Calque of Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים ('aséret had'varím, “the ten items”), from Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4.
the Ten Commandments pl
- (biblical) 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.
2024 November 12, Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, “Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments”, in CNN[1]:A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by the new year.
- (by extension) A list of principal rules in a given field.
1945, Joseph M. Gettys, How To Enjoy Studying The Bible, Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, page 38:These may well be the ten commandments of interpretation.
1946 11, E. A. Mangan, “Ten Commandments or Ten Taboos?”, in The Liguorian, volume 34, number 11, Oconomowoc, WI: Liguori Publications, page 508:[…] he adds that they were very silly in doing so in the face of the devastating fact that people have made up ten commandments of business, ten commandments of educators, ten commandments of lovers, and ten commandments of many other human activities.
- (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 […]
religious ten commandments
- Afrikaans: tien gebooie pl
- Akan: Mmara Nsɛm Du
- Albanian: Dhjetë urdhëresat
- Amharic: አስርቱ ቃላት (ʾäsrətu ḳalat)
- Arabic: الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر pl (al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr)
- 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)
- Eastern Min: 十誡 / 十诫 (Sĕk Gái)
- Hokkien: 十誡 / 十诫 (cha̍p-kài), 十條誡 / 十条诫 (cha̍p-tiâu-kài)
- Mandarin: 十誡 / 十诫 (zh) (Shíjiè)
- 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
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Tsien geboaden
- 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 f (dekálogos), οἱ δέκα λόγοι m pl (hoi déka lógoi)
- Guarani:
- Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) Tupã oheja ñandéve pa porokuaitáva
- Hausa: Dokokin nan goma
- Hebrew: עשרת הדיברות (he) pl
- Hiligaynon: Napulong Sugo
- Hindi: दस आज्ञाएँ pl (das ājñāẽ)
- 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 (ja) (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
- Māori: 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
- Latin: 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 (tr) pl
- Ukrainian: де́сять за́повідей f pl (désjatʹ zápovidej)
- Vietnamese: Mười điều răn
- Welsh: Deg Gorchymyn
- Yakan: please add this translation if you can
- Yiddish: עשׂרת הדיברות pl (aseres hadibres)
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