δέκατος

dekatos · tenth

Greek word · Strong’s number G1182 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

dekatos (δέκατος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tenth”.

How to say it

de·ka·tos

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The one in tenth place in a series, like the tenth hour of the day.
  2. One of ten equal parts.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • John 1:39

    He says to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

  • Revelation 11:13

    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest became terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

  • Revelation 21:20

    the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.