eleventh
Hendekatos marks the eleventh position, whether an hour of arrival or an item in a numbered sequence.
The attested uses mark an eleventh position: twice for an hour in the workers' arrival and once for an item within a numbered list of stones.
Senses in use
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Eleventh hour of arrival · dominant
In Matthew 20:6 and Matthew 20:9, the accusative singular feminine form occurs with an hour: the APB renders people found standing “about the eleventh hour” and others who came “about the eleventh hour.”
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Eleventh item in a sequence · occasional
In Revelation 21:20, the nominative singular masculine form identifies the jacinth within a sequence that the APB renders from the fifth through the twelfth items, including “the eleventh jacinth.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “eleventh” in all three verses, paired with “hour” in Matthew 20:6 and Matthew 20:9 and with “jacinth” in Revelation 21:20. These phrases confirm the clauses' numbered settings rather than establish a separate English rendering.