5065. tessareskaidekatos
Strong's Lexicon
tessareskaidekatos: Fourteenth

Original Word: τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: tessareskaidekatos
Pronunciation: tes-sar-es-kai-de-ka-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (tes-sar-es-kahee-dek'-at-os)
Definition: Fourteenth
Meaning: fourteenth.

Word Origin: From the Greek words τέσσαρες (tessares, meaning "four") and δέκα (deka, meaning "ten"), combined with the suffix -τος (-tos) to form an ordinal number.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H702: אַרְבַּע (arba) - Four

- H6240: עָשָׂר (asar) - Ten

- H6243: עֶשְׂרֵה (esreh) - Used in forming ordinal numbers

Usage: The term "tessareskaidekatos" is used to denote the ordinal number "fourteenth." It is primarily used in the context of dates, particularly in reference to the Jewish calendar and significant events that occur on the fourteenth day of a month.

Cultural and Historical Background: In Jewish tradition, the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan is significant as it marks the beginning of Passover (Pesach), a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. This day is crucial in the biblical narrative as it involves the preparation and sacrifice of the Passover lamb, which is central to the Passover celebration.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5065: τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος

τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατον, the fourteenth: Acts 27:27, 33.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fourteenth.

From tessares and kai and dekatos; fourteenth -- fourteenth.

see GREEK tessares

see GREEK kai

see GREEK dekatos

Forms and Transliterations
τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατη τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατην Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτω tessareskaidekate tessareskaidekatē tessareskaidekáte tessareskaidekátē Tessareskaidekaten Tessareskaidekatēn Tessareskaidekáten Tessareskaidekátēn
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 27:27 Adj-NFS
GRK: Ὡς δὲ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη νὺξ ἐγένετο
NAS: But when the fourteenth night came,
KJV: when the fourteenth night
INT: when moreover the fourteenth night was come

Acts 27:33 Adj-AFS
GRK: τροφῆς λέγων Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην σήμερον ἡμέραν
NAS: Today is the fourteenth day
KJV: This day is the fourteenth day
INT: of food saying The fourteenth today [is] day

Strong's Greek 5065
2 Occurrences


τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη — 1 Occ.
Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην — 1 Occ.















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