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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: τεσσαράκοντα

(Strong's #5062 — Adjective — tessarakonta — tes-sar-ak'-on-tah )

is used in circumstances in Scripture which indicate the number as suggesting probation, separation or judgment, e.g., Matthew 4:2; Acts 1:3; Hebrews 3:9,17 . Note: Tessarakontaetes, "forty years" (etos, "a year"), is found in Acts 7:23; 13:18 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Forty'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/forty.html. 1940.
 
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