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τεσσεράκοντα

Strong’s: G5062a

Associated OET lemmas: τεσσεράκοντα

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Related lemmas: τέσσαρες

Sense 1: forty

Semantic entry: 60.27

Semantic domains: Number

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

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

JHN 2:20: RV JHN 2:20 · LV JHN 2:20 · Read together JHN 2:20

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OET-RV JHN 2:20

20 The leaders smirked, “This temple took forty-six years to build, and you reckon that you can raise it again in three days?”

OET-LV JHN 2:20

20 Therefore the Youdaiōns said:
This the temple was _built for _forty and six years, and you will _be _raising it in three days?

ACT 4:22: RV ACT 4:22 · LV ACT 4:22 · Read together ACT 4:22

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OET-RV ACT 4:22

22 and because the man who’d miraculously recovered was over forty years old.

OET-LV ACT 4:22

22 For/Because the man on whom this the sign of _the healing had _become was more years than forty.

All 13 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 2:20 · LV JHN 2:20 · Read together JHN 2:20

ACT: RV ACT 4:22 · RV ACT 7:30 · RV ACT 7:42 · RV ACT 23:13 · RV ACT 23:21 · LV ACT 4:22 · LV ACT 7:30 · LV ACT 7:42 · LV ACT 23:13 · LV ACT 23:21 · Read together ACT 4:22 · Read together ACT 7:30 · Read together ACT 7:42 · Read together ACT 23:13 · Read together ACT 23:21

CO2: RV CO2 11:24 · LV CO2 11:24 · Read together CO2 11:24

REV: RV REV 7:4 · RV REV 11:2 · RV REV 13:5 · RV REV 14:1 · RV REV 14:3 · RV REV 21:17 · LV REV 7:4 · LV REV 11:2 · LV REV 13:5 · LV REV 14:1 · LV REV 14:3 · LV REV 21:17 · Read together REV 7:4 · Read together REV 11:2 · Read together REV 13:5 · Read together REV 14:1 · Read together REV 14:3 · Read together REV 21:17

Sense 2: a very long time

Semantic entry: 67.94

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a very long period of time

Notes: Though most translations render ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα as ‘forty years,’ the expression probably is to be understood as meaning an unusually long period of time. See also discussion at 67.93: ἡμέρα / 67.93: νύξ / 67.93: τεσσεράκοντα / 67.93: τεσσεράκοντα.

Collocations: ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα

ACT 7:30: RV ACT 7:30 · LV ACT 7:30 · Read together ACT 7:30

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OET-RV ACT 7:30

30 After another forty years, he was in the wilderness around Mt. Sinay when he saw a messenger in the flame of a burning thorn bush.

OET-LV ACT 7:30

30 And forty years having _been _fulfilled:
a_messenger was _seen to _him in the wilderness of_ the _Mount Sina/(Şīnay), in a_flame of _fire of_a_thorn _bush.

ACT 7:36: RV ACT 7:36 · LV ACT 7:36 · Read together ACT 7:36

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OET-RV ACT 7:36

36 So eventually Mosheh led them out of Mitsrayim after doing miracles and signs of God’s power there, and then also at the Red Sea and during the forty years in the wilderness.

OET-LV ACT 7:36

36 This man led_ them _out, having _done wonders and signs in the Aiguptos, and in the_Red Sea, and in the wilderness, because/forty years.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 7:30 · RV ACT 7:36 · RV ACT 7:42 · RV ACT 13:21 · LV ACT 7:30 · LV ACT 7:36 · LV ACT 7:42 · LV ACT 13:21 · Read together ACT 7:30 · Read together ACT 7:36 · Read together ACT 7:42 · Read together ACT 13:21

HEB: RV HEB 3:10 · RV HEB 3:17 · LV HEB 3:10 · LV HEB 3:17 · Read together HEB 3:10 · Read together HEB 3:17

Sense 3: a long time

Semantic entry: 67.93

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: (literally: forty days and forty nights) possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a relatively long period of time

Notes: Most translations render ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα as either ‘forty days and forty nights’ or ‘forty days,’ though it is possible, in view of the symbolic meaning of the number ‘forty,’ that this expression is to be understood as meaning a long period of time.

Collocations: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα

MAT 4:2: RV MAT 4:2 · LV MAT 4:2 · Read together MAT 4:2

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OET-RV MAT 4:2

2 As he’d been fasting for forty days (and nights), he was hungry,

OET-LV MAT 4:2

2 And having _fasted forty days and forty nights, later he _hungered.

Sense 4: a long time

Semantic entry: 67.93

Semantic domains: Time

Subdomains: Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young

Definition: ([shortened form of (3)] literally, forty days) possibly a symbolic temporal expression denoting a relatively long period of time

Notes: Most translations render ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα as either ‘forty days and forty nights’ or ‘forty days,’ though it is possible, in view of the symbolic meaning of the number ‘forty,’ that this expression is to be understood as meaning a long period of time.

Collocations: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα

MRK 1:13: RV MRK 1:13 · LV MRK 1:13 · Read together MRK 1:13

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OET-RV MRK 1:13

13 where he was tested by Satan for forty days. He was out there with the wild animals, but God’s messengers looked after him there.

OET-LV MRK 1:13

13 And he _was in the wilderness forty days being _tempted by the Satan/(Sāţān), and he _was with the wild _beasts, and the messengers were _serving unto _him.

LUK 4:2: RV LUK 4:2 · LV LUK 4:2 · Read together LUK 4:2

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OET-RV LUK 4:2

2 where he was tested by the devil for forty days. He didn’t eat anything during that time, and was hungry at the end.

OET-LV LUK 4:2

2 being _tempted forty days by the devil.
And he_ not _ate nothing in the those days, and them having _been _completed, he _hungered.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MRK: RV MRK 1:13 · LV MRK 1:13 · Read together MRK 1:13

LUK: RV LUK 4:2 · LV LUK 4:2 · Read together LUK 4:2

ACT: RV ACT 1:3 · LV ACT 1:3 · Read together ACT 1:3