ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΣΤΌΣ

ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΣΤΌΣ: πεντηκοστός, -ή, -όν, [ [in LXX for חֲמִשִּׁים, Le 25:10, 11, IV Ki 15:23, 27; I Mac4, II Mac 14:4; ἡ π., To 2:1, II Mac 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 2:1, II Mac 12:32; ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, De 16:10, al.): Ac 2:1 20:16, I Co 16:8.†