tessareskaidekatos marks the fourteenth position in the voyage narrative, for a night and then a day.

The attested use marks a fourteenth point in a continuing sequence: a night in Acts 27:27 and a day in Acts 27:33.

1. Fourteenth point in a time sequence · dominant

   In Acts 27:27, the nominative singular feminine form qualifies the night as it arrives during the sailors' drifting; the APB renders the clause "As the fourteenth night came." In Acts 27:33, the accusative singular feminine form occurs in Paul's statement about the continuing period without food; the APB renders, "Today is the fourteenth day."

   Acts 27:27Acts 27:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in time expressions as "the fourteenth night" in Acts 27:27 and "the fourteenth day" in Acts 27:33. These renderings reflect the clauses rather than isolate the term mechanically.