Hekaton denotes a quantity of one hundred, used for counted people, animals, measures, groups, yields, debts, and larger totals.

The term marks the numerical quantity of one hundred across varied counted contexts: people and animals, measures and debts, grouped participants, agricultural yield, and larger stated totals. Its differing plural case and gender forms accompany the nouns or quantities being counted rather than indicating separate meanings.

1. A stated quantity of one hundred · dominant

   Across its plural forms, the term specifies a numerical amount in different clauses: in Acts 1:15 the APB renders a gathered crowd as “about one hundred twenty names,” while in John 19:39 it renders the amount of myrrh and aloes as “about a hundred pounds.” It also occurs in counts of sheep and debt, as Luke 15:4 speaks of “a hundred sheep” and Matthew 18:28 of a fellow slave owing “a hundred denarii”; Mark 6:40 presents groups arranged as “hundreds,” and Revelation 7:4 gives a larger total of “one hundred forty-four thousand.”

   Acts 1:15John 19:39Luke 15:4Mark 6:40Matthew 18:28Revelation 7:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the quantity directly as “a hundred” or “one hundred,” while also incorporating it into expressions such as “hundreds,” “a hundredfold,” and “one hundred forty-four thousand.” These English expressions reflect the clauses' numerical presentation rather than a separate rendering for each form.