Ten Commandments

English

Etymology

A translation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Biblical Hebrew עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים ('aséret had'varím, “the ten utterances”), from Exodus 34:28 and elsewhere in the Bible.

Proper noun

Ten Commandments

1. A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given to Moses on Mount Sinai inscribed on two stone tablets.

Synonyms

• Decalogue

Derived terms

• ethical Ten Commandments
• ritual Ten Commandments

Coordinate terms

• Five Pillars

Translations

Moses' ten commandments

• Afrikaans: tien gebooie pl
• Albanian: Dhjetë urdhëresat
• Amharic: አስርቱ ቃላት (ʾäsrətu ḳalat)
• Arabic: الْوَصَايَا الْعَشَر pl (al-waṣāyā l-ʕašar)
• 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: ang napulo ka mga sugo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 十誡／十诫 (sap⁶ gaai³), 十诫 (sap⁶ gaai³)

  Mandarin: 十誡／十诫 (zh) (shíjiè), 十诫 (zh) (Shíjiè)

  Min Dong: 十誡／十诫, 十诫 (Sĕk Gái)

  Min Nan: 十誡／十诫, 十诫 (cha̍p-kài), 十條誡／十条诫, 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
• Greek: δέκα εντολές pl (déka entolés)
• Guaraní: Tupã oheja ñandéve pa porokuaitáva
• Hausa: Dokokin nan goma
• Hebrew: עשרת הדיברות (he) pl
• 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 m
• Japanese: モーセの十戒 (Mōse no jikkai), 十戒 (じっかい, jikkai)
• Khmer: ទសបញ្ញត្តិ (tʊəh baññat)
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• Korean: 십계명 (ko) (sipgemyeong) (十誡命)
• Latin: Decalogus m
• Latvian: desmit baušļi m pl
• Limburgish: Tièn Gebode n pl
• Lithuanian: Dešimt Dievo įsakymų
• Macedonian: Десет Божји заповеди f pl (Déset Bóžji zapóvedi)
• Malagasy: Didy Folo
• Malay: Sepuluh Rukun
• Malayalam: പത്ത് കൽപ്പനകൾ (pattŭ kalppanakaḷ)
• Maltese: għaxar kmandamenti
• Manx: Jeih Annaghyn
• Maori: ture tekau
• 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
• Persian: ده فرمان (dah farmân)
• Polish: dekalog (pl) m
• 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: десять заповідей f pl (désjatʹ zápovidej)
• Vietnamese: mười điều răn
• Welsh: Deg Gorchymyn
• West Frisian: Tsien geboaden
• Yiddish: עשׂרת הדיברות pl (aseres hadibres)

See also

• Nine Commandments (“Ennealogue”)