Four
τέσσαρεςStrong’s G5064tessares
Appears in 35 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tessares is the Greek word usually translated “four”. It appears in 35 verses of the New Testament.
“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”
Meaning
Usually translated “four”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- four 38
- by four 2
- to four 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 23
- Acts 6
- Mark 2
- John 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 2:3And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
- Mark 13:27And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
- Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
- John 11:17Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
- John 19:23Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- Acts 10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Greek dictionary
τέσσαρες tessares · four
τέσσαρες (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 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “four” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOUR, adjective
[Latin petoritum, petorritum, a carriage with four wheels, petor-rota.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.