Pentekonta denotes a quantity of fifty, used for ages, amounts, debts, fish, and arranged groups.

The term marks the quantity fifty in varied counting contexts: an age in John 8:57, a reduced written amount in Luke 16:6, a debt in Luke 7:41, fish in John 21:11, and groups arranged for a meal in Luke 9:14 and Mark 6:40. Acts 13:20 places it within the larger total of “four hundred and fifty years.”

1. A stated quantity in counting contexts · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the form specifies a count or portion within a concrete clause: in John 8:57 the APB renders an age as “fifty years old”; in Luke 16:6 it renders the revised written amount as “fifty”; and in Luke 7:41 it identifies the smaller debt as “the other fifty.” It also occurs with fish in John 21:11 and with arranged groups in Luke 9:14 and Mark 6:40, while Acts 13:20 includes it in the APB’s total of “four hundred and fifty years.”

   Acts 13:20John 21:11John 8:57Luke 16:6Luke 7:41Luke 9:14Mark 6:40

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the quantity directly as “fifty” or within expressions such as “fifty years old,” “four hundred and fifty years,” and “groups of about fifty each.” These renderings confirm the counting context without assigning every surrounding English word to the term.