τεσσεράκοντα or τεσσαράκοντα?

[Mindy]

- Μάρκον 2. 3
παραλυτικὸν αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων.
τέσσαρες = 4

Λευιτικόν 23. 5
ἐν τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς
δεκατέσσερα = 14
https://www.dictionarist.com/english-greek/fourteen

Μάρκον 1. 13
καὶ ἦν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας
τεσσεράκοντα = 40
But why is it τεσσαράκοντα in the dictionary? https://www.dictionarist.com/english-greek/forty

- Λευιτικόν 23. 6
καὶ ἐν τῇ πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ μηνὸς
δεκαπέντε = 15

πέντε = 5
Maybe the word Pentecost comes from πέντε?

Likewise πενήκοντα = 50
https://www.dictionarist.com/english-greek/fifty

- Λευιτικόν 23. 3
ἓξ ἡμέρας ποιήσεις ἔργα,
ἓξ = six

δεκαέξι = sixteen

εξήντα = sixty

- Λευιτικόν 23. 6
ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἄζυμα ἔδεσθε.
ἑπτὰ = 7

δεκαεπτά = 17

εβδομήκοντα = 70

Thanks!

[Jonathan Robie]

Μάρκον 1. 13
καὶ ἦν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας
τεσσεράκοντα = 40
But why is it τεσσαράκοντα in the dictionary? https://www.dictionarist.com/english-greek/forty

According to BDAG, τεσσεράκοντα is an Ionic-Hellenistic form that is used in the oldest manuscripts we have, but we can't really be sure which spelling was used in the original since τεσσαράκοντα was the more common spelling in papyri of the time.

πέντε = 5
Maybe the word Pentecost comes from πέντε?

From Πεντηκοστή, "fiftieth". It is the fiftieth day after Passover. It is used in this sense in 2 Maccabees 1:32:

Μετὰ δὲ τὴν λεγομένην Πεντηκοστὴν ὥρμησαν ἐπὶ Γοργίαν τὸν τῆς ᾿Ιδουμαίας στρατηγόν.

And in Tobit 2:1:

ΟΤΕ δὲ κατῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκόν μου καὶ ἀπεδόθη μοι ῎Αννα ἡ γυνή μου, καὶ Τωβίας ὁ υἱός μου, ἐν τῇ πεντηκοστῇ ἑορτῇ, ἥ ἐστιν ἁγία ἑπτὰ ἑβδομάδων, ἐγενήθη ἄριστον καλόν μοι, καὶ ἀνέπεσα τοῦ φαγεῖν.

[Mindy]

Thank you, Jonathan.

I have found this Greek - Chinese parallel: https://bible.fhl.net/new/fhlwhparsing. ... F%E7%A4%BA

It says that τεσσαράκοντα = 40

τεσσεράκοντα - accusative

And here is another verse:
Ματθαίον 1. 17
Πᾶσαι οὖν αἱ γενεαὶ ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἕως Δαυὶδ γενεαὶ δεκατέσσαρες,
δεκατέσσαρες = 14