The meaning of “τεσσαράκοντα”
Understanding tessarákonta reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
the decade of τέσσαρες forty.
τεσσαράκοντα
the decade of τέσσαρες forty.
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 4:2 | “And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.” Word: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) | |
| Mark 1:13 | “And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.” Word: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) | |
| Luke 4:2 | “Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.” Word: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) | |
| John 2:20 | “Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?” Word: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) | |
| Acts 7:42 | “Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?” Word: τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta) |