark the phrase is, lit., “in thirty and in sixty and in a hundred.” In Mar 6:40 it is used with the preposition kata, in the phrase “by hundreds.” It is followed by other numerals in Joh 21:11; Act 1:15; Rev 7:4; Rev 14:1, Rev 14:3; Rev 21:17.
an adjective, denotes “a hundredfold,” Mar 10:30; Luk 8:8; the best mss. have it in Mat 19:29 for pollaplasion, “many times more.” See the RV margin.
For multiples of a hundred, see under the numerals TWO, THREE, etc. For “a hundred years,” see YEARS.