UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Constructions: δεκατέσσαρες; δέκα; τέσσαρες

Sense 1: fourteen

Semantic entry: 60.22

Semantic domains: Number

Subdomains: One, Two, Three, Etc. [Cardinals]

Definition: cardinal number, where there are fourteen instances of a countable entity

Notes: It is possible that δεκατέσσαρες in OET MAT 1:17 has a symbolic meaning in view of its being equivalent to twice seven. Others have suggested that the number fourteen is derived from the value of the name David based on the numerical values of the consonants in the Hebrew form of the name. This may explain certain of the irregularities in the listing of the generations.

Show passage in OET: MAT 1:17

OET-RV MAT 1:17

17 So the generations from Avraham to David numbered fourteen, from David to the deportation to Bavel there were fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Bavel to the messiah there were fourteen generations.

OET-LV MAT 1:17

17 Therefore all the generations from Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) to Dawid/(Dāvid) were fourteen generations, and from Dawid until the deportation to _Babulōn fourteen generations, and from the deportation to _Babulōn to the chosen _one /messiah fourteen generations.

Show passage in OET: CO2 12:2

OET-RV CO2 12:2

2 Fourteen years ago I observed a man who was a believer in Messiah who was pulled up to the third heaven. (I didn’t know whether this physically happened or just in the spiritual realm.)

OET-LV CO2 12:2

2 I _have _known a_man in chosen _one /messiah before fourteen years (whether in the_body not I _have _known, or outside the body not I _have _known, the god has _known), having _been _snatched the such to the_third heaven.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 1:17

CO2: OET CO2 12:2

GAL: OET GAL 2:1

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

δεκατέσσαρες

Form 1

Sense 1: fourteen