Pentakischilioi denotes a group reckoned at about five thousand men in accounts involving the loaves.

The term consistently marks a group of about five thousand men, both when the group is counted directly and when it is recalled in connection with five loaves and gathered baskets.

1. A group reckoned at about five thousand men · dominant

   The nominative plural form identifies the men seated or counted: in John 6:10 the APB renders, “the men sat down, about five thousand in number,” and in Mark 6:44 it renders those who ate the loaves as numbering five thousand men. Luke 9:14 and Matthew 14:21 likewise place the group at about five thousand men, while Mark 8:19 and Matthew 16:9 recall the five loaves in relation to that group and the baskets gathered afterward.

   John 6:10Luke 9:14Mark 6:44Mark 8:19Matthew 14:21Matthew 16:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the group as “about five thousand” or “five thousand men” in the counting statements, and as “the five thousand” when later recalling the five loaves. These renderings show the verse-level presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent.