Lexical Definition
τεσσαράκοντα tessarákonta (tes-sar-ak'-on-tah) forty G:A-NUI
the decade of τέσσαρες
forty.
Abbott-Smith
τεσσεράκοντα (Rec. τεσσαρ-, v, WH, App., 150; M, Pr., 45 f.; Thackeray, Gr., 62 f., 73 f.), οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.,
forty: Mt 4:2, Mk 1:13, Lk 4:2, Jo 2:20, Ac 1:3, al
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 4:2 |
| Mark | 1:13 |
| Luke | 4:2 |
| John | 2:20 |
| Acts | 1:3 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τεσσαράκοντα [ρᾰ],
Attic dialect τεττᾰράκοντα [Refs]; Ionic dialect τεσσεράκοντα (which see); Sicilian Ionic τετράϟοντα [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Doric dialect τετρώκοντα [Refs 4th c.BC+] and see at {τεσσαρακοστός}; once Doric dialect τεταράκοντα [Refs]; Boeotian dialect πετταράκοντα (which see): οἱ, αἱ, τά, indeclinable:—forty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II οἱ τ. the Forty, a body of justices who went round the Attic demes to hear all causes up to ten drachmae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also cases of assault, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: changed from Thirty to “Forty” after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants, [Refs 4th c.BC+]