UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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τεσσεράκοντα

MainId: 004963000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: τ

StrongCodes: G5062a

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 004963001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'τέσσαρες', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 004963001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 60.27

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Number

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

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-05 14:21:40

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

         Glosses: forty

      LEXReferences: YHN 2:20, ACTs 4:22, ACTs 7:30, ACTs 7:42, ACTs 23:13, ACTs 23:21, 2 COR 11:24, REV 7:4, REV 11:2, REV 13:5, REV 14:1, REV 14:3, REV 21:17

   2. LEXID: 004963001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.94

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXCollocations: ἔτη τεσσεράκοντα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-05 14:21:40

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

         Glosses: a very long time

         Comments: 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 {D:67.93}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 7:30, ACTs 7:36, ACTs 7:42, ACTs 13:21, HEB 3:10, HEB 3:17

   3. LEXID: 004963001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.93

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXCollocations: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσεράκοντα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-05 14:21:40

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

         Glosses: a long time

         Comments: 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.

      LEXReferences: MAT 4:2, MAT 4:2

   4. LEXID: 004963001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 67.93

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Time

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

      LEXCollocations: ἡμέρας τεσσεράκοντα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-04-05 14:21:40

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

         Glosses: a long time

         Comments: 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.

      LEXReferences: MARK 1:13, LUKE 4:2, ACTs 1:3