King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5069
Transliteration: tetradion
Phonetic Spelling: (tet-rad'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
Meaning: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
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.)
Word Summary
tetradion: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
Original Word: τετράδιονTransliteration: tetradion
Phonetic Spelling: (tet-rad'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
Meaning: a group of four, a quaternion (a guard of four soldiers)
Strong's Concordance
quaternion, squad of four soldiersNeuter of a presumed derivative of tetras (a tetrad; from tessares); a quaternion or squad (picket) of four Roman soldiers -- quaternion.
see GREEK tessares
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5069: τετράδιοντετράδιον, 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.)