Word Study · Strong's G5062 · Greek
τεσσαράκοντα
tessarakonta
tes-sar-ak'-on-tah
Strong's 1890 spelling: tessarákonta
“forty”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
forty
Rendered in the KJV as
forty.
- 21occurrencesin the New Testament
- 8 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- τεσσεράκοντα18
- τεσσεράκοντα,1
- τεσσεράκοντα.1
- τεσσεράκοντα·1
How it is rendered · 8
- forty14
- For forty1
- forty -1
- forty [lashes]1
- forty;1
- forty.1
- than forty1
- than forty,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- number, same in every case21
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- A-NUI · 21
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
Acts8 occurrences
- Acts 1:3τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseAfter His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.here: forty
- Acts 4:22τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseFor the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old.here: forty -
- Acts 7:30τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseAfter forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.here: forty
- Acts 7:36τεσσεράκοντα.tesserakontanumber, same in every caseHe led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.here: forty.
- Acts 7:42τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseBut God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?here: forty
- Acts 13:21τεσσεράκοντα·tesserakontanumber, same in every caseThen the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.here: forty;
- Acts 23:13τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseMore than forty of them were involved in this plot.here: than forty
- Acts 23:21τεσσεράκοντα,tesserakontanumber, same in every caseDo not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”here: than forty,
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
Revelation6 occurrences
- Revelation 7:4τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseAnd I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:here: forty
- Revelation 11:2τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseBut exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.here: forty
- Revelation 13:5τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseThe beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.here: forty
- Revelation 14:1τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseThen I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.here: forty
- Revelation 14:3τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseAnd they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.here: forty
- Revelation 21:17τεσσεράκονταtesserakontanumber, same in every caseAnd he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.here: forty