πεντηκοστή

πεντηκοστός, -ή, -όν

[in LXX for חֲמִישִׁי, חֲמִישִׁי, 3 Mos 25,10-11, 2 Kong 15,23; 15,27; 1Ma 4,1-61, 2Ma 14,4; ἡ π., Tob 2,1, 2Ma 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, 2Mac, ll. with; ἑορτὴ ἑβδομάδων, 5 Mos 16,10, al.) : ApG 2,1; 20,16, 1 Kor 16,8.†