The Greek numeral dekatessares means 'fourteen,' combining deka (ten) and tessares (four). It appears in the New Testament in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus and in Paul's testimony about his second visit to Jerusalem.
Matthew's structuring of Jesus' genealogy into three sets of fourteen generations (Matthew 1:17) is a deliberate numerical pattern. In Hebrew gematria, 'David' (DVD) = 4+6+4 = 14, making the threefold fourteen a hidden acrostic of David's name — Matthew is announcing that Jesus is the ultimate Son of David, the promised Messianic King. Paul's use of 'fourteen years' for his Jerusalem visit (Galatians 2:1) establishes the apostolic timeline of the gospel's independent confirmation.