STRONGS G1324:
δίδυμος,
-η,
-ον, and
-ος,
-ον,
twofold, twain, (double, Homer, Odyssey 19, 227; as
τρίδυμος, triple;
τετράδυμος, quadruple,
ἑπτάδυμος); hence,
twin (namely,
παῖς, as
τρίδυμοι παῖδες,
υἱοί, German
Drillinge, three born at a birth), Hebrew
תְּאֹם, a surname of the apostle Thomas [cf. Luthardt on the first of the following passages;
B. D. under the word, Thomas]:
John 11:16;
John 20:24;
John 21:2. (Homer Iliad 23, 641.)
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