πεντάκῐς G3999
five times; on five occasions
An adverb meaning five times, indicating the frequency of an action. Paul uses it in 2 Corinthians 11:24 to recount his sufferings: 'Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes minus one.' The term simply quantifies the repeated occasions of this particular punishment. It underscores the severity and frequency of Paul's persecution in his apostolic ministry.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An adverb denoting the frequency 'five times.' Paul's catalog of sufferings includes receiving the Jewish punishment of thirty-nine lashes on five separate occasions, highlighting the repeated nature of his persecution. The cross-lingual glosses ('five-times,' 'cinco-veces,' 'cinq-fois,' 'fuenfmal') uniformly express numerical frequency, emphasizing the cumulative toll of Paul's afflictions for the gospel. 1×
AR["خَمْسَ-مَرّاتٍ"]·ben["পাঁচবার"]·DE["fuenfmal"]·EN["five-times"]·FR["cinq-fois"]·heb["חָמֵשׁ-פְּעָמִים"]·HI["पांच-बार"]·ID["lima-kali"]·IT["cinque-volte"]·jav["kaping-gangsal"]·KO["다섯-번"]·PT["cinco-vezes"]·RU["пятикратно"]·ES["cinco-veces"]·SW["mara-tano,"]·TR["beş-kez"]·urd["پانچ-بار"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
πεντάκῐς [ᾰ], adverb five times, Refs 5th c.BC+:—later πεντάκῐ, Refs 3rd c.AD+