πεντάκις
pentakis
G3999
G:ADV
Greek
five times
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Pentakis marks the repeated number of occasions on which the speaker received lashes.
The attested use marks five separate occasions on which the speaker received lashes.
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Five occasions of receiving lashes · dominant
In 2 Corinthians 11:24, the adverb qualifies the repeated receipt of lashes; the APB renders the clause “Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Corinthians 11:24, the APB presents the numerical repetition as “Five times”.