adjective
deka
Strong’sG1176
ten
stem dek-25 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δέκα means the number ten 1234. It is an indeclinable numeral, used the same way for masculine, feminine, and neuter 3.
In one place it appears in the phrase "ten days" applied to a period of suffering, where it expresses a short, limited length of time rather than a literal count 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G1176 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddek'-ah
ten
Froma primary number;
King James(eight-)een, ten.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
indeclinable, ten, Refs 8th c.BC+the Ten, Refs 5th c.BC+; also οἱ δ. the Attic dialect Orators, Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὰ δέκα [ἔτη] ἀφ᾽ ἥβης those who are ten years past Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. ἄνδρες, = Latin decemviri, Refs 2nd c.AD+ δεκᾰ-είς, NT+4th c.BC+; Thess. δεκαπέμπε Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka |
| object accusative | deka | deka | deka | deka | ||
| direct address vocative | deka | deka | deka | deka | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka |
| to, for dative | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka | deka |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
25 occurrences, every one of them listed
deka25×
Matthew 20:24Kai akouarantois tois deka aganaktala peri toiu duo adelfoiu.When the ten heard about this, they were indignant …
Matthew 25:1Tote homoiiti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu deka parthenai, hotinais labarantais tain lampadain heautaiu …… kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and …
Matthew 25:28… talantem kai dōavar to echarōnto teim deka talanteim;… it to the one who has ten talents.
Mark 10:41Kai akouarantois tois deka archela aganaktarō peri Iakōbou kai Iōannou.When the ten heard about this, they became indignant …
Luke 13:16“ten”… arōntan, han data tos Satanos idou deka kai oktō eteim, ouk date luira …Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released …
Luke 14:31… prōtem bouleueti ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu …… consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against …
Luke 15:8Ē tinas gunaikas drachmain echarōntas deka, ean apolateia drachman henan, ouchi haptatō …Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of …
Luke 17:12… eiserchorōntou autou eis tinan kōman apantala deka leprois androis, hois stēala porrōthen,… the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
Luke 17:17… de tos Iēsus legata; Ouchi tois deka katharizila? tois de ennea pou?“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are …
Luke 19:13kalarantos de deka douloin heautou dōata autoi deka mnain …Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them …
Luke 19:13… de deka douloin heautou dōata autoi deka mnain kai legata pros autoin; Pragmateuevar …… of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until …
Luke 19:16… prōtos legarōntos; Kurior, tas mnas su deka prosergazeta mnain.… said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
Luke 19:17… pistos genesa, asōr exousian echarōntos epanō deka polaiu.… matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’
Luke 19:24… tan mnan kai dōavar to tain deka mnain echarōnto… it to the one who has ten minas.’
Luke 19:25kai legala auto; Kurior, echatō deka mnain‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
Acts 25:6… autoi hēmerain ouk polloterain oktō ē deka, katabainarantos eis Kaisareian, ta epaurion kathizarantos …… spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down …
Revelation 2:10… hina peiraziveia, kai echavi thlipsian hēmeraiu deka. genosōr pistos achri thanatou, kai dōami …… and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death …
Revelation 12:3… purros, echarōntos kefalain hepta kai kerateim deka kai epi tain kefalain autou hepta …… huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on …
Revelation 13:1… tau thalassau thērem anabainarōntem, echarōntem kerateim deka kai kefalain hepta, kai epi teiu …Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out …
Revelation 13:1… hepta, kai epi teiu kerateiu auteu deka diadēmeim, kai epi tain kefalain auteu …… out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and …
Revelation 17:3… blasfēmiau, echarōntos kefalain hepta kai kerateim deka.… names and had seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:7… echarōnteu tain hepta kefalain kai teim deka kerateim;… which has the seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:12kai teim deka kerateim heim horasa deka basilevois alō, …The ten horns you saw are ten kings …
Revelation 17:12kai teim deka kerateim heim horasa deka basilevois alō, hotinois basileian oupō labala, …The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received …
Revelation 17:16kai teim deka kerateim heim horasa kai tem thērem, …And the ten horns and the beast that you …