τεσσαρακονταετής
tessarakontaetēs · forty years
Greek word · Strong’s number G5063 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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tessarakontaetēs (τεσσαρακονταετής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “forty years”.
A period or age of forty years.
How to say it
tes·sa·ra·kon·ta·e·tēs
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
- Forty years old, or lasting forty years.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 7:23
And when a period of forty years was being completed for him, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
- Acts 13:18
And for about forty years’ time he put up with them in the wilderness.