ten
| Root | δέκα (deka) |
| Core Meanings | ten, a group of ten, the number ten |
| Semantic Range | the number ten; a set or group of ten; used in counting, measurements, symbolic groupings, and ordinal compounds (e.g., "eighteen" as ten and eight). |
| Conceptual Significance | In biblical literature, ten often signifies completeness in a structured or covenantal sense (e.g., the Ten Words/Commandments, ten plagues, ten virgins). It can represent fullness within human or covenantal order, marking a complete unit within divine arrangement. |
| Morphological Notes | Cardinal numeral; indeclinable in form. Though morphology codes may align it syntactically with plural nouns (often nominative, accusative, etc.), δέκα itself does not inflect for case, gender, or number and functions adjectivally or substantivally to denote the quantity ten. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Greek δέκα is an indeclinable cardinal numeral meaning "ten." As a primary number, it does not change form for case, gender, or number; thus the faithful rendering remains simply "ten," accurately reflecting its quantitative force in every morphological context listed. |
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