The adjective ἑνδέκατος is the ordinal number corresponding to eleven, used to mark sequence or position. In Jesus' parable of workers in the vineyard, the 'eleventh hour' represents the final hour of a twelve-hour workday—nearly too late, yet still time for hiring and grace. In Revelation's New Jerusalem, the eleventh foundation stone marks position in the ordered beauty of the eternal city. The number itself carries the sense of lateness or near-completion.