Word Summary
diplous: twofold, double
Original Word: διπλοῦςTransliteration: diplous
Phonetic Spelling: (dip-looce')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: twofold, double
Meaning: twofold, double
Strong's Concordance
double, two-fold more.
From dis and (probably) the base of pleion; two-fold -- double, two-fold more.
see GREEK dis
see GREEK pleion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1362: διπλωςδιπλως (
διπλοῦς),
διπλοη (
διπλῆ,
διπλων,
διπλοῦν (from
Homer down),
twofold, double:
1 Timothy 5:17;
Revelation 18:6;
διπλοτερος (a comparitive found also in
Appian. hist. praef. § 10, from the positive form
διπλός (
Buttmann, 27 (24)))
ὑμῶν,
twofold more than yourselves, Matthew 23:15 ((cf.
Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, 122)).