πεντεκαιδέκατος
pentekaidékatos
G4003 substantive adjective
SILEX Entry
Definition
Ordinal numeral meaning 'fifteenth.' Used to specify the position in a sequence as the number following the fourteenth, especially with reference to days of a month in calendrical or festival contexts. Primary sense is numeric and ordinal (the fifteenth in order); when used with 'ἡμέρα' (day), denotes 'the fifteenth day.'
Semantic Range
fifteenth (in a sequence), fifteenth day (of a month), number fifteen (in ordinal form)
Root / Etymology
Formed as a compound of πέντε ('five'), καί ('and'), and δέκατος ('tenth'), literally signifying 'five and tenth' or 'fifteenth.'
Historical & Contextual Notes
πεντεκαιδέκατος is an ordinal number used in Hellenistic and Koine Greek for reckoning dates or positions in a series, particularly in contexts like the Septuagint and New Testament where it marks the fifteenth day of a month (e.g., Leviticus 23:6 LXX, Luke 3:1). Such compound ordinals were a typical Greek linguistic construction for numbers above ten, with πέντε καί δέκα indicating 'fifteen.' There is no significant semantic shift or figurative use in literary sources; the word conveys strictly numerical and sequential sense. English translations as 'fifteenth' are direct and correspond closely to the Greek usage. The term is rare outside calendrical or list contexts.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
from πέντε and καί and δέκατος; five and tenth:--fifteenth.
Root Family
πεντεκαιδέκατος (pentekaidékatos) — five and tenth, fifteenth (ordinal)
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G4003-01 |
πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ | pentekaidekato | ADJ.S DAT N SG |
fifteenth | to the fifteenth | fifteenth | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
1 occurrence
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G4003-01 |
Luke 3:1 | πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ | pentekaidekato | ADJ.S DAT N SG |
fifteenth | to the fifteenth | fifteenth |