5062. tessarakonta

Lexicon

tessarakonta: Forty

Original Word: τεσσαράκοντα
Part of Speech: Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Transliteration: tessarakonta
Pronunciation: tes-sar-AH-kon-ta
Phonetic Spelling: (tes-sar-ak'-on-tah)
Definition: Forty
Meaning: forty.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

forty.

The decade of tessares; forty -- forty.

see GREEK tessares

HELPS Word-studies

5062 tessarákonta – forty, sometimes with added symbolic sense, i.e. "a full-testing period." That is, the full time (of a crisis, etc.) needed to successfully pass through to know God's approval.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
variant reading for tesserakonta, q.v.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5062: τεσσαράκοντα

τεσσαράκοντα R G, but several times (i. e. between 8 and 14) in Lachmann and everywhere in T WH (and Tr, except Revelation 21:17) τεσσεράκοντα (a form originally Ionic (yet cf. Buttmann, as below); see Kühner, § 187, 5; Buttmann, 28f (25f); cf. Winers Grammar, 43; (Tdf. Proleg., p. 80; WH's Appendix, p. 150)), οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable numeral, forty: Matthew 4:2; Mark 1:13; Luke 4:2; John 2:20; etc.

STRONGS NT 5062a: τεσσαρακονταδυο [τεσσαρακονταδυο, forty-two: Revelation 11:2 Rec.bez; Revelation 13:5 Rec.bez elz.]

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word τέσσαρες (tessares), meaning "four."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • H705 אַרְבָּעִים (arba'im): The Hebrew equivalent for the number forty, used extensively in the Old Testament in contexts similar to those in the New Testament, such as the forty days and nights of rain during the flood (Genesis 7:12) and the forty years of Israel's wilderness wanderings (Numbers 14:33).

The use of τεσσαράκοντα in the New Testament continues the biblical tradition of associating the number forty with significant periods of divine interaction and human response, underscoring its thematic importance in Scripture.

Usage: The term τεσσαράκοντα is used in the New Testament to denote the number forty. It appears in various contexts, often symbolizing periods of testing, trial, or judgment.

Context: The Greek word τεσσαράκοντα, translated as "forty," is a significant number in biblical literature, often associated with periods of trial, testing, and preparation. In the New Testament, τεσσαράκοντα appears in several key passages:

• Matthew 4:2 (BSB): "After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry." This verse describes Jesus' time in the wilderness, where He fasted for forty days and nights, a period of spiritual preparation and testing before beginning His public ministry.

• Acts 1:3 (BSB): "After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God." Here, the forty days refer to the period between Jesus' resurrection and ascension, during which He appeared to His disciples and taught them about the kingdom of God.

• Hebrews 3:9 (BSB): "where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years they saw My works." This passage references the Israelites' forty years of wandering in the wilderness, a time of testing and reliance on God's provision.

The number forty is often seen as a period of probation or trial, both in the Old and New Testaments. It signifies a time of preparation, purification, and transformation, leading to a new phase or revelation in God's plan.

Forms and Transliterations

τεσσαράκοντα τεσσαρακονταδύο τεσσαρακονταεπτά τεσσερακοντα τεσσεράκοντα tesserakonta tesserákonta

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 4:2 Adj
GRK: νηστεύσας ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας
KJV: And when he had fasted forty days and
INT: having fasted days forty and nights

Matthew 4:2 Adj
GRK: καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα ὕστερον ἐπείνασεν
KJV: and forty nights,
INT: and nights forty afterward he hungered

Mark 1:13 Adj
GRK: τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας πειραζόμενος
KJV: in the wilderness forty days, tempted
INT: the wilderness forty days tempted

Luke 4:2 Adj
GRK: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ
KJV: Being forty days tempted
INT: days forty being tempted by

John 2:20 Adj
GRK: οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι Τεσσεράκοντα καὶ ἓξ
KJV: said the Jews, Forty and six
INT: the Jews Forty and six

Acts 1:3 Adj
GRK: δι' ἡμερῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὀπτανόμενος αὐτοῖς
KJV: being seen of them forty days, and
INT: during days forty being seen by them

Acts 4:22 Adj
GRK: ἦν πλειόνων τεσσεράκοντα ὁ ἄνθρωπος
KJV: was above forty years old, on
INT: was above forty the man

Acts 7:30 Adj
GRK: πληρωθέντων ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα ὤφθη αὐτῷ
KJV: And when forty years were expired,
INT: having been passed years forty appeared to him

Acts 7:36 Adj
GRK: ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα
KJV: in the wilderness forty years.
INT: wilderness years forty

Acts 7:42 Adj
GRK: μοι ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα ἐν τῇ
KJV: sacrifices [by the space of] forty years
INT: to me years forty in the

Acts 13:21 Adj
GRK: Βενιαμίν ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα
KJV: of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
INT: of Benjamin years forty

Acts 23:13 Adj
GRK: δὲ πλείους τεσσεράκοντα οἱ ταύτην
KJV: more than forty which
INT: moreover more than forty this

Acts 23:21 Adj
GRK: ἄνδρες πλείους τεσσεράκοντα οἵτινες ἀνεθεμάτισαν
KJV: them more than forty men, which
INT: men more than forty who put under an oath

2 Corinthians 11:24 Adj
GRK: Ἰουδαίων πεντάκις τεσσεράκοντα παρὰ μίαν
KJV: received I forty [stripes] save
INT: [the] Jews five times forty [lashes] except one

Hebrews 3:9 Adj
GRK: ἔργα μου τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη
KJV: my works forty years.
INT: works of me forty years

Hebrews 3:17 Adj
GRK: δὲ προσώχθισεν τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη οὐχὶ
KJV: was he grieved forty years?
INT: moreover was he indignant forty years [Was it] not

Revelation 7:4 Adj
GRK: ἐσφραγισμένων ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες
KJV: an hundred [and] forty [and] four
INT: sealed one hundred forty four thousand

Revelation 11:2 Adj
GRK: πατήσουσιν μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ δύο
KJV: shall they tread under foot forty [and] two
INT: will they trample upon months forty and two

Revelation 13:5 Adj
GRK: ποιῆσαι μῆνας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ δύο
KJV: to continue forty [and] two
INT: to act months forty and two

Revelation 14:1 Adj
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες
KJV: an hundred forty [and] four
INT: him a hundred [and] forty four thousand

Revelation 14:3 Adj
GRK: αἱ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες
KJV: the hundred [and] forty [and] four
INT: the hundred [and] forty four thousand

Revelation 21:17 Adj
GRK: αὐτῆς ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τεσσάρων πηχῶν
KJV: an hundred [and] forty [and] four
INT: of it a hundred [and] forty four cubits

Strong's Greek 5062
22 Occurrences

τεσσεράκοντα — 22 Occ.