δύο

δύο — dýo

δύο, genitive indeclinable δύο (as in Epic, and occasionally in Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, others for δυοιν, more common in Attic (see Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 289f)); dative δυσί, δυσίν (δυσί in Mat 6:24; Luk 16:13; Act 21:33 (Tr δυσίν), δυσίν in Mat 22:40; Mar 16:12; Luk 12:52 (R G δυσί; Act 12:6 (R G L δυσί); Heb 10:28; Rev 11:3 (R G δυσί); cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 98; WHs Appendix, p. 147) — a form not found in the older and better writings, met with in Hippocrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, frequent from Polybius on, for the Attic δυοιν); accusative δύο (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 210; Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. i., p. 276f; Winers Grammar, § 9, 2 b.; Passow, i., p. 729); two: absolutely, οὐκ ἔτι εἰσί δύο, ἀλλά σάρξ μία, Mat 19:6; Mar 10:8; δύο ἤ τρεῖς, Mat 18:20; 1Co 14:29; τρεῖς ἐπί δυσί καί δύο ἐπί τρισί, Luk 12:52; ἀνά and κατά δύο, two by two (Winers Grammar, 398 (372); 401 (374); Buttmann, 30 (26)), Luk 9:3 (WH omits; Tr brackets ἀνά); (WH ἀνά δύο (δύο); cf. Acta Philip. § 36, Tdf. edition, p. 92); Joh 2:6 (apiece); 1Co 14:27; δύο δύο, two and two, Mar 6:7 (so, after the Hebrew, in Gen 6:19-20; but the phrase is not altogether foreign even to the Greek poets, as Aesehyl. Pers. 981 μύρια μύρια for κατά μυριάδας, cf. Winer's Grammar, 249 (234) (cf. 39 (38))); neuter εἰς δύο into two parts, Mat 27:51; Mar 15:38; with the genitive δύο τῶν μαθητῶν (αὐτοῦ), Mar 11:1; Mar 14:13; Luk 19:29; (Mat 11:2 R G); τῶν οἰκετῶν, Act 10:7. δύο ἐξ αὐτῶν, Luk 24:13 (cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) 158 (138); Winer's 203 (191)). with a noun or pronoun: δύο δαιμονιζόμενοι, Mat 8:28. δύο μάχαιραι, Luk 22:38; ἐπί στόματος δύο μαρτύρων, Mat 18:16; 2Co 13:1; δυσί κυρίοις, Mat 6:24; Luk 16:13; εἶδε δύο ἀδελφούς, Mat 4:18; preceded by the article, οἱ δύο, the two, the twain: Mat 19:5; Mar 10:8; 1Co 6:16; Eph 5:31; τούς δύο, Eph 2:15; αἱ (Rec. only) δύο διαθῆκαι, Gal 4:24; οὗτοι (Lachmann brackets οὗτοι) οἱ δύο υἱοί μου, Mat 20:21; περί τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν, Mat 20:24; ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσίν ἐντολαῖς, Mat 22:40; τούς δύο ἰχθύας, Mat 14:19; Mar 6:41; Luk 9:16; δύο δηνάρια, Luk 10:35.