adjective

dekatessares

Greekδεκατέσσαρες (dekatessares)

Strong’sG1180

fourteen

stem dekatessare-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

fourteen5×

What it means

† δεκατέσσαρες, -ων, oἱ, αἱ, -α, τά,

[in LXX: Ge 31:41, To 8:19, al.;]

= cl. τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα, more freq. in later Gk. than the older form and in MGr. (for thirteen and upwards) universal, fourteen: Mt 1:17, II Co 12:2, Ga 2:1 (cf. τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατος).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1180 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddek-at-es'-sar-es

ten and four, i.e. fourteen

Fromfrom G1176 and G5064;

King Jamesfourteen.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares3×δεκατέσσαρες	dekatessares
object accusative	dekatessares	dekatessares		dekatessares	dekatessares
direct address vocative	dekatessares	dekatessares		dekatessares	dekatessares
of, belonging to genitive	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares2×δεκατεσσάρων
to, for dative	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares	dekatessares

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

dekatessaresstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

dekatessares“fourteen”subjectnominative plural3×

Matthew 1:17“fourteen”Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Matthew 1:17“fourteen”Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

Matthew 1:17“fourteen”Pantais oun tais geneais apo Abraam heōs David geneais dekatessares, kai apo David heōs tau metoikesiau Babulōnau geneais dekatessares, kai apo tau metoikesiau Babulōnau heōs tou christou geneais dekatessares.In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.

dekatessares“fourteen”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

2 Corinthians 12:2“fourteen”oidamē anthrōpon en Christo pro eteiu dekatessares eite en sōme ouk oidamē, eite ektos teu sōmeu ouk oidamē, tos theos oidatē harpaziraton ton toiouton heōs tritou ouranou.I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.

Galatians 2:1“fourteen”Epeita dia dekatessares eteiu palin anabainama eis Hierosolumeim meta Barnabaou sumparalambaratos kai Titon;Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.