eleven
hendeka identifies the group of disciples or apostles designated as eleven in the supplied passages.
The term consistently designates a male group identified as eleven: disciples gathered or addressed in Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33, Mark 16:14, and Matthew 28:16, and apostles in Acts 1:26 and Acts 2:14.
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The designated group of eleven · dominant
Across all six occurrences, the masculine plural form marks a group designated as eleven rather than an isolated individual. In Acts 1:26 the APB renders Matthias as added to “the eleven apostles”; in Acts 2:14 Peter stands with the group, while Luke 24:9, Luke 24:33, Mark 16:14, and Matthew 28:16 place the group in reporting, gathering, reclining, and going to Galilee.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the group with “the eleven,” adding “apostles” in Acts 1:26 and “disciples” in Matthew 28:16 where the verse's context supplies those group labels. These accompanying English nouns reflect the clauses rather than necessarily the term alone.