tetradion
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5069. tetradion

tetradion: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
Original Word: τετράδιον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: tetradion
Phonetic Spelling: (tet-rad'-ee-on)
Short Definition: a group of four soldiers
Definition: a quaternion, a group of four soldiers.

Word Origin
from tessares
Definition
a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
NASB Word Usage
squads (1).

STRONGS NT 5069: τετράδιον

τετράδιον, τετραδιου, τό (τετράς, the number four), a quarternion (τό ἐκ τεσσάρων συνεστος, Suidas): τῶν στρατιωτῶν, a guard consisting of four soldiers (for among the Romans this was the usual number of the guard to which the custody of captives and prisons was intrusted; two soldiers were confined with the prisoner and two kept guard outside), Acts 12:4, where the four quaternions mentioned were on guard one at a time during each of the four watches. (Philo in Flacc. § 13 i. e. Mang. edition vol. ii, p. 533, 25.)



quaternion, squad of four soldiers

Neuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from tessares); a quaternion or squad (picket) of four Roman soldiers -- quaternion.

see GREEK tessares

τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτη — 1 Occ.
Τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην — 1 Occ.
τεταρταῖος — 1 Occ.
Τετάρτῃ — 1 Occ.
τετάρτην — 2 Occ.
τετάρτης — 1 Occ.
τέταρτον — 2 Occ.
τέταρτος — 3 Occ.
τετάρτου — 1 Occ.
τετράγωνος — 1 Occ.
τετρακισχιλίων — 1 Occ.
τετρακισχίλιοι — 2 Occ.
τετρακισχιλίους — 2 Occ.
τετρακόσια — 2 Occ.
τετρακοσίων — 1 Occ.
τετρακοσίοις — 1 Occ.
τετράμηνός — 1 Occ.
τετραπλοῦν — 1 Occ.
τετράποδα — 2 Occ.
τετραπόδων — 1 Occ.


Strong's Greek 5069
1 Occurrence


τετραδίοις — 1 Occ.

Acts 12:4 N-DNP
BIB: παραδοὺς τέσσαρσιν τετραδίοις στρατιωτῶν φυλάσσειν
NAS: him to four squads of soldiers
KJV: [him] to four quaternions of soldiers
INT: having delivered to four sets of four soldiers to guard

1 Occurrence


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