Strong G4005πεντηκοστή
Pentecost
- Transliteration
- pentēkostē
- Pronunciation
- pen-tay-kos-tay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
πεντηκοστός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX for חֲמִישִׁי, חֲמִישִׁי, Lev.25:10-11, 4Ki.15:23 15:27; 1Ma.4:1-61, 2Ma.14:4; ἡ π., Tob.2:1, 2Ma.12:32 *;]
fiftieth. As subst., ἡ π.;
__(a) (sc. μερίς), at Athens, a tax of two per cent.;
__(b) (sc. ἡμέρα, i.e. the fiftieth day after the Passover), Pentecost, the second of the three great Jewish feasts (To, 2Mac, ll. with; ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, Deu.16:10, al.): Act.2:1 20:16, 1Co.16:8.†
(AS)
[in LXX for חֲמִישִׁי, חֲמִישִׁי, Lev.25:10-11, 4Ki.15:23 15:27; 1Ma.4:1-61, 2Ma.14:4; ἡ π., Tob.2:1, 2Ma.12:32 *;]
fiftieth. As subst., ἡ π.;
__(a) (sc. μερίς), at Athens, a tax of two per cent.;
__(b) (sc. ἡμέρα, i.e. the fiftieth day after the Passover), Pentecost, the second of the three great Jewish feasts (To, 2Mac, ll. with; ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, Deu.16:10, al.): Act.2:1 20:16, 1Co.16:8.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Weeks
A Jewish agricultural festival celebrated 50 days after Passover
The Feast of Weeks, also known as Pentecost, was a Jewish agricultural festival celebrated fifty days after Passover, commemorating the wheat harvest and the giving of the Law at Sinai.
In the Bible
Strong G4005 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pentecost3
First verses
- Acts 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
- Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
- 1 Corinthians 16:8But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: πεντηκοστ-ός, ή, όν,
fiftieth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175b.)]
II substantive πεντηκοστή, ἡ,
II.1 (i.e. μερίς), fiftieth part: hence, tax of two per century. on exports and imports, at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.133, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.27: _plural_, [prev. author] 24.120; ἐς Ἀθάνας πεντηκοστὰ τῶν λίθων “IG” 42(1).103.46 (Epid.); at Delos, [prev. work]22.1635.38 (4th c.BC), 11(2).161 A 26 (3rd c.BC))]; at Halicarnassus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 46.12 (3rd c.BC))]; τῶν πρηθέντων τελείτω π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 229.5 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC))]; = Latin quinquagesima, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.31 (assuming variant): _metaphorically_, ταύτην ευὕρηκε Μειδίας καινὴν ἱππικήν τινα πεντηκοστήν)] invented a new sort of composition of two per century. in lieu of his cavalry service, i. e. paid this instead of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.166.)]
II.2 (i.e. ἡμέρα), fiftieth day (after the Passover), [LXX (“Pentecost”, LXX.2Mac.12.32)]; ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς Π. [NT (NT.Act.2.1.)]
fiftieth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175b.)]
II substantive πεντηκοστή, ἡ,
II.1 (i.e. μερίς), fiftieth part: hence, tax of two per century. on exports and imports, at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.133, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.27: _plural_, [prev. author] 24.120; ἐς Ἀθάνας πεντηκοστὰ τῶν λίθων “IG” 42(1).103.46 (Epid.); at Delos, [prev. work]22.1635.38 (4th c.BC), 11(2).161 A 26 (3rd c.BC))]; at Halicarnassus, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 46.12 (3rd c.BC))]; τῶν πρηθέντων τελείτω π. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 229.5 (Erythrae, 4th c.BC))]; = Latin quinquagesima, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 55.31 (assuming variant): _metaphorically_, ταύτην ευὕρηκε Μειδίας καινὴν ἱππικήν τινα πεντηκοστήν)] invented a new sort of composition of two per century. in lieu of his cavalry service, i. e. paid this instead of it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.166.)]
II.2 (i.e. ἡμέρα), fiftieth day (after the Passover), [LXX (“Pentecost”, LXX.2Mac.12.32)]; ἡ ἡμέρα τῆς Π. [NT (NT.Act.2.1.)]