Ten Commandments en · PROPN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Calque of Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים ('aséret had'varím, “the ten items”), from Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 4:13 and Deuteronomy 10:4.
Meanings
-
(plural, plural-only) 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.
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.
2024 November 12, Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, “Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024:
-
(broadly, plural, plural-only) A list of principal rules in a given field.
These may well be the ten commandments of interpretation.
1945, Joseph M. Gettys, How To Enjoy Studying The Bible, Richmond, VA: John Knox Press, page 38:[…] 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.
1946 11, E. A. Mangan, “Ten Commandments or Ten Taboos?”, in The Liguorian, volume 34, number 11, Oconomowoc, WI: Liguori Publications, page 508:I possess the ten commandments of the hip-hop thugsta
1991, MC Ren, The D.O.C., Kokane, “Appetite for Destruction”, in Niggaz4Life, performed by N.W.A, Ruthless; Priority:
-
(dated, plural, plural-only, slang) The ten fingernails, used by women when fighting.
She'd drink the gin fust and give him her ten commandments artervards, when she'd aggerawated him to try it on.
1876, Evening Hours, page 629:[…] once or twice, when he cut up bad, she appeared to him, and scratched his face with her ten commandments […]
1881, William Henry Thomes, Running the Blockade: Or, U. S. Secret Service Adventures, page 148:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Ten Commandments | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |
| ten commandments | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
11th commandment · ethical Ten Commandments · ritual Ten Commandments
Relateds
Nine Commandments · mortal sin
Synonyms
Translations (105)
sh deset Božijih zapovijedi (religious ten commandments) · grc δεκάλογος (religious ten commandments) · sv tio Guds bud (religious ten commandments) · am አስርቱ ቃላት (religious ten commandments) · qu Chunkantin Kamachiykuna (religious ten commandments) · ha Dokokin nan goma (religious ten commandments) · es Diez Palabras (religious ten commandments) · nan-hbl 十條誡 /十条诫 (religious ten commandments) · ga na Deich nAitheanta (religious ten commandments) · tr On Emir (religious ten commandments) · mg Didy Folo (religious ten commandments) · fr dix commandements (religious ten commandments) · et kümme käsku (religious ten commandments) · it Decalogo (religious ten commandments) · fr Décalogue (religious ten commandments) · ru декало́г (religious ten commandments) · bg десетте Божи заповеди (religious ten commandments) · br Dek Gourc'hemenn (religious ten commandments) · ia Dece Commandamentos (religious ten commandments) · ak Mmara Nsɛm Du (religious ten commandments) · mdh Sapulu a Sugu (religious ten commandments) · hil Napulong Sugo (religious ten commandments) · ja 十戒 (religious ten commandments) · ml പത്ത് കൽപ്പനകൾ (religious ten commandments) · pt Dez Mandamentos (religious ten commandments) · ar الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر (religious ten commandments) · cmn 十誡 /十诫 (religious ten commandments) · yi עשׂרת הדיברות (religious ten commandments) · de Zehn Gebote (religious ten commandments) · nan-hbl 十誡 /十诫 (religious ten commandments) · hy Տասնաբանյա (religious ten commandments) · cdo 十誡 /十诫 (religious ten commandments) · id Sepuluh Perintah Allah (religious ten commandments) · sk desať Božích prikázaní (religious ten commandments) · la decalogus (religious ten commandments) · es decálogo (religious ten commandments) · ca Deu Manaments (religious ten commandments) · is boðorðin tíu (religious ten commandments) · uk де́сять за́повідей (religious ten commandments) · hi दस आज्ञाएँ (religious ten commandments) · eo Dekalogo (religious ten commandments) · oc Decalòg (religious ten commandments) · gv Jeih Annaghyn (religious ten commandments) · ceb Napulo ka Sugo (religious ten commandments) · oc detz comandaments (religious ten commandments) · el δέκα εντολές (religious ten commandments) · ka ათი მცნება (religious ten commandments) · it dieci comandamenti (religious ten commandments) · sm E Sufulu 'Upu (religious ten commandments) · de Dekalog (religious ten commandments) · km ទសបញ្ញត្តិ (religious ten commandments) · fi kymmenen käskyä (religious ten commandments) · pl dekalog (religious ten commandments) · es Decálogo (religious ten commandments) · eu Hamar Aginduak (religious ten commandments) · nl tien geboden (religious ten commandments) · sv de tio budorden (religious ten commandments) · ta பத்துக் கட்டளைகள் (religious ten commandments) · sw Amri Kumi (religious ten commandments) · ro cele zece porunci (religious ten commandments) · da de ti bud (religious ten commandments) · be Дзесяць запаведзей (religious ten commandments) · ru де́сять за́поведей (religious ten commandments) · nn dei ti bodorda (religious ten commandments) · cs Desatero (religious ten commandments) · th บัญญัติ 10 ประการ (religious ten commandments) · fj Na Vunau e Tini (religious ten commandments) · ko 십계명 (religious ten commandments) · fo tey tíggju boðini (religious ten commandments) · de zehn Gebote (religious ten commandments) · es Diez Mandamientos (religious ten commandments) · fur Dîs Comandaments (religious ten commandments) · oj gichi-manidoo odaangwaamitaagoziwinan (religious ten commandments) · grc οἱ δέκα λόγοι (religious ten commandments) · fa ده فرمان (religious ten commandments) · lt Dešimt Dievo įsakymų (religious ten commandments) · he עשרת הדיברות (religious ten commandments) · cy Deg Gorchymyn (religious ten commandments) · sl Deset Božjih zapovedi (religious ten commandments) · fy Tsien geboaden (religious ten commandments) · kw Deg Arhadow (religious ten commandments) · tl Sampung Utos (religious ten commandments) · mi ture tekau (religious ten commandments) · af tien gebooie (religious ten commandments) · sk desatoro (religious ten commandments) · lv desmit baušļi (religious ten commandments) · gd Na Deich Àitheantan (religious ten commandments) · mt għaxar kmandamenti (religious ten commandments) · pl dziesięcioro przykazań (religious ten commandments) · it decalogo (religious ten commandments) · sq Dhjetë urdhëresat (religious ten commandments) · nv Neeznáago bikʼeh óʼooʼníiłii (religious ten commandments) · hu tízparancsolat (religious ten commandments) · pl dziesięć przykazań (religious ten commandments) · yue 十誡 /十诫 (religious ten commandments) · vi Mười điều răn (religious ten commandments) · no de ti bud (religious ten commandments) · sk dekalóg (religious ten commandments) · ja モーセの十戒 (religious ten commandments) · mk Десет Божји заповеди (religious ten commandments) · gl Dez Mandamentos (religious ten commandments) · eo la Dekalogo (religious ten commandments) · li Tièn Gebode (religious ten commandments) · ms Sepuluh Rukun (religious ten commandments) · sh десет Божјих заповести (religious ten commandments)