Fifth

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Πέμπτος (Strong'S #3991 — Adjective — pemptos — pemp'-tos )

akin to pente, "five," is found only in the Apocalypse, 6:9; 9:1; 16:10; 21:20.

Webster's Dictionary [2]

(1): ( a.) Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing.

(2): ( n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key.

(3): ( n.) The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.

(4): ( a.) Next in order after the fourth; - the ordinal of five.

King James Dictionary [3]

FIFTH, a. See Five.

1. The ordinal of five the next to the fourth. 2. Elliptically, a fifth part or the word may be considered as a noun, as to give a fifth or two fifths.

FIFTH, n. In music, an interval consisting of three tones and a semitone.

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