5065. tessareskaidekatos

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fourteenth.

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

see GREEK tessares

see GREEK kai

see GREEK dekatos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5065: τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος

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

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek words τέσσαρες (tessares, meaning "four") and δέκα (deka, meaning "ten"), combined with the suffix -τος (-tos), which is used to form ordinal numbers.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The concept of the "fourteenth" in Hebrew is represented by the ordinal number אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר (arba'ah asar). While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence in Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, related entries include:
• Strong's Hebrew 702 (אַרְבַּע, arba): "four"
• Strong's Hebrew 6240 (עָשָׂר, asar): "ten"

These Hebrew terms combine to form the ordinal number for "fourteenth" in the Hebrew language, paralleling the Greek τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτος in function and usage.

Usage: This Greek term is used in the New Testament to denote the fourteenth day of a month or a sequence. It appears in contexts related to timekeeping and calendrical events.

Context: The term τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτος is specifically used in the New Testament in the context of the Apostle Paul's journey to Rome, as recorded in the Book of Acts. In Acts 27:27, the term is used to describe the fourteenth night of a stormy sea voyage. The passage reads: "On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land" (BSB). This usage highlights the term's function in marking a specific point in time during a significant event in early Christian history.

The fourteenth day also holds significance in the Jewish calendar, particularly in relation to the Passover, which begins on the fourteenth day of the first month (Nisan). While τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτος itself is not used in the New Testament to describe the Passover, the concept of the fourteenth day is integral to understanding the timing of this important feast.

Forms and Transliterations

τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατη τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατην Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτης τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτου τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτω tessareskaidekate tessareskaidekatē tessareskaidekáte tessareskaidekátē Tessareskaidekaten Tessareskaidekatēn Tessareskaidekáten Tessareskaidekátēn

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.