adjective
dōdekatos
Greekδωδέκατος (dōdekatos)
Strong’sG1428
twelfth
stem dōdekat-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δωδέκατος, -η, -ον
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1428 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddo-dek'-at-os
twelfth
Fromfrom G1427;
King Jamestwelfth.
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 | dōdekatos1×δωδέκατος | dōdekatas | dōdekatem | dōdekatois | dōdekatais | dōdekateim |
| object accusative | dōdekaton | dōdekatan | dōdekatoin | dōdekatain | ||
| direct address vocative | dōdekator | dōdekatar | dōdekatoir | dōdekatair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | dōdekatou | dōdekatau | dōdekateu | dōdekatoiu | dōdekataiu | dōdekateiu |
| to, for dative | dōdekato | dōdekata | dōdekate | dōdekatoi | dōdekatai | dōdekatei |
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
dōdekat 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
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
dōdekatos“twelfth”subjectnominative singular1×
Revelation 21:20“twelfth”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.