Definition

ninety-nine

Etymology

from a (tenth) multiple of G1767 (ἐννέα) and G1767 (ἐννέα) itself;

Word family

• ἐννέα ennéa

How the KJV renders it

• ninety and nine

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.