dekatos marks a tenth position in a sequence or a tenth part of a larger whole.

The term marks the tenth item in ordered sequences in John 1:39 and Revelation 21:20; in Revelation 11:13, its neuter form identifies a tenth part of the city.

1. Tenth in an ordered sequence · dominant

   In John 1:39, the feminine nominative singular form occurs in the statement about the hour, which the APB renders "It was about the tenth hour." In Revelation 21:20, the masculine nominative singular form belongs to the numbered list of stones, where the APB renders "the tenth chrysoprase."

   John 1:39Revelation 21:20
2. A tenth part · occasional

   In Revelation 11:13, the neuter nominative singular form occurs in the clause about the city's collapse; the APB renders the clause "a tenth of the city collapsed."

   Revelation 11:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in an hour designation, a numbered list, and the phrase "a tenth of the city." These renderings confirm the clauses' contexts rather than supplying a separate lexical definition.