adjective
tesserakonta
Greekτεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Strong’sG5062
forty
stem tesserakont-22 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books0 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
τεσσεράκοντα (Rec. τεσσαρ-, v, WH, App., 150; M, Pr., 45 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 62 f., 73 f.), οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5062 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtes-sar-ak'-on-tah
forty
Fromthe decade of G5064;
King Jamesforty.
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 | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta |
| object accusative | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | ||
| direct address vocative | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta |
| to, for dative | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta | tesserakonta |
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
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 4:2“forty”kai nēsteuaratos hēmerain tesserakonta kai nuxain tesserakonta husterem peinata.After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Matthew 4:2“forty”kai nēsteuaratos hēmerain tesserakonta kai nuxain tesserakonta husterem peinata.After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Mark 1:13“forty”kai ate en ta erēma tesserakonta hēmerain peirazirōtos hupo tou Satanaou, kai ate meta teiu thēreiu, kai tois angelois diakonale auto.and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.
Luke 4:2“forty”hēmerain tesserakonta peirazirōtos hupo tou diabolou. kai ouk esthiata oudenem en tai hēmerai ekeinai, kai suntelirataiu autaiu peinata.where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Acts 1:3“forty”hoi kai paristanata heauton zōarōton meta tem paschara auton en pollei tekmēriei, dia hēmeraiu tesserakonta optanerōtos autoi kai legarōtos teim peri tau basileiau tou theou;After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 4:22“forty”eteiu gar ate pollotereiu tesserakonta tos anthrōpos epi hon ginatelē tem sēmem houtem tau iasiau.For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.
Acts 7:30“forty”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
Acts 7:36“forty”houtos exagata autoin poiaratos terateim kai sēmeim en gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai en ta erēma eteim tesserakonta.He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
Acts 7:42“forty”strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafitē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 13:21“forty”kakeithen aitela basilevon, kai dōata autoi tos theos ton Saoul huion Kis, anēron ek fulau Beniamin, eteim tesserakonta;Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.
Acts 23:13“forty”ale de polloterois tesserakonta tois houtan tan sunōmosian poieratois;More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
Acts 23:21“forty”sis oun mē peithiseia autoi, enedreualō gar auton ek autoiu anērois polloterois tesserakonta, hotinois anathematizala heautoin mēte esthiara mēte pinara heōs hou anairaleia auton, kai nun alō hetoimois prosdecherōtois tan apo su epangelian.Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
2 Corinthians 11:24“forty”hupo Ioudaioiu pentakis tesserakonta para henan lambama,Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
Hebrews 3:10“forty”tesserakonta eteim; dio prosochthizama ta genea houta kai legama; Aei planilō ta kardia; autois de ouk gnōskala tain hodain mu;Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
Hebrews 3:17“forty”tinoi de prosochthizata tesserakonta eteim? ouchi toi hamartaratoi, hoiu teim kōleim piptata en ta erēma?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Revelation 7:4“forty”Kai akouama ton arithmon toiu sfragizirētoiu, hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais, sfragizirētois ek pantau fulau huioiu Israēl;And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:
Revelation 11:2“forty”kai tan aulan tan exōthen tou naou ekballasar exōthen, kai mē autan metraseia, hoti dōita tei ethnei, kai tan politan tan hagian patali mēnoin tesserakonta duo.But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
Revelation 13:5“forty”Kai dōita aute stomem lalarōtem megeim kai blasfēmiain, kai dōita aute exousias poiara mēnoin tesserakonta duo.The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Revelation 14:1“(and) forty”Kai horama, kai idou tem arniem histanarētem epi tem orem Siōn, kai meta autou hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais echarōtais tem onomem autou kai tem onomem tou patērou autou grafirētem epi teiu metōpeiu autoiu.Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 14:3“forty”kai adalō hōs ōdan kainan enōpion tou thronou kai enōpion teiu tessares zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu; kai oudenos dunete mathara tan ōdan ei mē tais hekaton tesserakonta tessares chiliadais, tois agorazirētois apo tau gēau.And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 21:17“(and) forty”kai metrata tem teichem autau hekaton tesserakonta tessares pēchoiu, metrem anthrōpou, hem atō angelou.And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
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John 2:20“in forty”legala oun tois Ioudaiois; Tesserakonta kai hex etei oikodomita tos naos houtos, kai sis en treis hēmerai egeirasi auton?“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”