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Koine Greek wordlink #63059

SR GNT Yhn 1:39 δεκάτη (dekataʸ) ‘the hour was about the tenth’ Strongs=11820 Lemma=dekatos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=5 AD TimeSeries=First_Disciples_Gathered

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Only use of identical word form δεκάτη (S-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘δεκάτη’ (S-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘the tenth’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘dekatos’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a tenth’, ‘the tenth’, ‘tenth’, ‘tithes’.

Greek words (4) other than δεκάτη (S-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘tenth’

HEB 7:2 δεκάτην (dekataʸn) S-AFS ‘to whom also a tenth of all things allotted’ SR GNT Heb 7:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 to _whom also a_tenth of all things allotted Abraʼam, first on _one _hand being _translated king of _righteousness, on _the _other _hand then also king of _Salaʸm, which is: king of _peace, (HEB_7:2)

OET-RV: 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of all the captured goods. The name Malki-Tsedek means ‘king of righteousness’ and then king of Salem also means ‘king of peace’. (HEB 7:2)

HEB 7:4 δεκάτην (dekataʸn) S-AFS ‘how_great is this one to whom a tenth Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) gave out_of’ SR GNT Heb 7:4 word 7

OET-LV: 4 And be _observing how _great is this one, to _whom a_tenth Abraʼam, gave out _of the best _spoils, the patriarch. (HEB_7:4)

OET-RV: 4 Notice how great this Malki-Tsedek was, because the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the best of the captured goods. (HEB 7:4)

REV 11:13 δέκατον (dekaton) S-NNS ‘great and the tenth of the city fell’ SR GNT Rev 11:13 word 14

OET-LV: 13 And in that the hour became an_earthquake great, and the tenth of _the city fell, and were _killed _off in the earthquake, the_names of _people seven thousands, and the rest frightened became, and they _gave glory to _the god of_ the _heaven. (REV_11:13)

OET-RV: 13 At that same time, there will be a huge earthquake which will cause a tenth of the city to collapse. That’ll kill 7,000 people and the rest will be terrified and will acknowledge the God of heaven. (REV 11:13)

REV 21:20 δέκατος (dekatos) S-NMS ‘ninth topaz the tenth chrysoprase the eleventh’ SR GNT Rev 21:20 word 18

OET-LV: 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh hyacinth, the twelfth amethyst. (REV_21:20)

OET-RV: 20 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. (REV 21:20)

Key: S=substantive adjective AFS=accusative,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular