adjective
dekatos
Greekδέκατος (dekatos)
Strong’sG1182
tenth
stem dekat-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δέκατος, -η, -ον
(< δέκα), [in LXX for מַעֲשֵׂר and cognate forms;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1182 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddek'-at-os
tenth
Fromordinal from G1176;
King Jamestenth.
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 | dekatos1×δέκατος | dekatas1×δεκάτη | dekatem1×δέκατον | dekatois | dekatais | dekateim |
| object accusative | dekaton | dekatan | dekatoin | dekatain | ||
| direct address vocative | dekator | dekatar | dekatoir | dekatair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | dekatou | dekatau | dekateu | dekatoiu | dekataiu | dekateiu |
| to, for dative | dekato | dekata | dekate | dekatoi | dekatai | dekatei |
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
dekat is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
dekatos“tenth”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 21:20“tenth”tos pemptos sardonuxos, tos hektos sardiem, tos hebdomos chrusolithos, tos ogdoos bērullos, tos enatos topaziem, tos dekatos chrusoprasos, tos hendekatos huakinthos, tos dōdekatos amethustas;the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
dekatas“tenth”subjectnominative singular1×
John 1:39“tenth”legatō autoi; Erchevōr kai horevi. erchala oun kai horala pou menatō, kai para auto menala tan hēmeran ekeinan; hōras ate hōs dekatas.“Come and see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour.
dekatem“tenth”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Revelation 11:13“tenth”kai en ekeina ta hōra gineta seismos megos, kai tem dekatem tau politau piptata, kai apokteinila en to seismo onomeim anthrōpoiu chiliadais hepta, kai tois loipois emfobois ginela kai dōala doxan to theo tou ouranou.And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.