Ten Commandments

Ten Commandments

English

Alternative forms

• ten commandments

Etymology

Calque of Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים‎ ('aséret had'varím, “the ten items”), from Exodus 34:28 and elsewhere in the Bible.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ten Commandments pl

1. (religion) A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.
2. (slang, dated) The ten fingernails, used by women when fighting.
   • 1876, Evening Hours (page 629)

     She'd drink the gin fust and give him her ten commandments artervards, when she'd aggerawated him to try it on.

   • 1881, William Henry Thomes, Running the Blockade: Or, U. S. Secret Service Adventures (page 148)

     […] once or twice, when he cut up bad, she appeared to him, and scratched his face with her ten commandments […]

Synonyms

• Decalogue

Coordinate terms

• Five Pillars

Derived terms

• 11th commandment
• ethical Ten Commandments
• ritual Ten Commandments

Translations

religious ten commandments

Afrikaans: tien gebooie pl Albanian: Dhjetë urdhëresat Amharic: አስርቱ ቃላት (ʾäsrətu ḳalat) Arabic: الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر‎ pl (al-waṣāyā l-ʿašr) Armenian: Տասնաբանյա (Tasnabanya) Basque: Hamar Aginduak Belarusian: Дзесяць запаведзей f pl (Dzjesjacʹ zapavjedzjej) Breton: Dek Gourc'hemenn Bulgarian: десетте Божи заповеди f pl (desette Boži zapovedi) Catalan: Deu Manaments m pl Cebuano: Napulo ka Sugo Chinese: Cantonese: 十誡, 十诫 (sap6 gaai3) Mandarin: 十誡／十诫 (zh) (Shíjiè) Min Dong: 十誡, 十诫 (Sĕk Gái) Min Nan: 十誡, 十诫 (cha̍p-kài), 十條誡, 十条诫 (cha̍p-tiâu-kài) Cornish: Deg Arhadow Czech: Desatero (cs) n Danish: de ti bud pl Dutch: tien geboden n pl Esperanto: la Dekalogo, Dekalogo Estonian: kümme käsku Faroese: tey tíggju boðini n pl Fijian: Na Vunau e Tini Finnish: kymmenen käskyä French: Décalogue m, dix commandements m pl Friulian: Dîs Comandaments m pl Galician: Dez Mandamentos m pl Georgian: ათი მცნება (ati mcneba) German: zehn Gebote n pl, Zehn Gebote (de) n pl, Dekalog (de) m Greek: δέκα εντολές pl (déka entolés) Ancient Greek: δεκάλογος m (dekálogos), οἱ δέκα λόγοι m pl (hoi déka lógoi) Guaraní: Tupã oheja ñandéve pa porokuaitáva Hausa: Dokokin nan goma Hebrew: עשרת הדיברות‎ (he) pl Hiligaynon: Napulong Sugo Hindi: दस धर्मादेश (das dharmādeś) Hungarian: tízparancsolat (hu) Icelandic: boðorðin tíu n pl Indonesian: Sepuluh Perintah Allah Interlingua: Dece Commandamentos Irish: na Deich nAitheanta Italian: dieci comandamenti m pl, Decalogo m, decalogo (it) m Japanese: モーセの十戒 (Mōse no jikkai), 十戒 (じっかい, jikkai) Khmer: ទសបញ្ញត្តិ (tʊəh baññat) Korean: 십계명(十誡命) (ko) (sipgyemyeong) Latin: Decalogus m Latvian: desmit baušļi m pl Limburgish: Tièn Gebode n pl Lithuanian: Dešimt Dievo įsakymų Macedonian: Десет Божји заповеди f pl (Deset Božji zapovedi) Maguindanao: Sapulu a Sugu Malagasy: Didy Folo Malay: Sepuluh Rukun Malayalam: പത്ത് കൽപ്പനകൾ (pattŭ kalppanakaḷ) Maltese: għaxar kmandamenti Manx: Jeih Annaghyn Maori: ture tekau Maranao: please add this translation if you can Navajo: Neeznáago bikʼeh óʼooʼníiłii Norwegian: de ti bud pl Nynorsk: dei ti bodorda pl Occitan: Decalòg m, detz comandaments m pl Ojibwe: gichi-manidoo odaangwaamitaagoziwinan Pangasinan: please add this translation if you can Persian: ده فرمان‎ (dah farmân) Polish: dekalog (pl) m, dziesięcioro przykazań (pl) pl or n, dziesięć przykazań (pl) pl or n Portuguese: Dez Mandamentos m pl Quechua: Chunkantin Kamachiykuna pl Romanian: cele zece porunci (ro) pl Russian: де́сять за́поведей f pl (désjatʹ zápovedej), декало́г (ru) m (dekalóg) Samoan: E Sufulu 'Upu Scottish Gaelic: Na Deich Àitheantan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: десет Божјих заповести f pl Roman: deset Božijih zapovijedi f pl Slovak: desatoro n, dekalóg m, desať Božích prikázaní Slovene: Deset Božjih zapovedi pl Spanish: Diez Mandamientos m pl, Diez Palabras f pl, Decálogo m, decálogo (es) m Swahili: Amri Kumi Swedish: de tio budorden pl, tio Guds bud pl Tagalog: Sampung Utos Tamil: பத்துக் கட்டளைகள் pl (pattuk kaṭṭaḷaikaḷ) Thai: บัญญัติ 10 ประการ (banyát tót bpràgaan) Turkish: On Emir pl Ukrainian: де́сять за́повідей f pl (désjatʹ zápovidej) Vietnamese: Mười điều răn Welsh: Deg Gorchymyn West Frisian: Tsien geboaden Yakan: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: עשׂרת הדיברות‎ pl (aseres hadibres)

See also

• Nine Commandments (“Ennealogue”)
• mortal sin