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Square

τετράγωνοςStrong’s G5068

tetragōnos

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Tetragōnos is the Greek word usually translated “foursquare”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.”
Revelation 21:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “foursquare”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • foursquare 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Revelation 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    τετράγωνος tetragōnos · square

    τετράγωνος, -ον (τετρα-, see supr., + γωνία), [in LXX for רָבַע and cogn. forms ;] square: Rev.21:16 (Hdt., Plat., al.).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “square” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    SQUARE, adjective

    [Gr.]

    1. Having four equal sides and four right angles; as a square room; a square figure.
    2. Forming a right angle; as an instrument for striking lines square
    3. Parallel; exactly suitable; true.
    4. Having a straight front, or a frame formed with straight lines; not curving; as a man of a square frame; a square built man.
    All definitions and other forms of “square”
    1. That does equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as square dealing.
    2. Even; leaving no balance.

    SQUARE, noun

    1. A figure having four equal sides and four right angles.
    2. An area of four sides, with houses on each side.
    3. The content of the side of a figure squared.
    4. An instrument among mechanics by which they form right angles, or otherwise measure angles.
    5. Im geometry and arithmetic, a square or square number is the product of a number multiplied by itself.
    6. Rule; regularity; exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct.
    7. A square body of troops; a squadron; as the brave square of war. [Not in use.]
    8. A quaternion; four. [Not in use.]
    9. Level; equality.
    10. In astrology, quartile; the position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other.
    11. Rule; conformity; accord.

    SQUARE, verb transitive

    1. To form with four equal sides and four right angles.
    2. To reduce to a square; to form to right angles; as, to square masons work.
    3. To reduce to any given measure or standard.
    4. To accommodate; to fit; as, square my trial to my strength.
    5. To respect in quartile.
    6. To make even, so as to leave no difference or balance; as, to square accounts; a popular phrase.
    7. In arithmetic, to multiply a number by itself; as, to square the number.
    8. In seamens language, to square the yards, is to place them at right angles with the mast or keel.

    SQUARE, verb intransitive

    1. To suit; to fit; to quadrate; to accord or agree.
    2. To quarrel; to go to opposite sides.

    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.