Tekes (טקס) means ceremony in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
טֶקֶס גם טֵכֶס
tekes
noun · masculine
In English
ceremony
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Tekes.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון חז"לסדר, ארגון.
- 2אירוע המתנהל על פי תכנית קבועה מראש; לפי המסורת, לפי התקנות, לפי תכנון מוקדם.
- 3פעולה המתבצעת לפי כללים מקובלים.
- 4פעולה הנעשית בחגיגיות יתר.
The word Tekes is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- טֶקֶס גם טֵכֶס
- Written without vowel points
- טקס
- Said
- tekes
- Root
- ט־ק־ס
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- טְקָסִים
- Inflections
- ר' טְקָסִים; טֶקֶס־, ר' טִקְסֵי־
- Gematria
- 169
This is how Tekes is said in other languages.
- English
- ceremony
- Arabic
- طقس, مَراسِم
These words come before and after Tekes in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Tekes.
What does Tekes (טקס) mean in Hebrew?
Tekes (טקס) means ceremony. It is said tekes, with the stress on te.
Is Tekes (טקס) masculine or feminine?
The word Tekes (טקס) is a masculine noun, and its plural is טְקָסִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry טקס of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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