Greek · G5064 · unreviewed

τέσσαρες

Four

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τέσσαρες G5064

Pronunciation téssares

What does τέσσαρες (téssares) mean in the Bible?

τέσσαρες (téssares) is a Greek word meaning "four". τέσσαρες (and Ion.

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Meaning

four

Extended definition

Cardinal number denoting a set of four units; foundational in NT apocalyptic and narrative structure.

(and Ion. and late -ερεν, and late accusative -εν; see WH, App., 150; M, Pr., 36, 45 f.), οἱ, αἱ, -αρα, τά, genitive, -ων, four: Mat.24:31, Mrk.2:3, Luk.2:37, Jhn.11:17 19:23, Act.10:11, Rev.4:4, 6, al

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 21:23 · Rev 4:4 · Rev 4:10 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 9:15 · Rev 11:16 · Rev 19:4 7×

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 4:6 · Rev 4:8 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 5:14 · Rev 19:4 5×

Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:9 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 14:1 · Rev 14:3 4×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 2:37 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 6:1 · Rev 6:6 · Rev 7:11 · Rev 14:3 · Rev 15:7 7×

Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:31 · Mark 2:3 · Mark 13:27 · Rev 21:17 4×

Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 10:11 · Acts 11:5 · Rev 20:8 3×

Dative · Plural · Neuter Acts 12:4 1×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 7:2 1×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 4:4 · Rev 7:1 · Rev 9:14 4×

Accusative · Plural · Feminine John 11:17 · Acts 27:29 · Rev 7:1 3×

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 13 — Watch and Endure: Temple Judgment, Gospel Witness, Tribulation, the Son of Man, and Readiness Matthew 24 — The Olivet Discourse: Temple Desolation, Coming Judgment, the Son of Man, and Watchful Readiness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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