Quick Definition
δέκατος, η, ον Adj tenth
Strong's Definition
ordinal from 1176; tenth
KJV Usage: tenth
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -η, -ον
60.57 · Number · First, Second, Third, Etc. [Ordinals]
tenth tenth in a series involving either time, space, or set
60.65 · (δέκατον) · Number · Half, Third, Fourth [Fractional Part]
tenth, tenth part a tenth part of an object, series, or mass In rendering ‘the tenth of the city fell’ in REV 11:13, it may be necessary in some languages to say ‘for every ten buildings, one building fell’ or ‘every tenth building in the city collapsed.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δέκατος, -η, -ov, (δέκα), [fr. Hom. down], the tenth: Jn. i. 39 (40); Rev. xxi. 20; τὸ δέκατον, subst., the tenth part: Rev. xi. 18.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δέκατος dekatos 7x
tenth, Jn. 1:39; Rev. 11:13; 21:20; δεκάτη, i.e. μερίς, a tenth part, tithe, Heb. 7:2, 4, 8, 9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δέκατος, -η, -ον
(< δέκα), [in LXX for מַעֲשֵׂר and cognate forms ;]
tenth: Jo 1:40, Ac 19:9 (WH, txt., RV omit), Re 11:13; 21:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δέκατος. For the adj. in connexion with time, see P Magd 71} (8.6. 217) ἀπόστι(λον) πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐγ τῆς δεκάτης [τοῦ Χοίαχ. Like other ordinals, it is very frequently represented by the numeral letter: for a rather unusual combination cf. Preisigke 1929 (ostracon, A.D. 64) tm(ép) Χαογραφίίας) δεκάτου (ἔτους) Népwvos τοῦ κυρίου.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δέκατος (dekatos) — tenth. δέκᾰτος [Refs 4th c.AD+] δέκοτος [Refs 5th c.BC+], also Aeolic dialect in [Refs], η, ον: (δέκα):— tenth, Ἠώς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a round number, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. δεκάτη (i.e. μερίς), ἡ, tenth part, tithe, τᾶς δεκάτας δεκάταν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐκ τῆς δ. the produce of the tenth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. δεκάτη (i.e. ἡμέρα), ἡ, the tenth day, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2. b δ. προτέρα· ἡ πρὸ εἰκάδος, ὡς ὑστέρα· ἡ μετ᾽ εἰκάδα, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.3. festival on the tenth day after birth, when the child has a name given it, τὴν δ. θύειν to give a naming-day feast, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. δεκάτα· τάξις, ἄθροισμα, καὶ ἡ τῶν εἴκοσιν ἁρμάτων τάξις, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.5. δέκατον, τό, tenth part, [LXX]