noun · neuter
tetradiem
Greekτετράδιον (tetradion)
Strong’sG5069
a group of four soldiers
stem tetradi-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† τετράδιον, ου, τό
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5069 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtet-rad'-ee-on
from G5064); a quaternion or squad (picket) of four Roman soldiers
Fromneuter of a presumed derivative of τέτρας (a tetrad;
King Jamesquaternion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | tetradiem | tetradieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | tetradieu | tetradieiu |
| to, for dative | tetradie | tetradiei1×τετραδίοις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tetradie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
tetradiei“squads”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 12:4“squads”hon kai piazaratos titheta eis fulakan, paradōaratos tessares tetradiei stratiōtoiu fulassarō auton, boulerōtos meta tem pascha anagara auton to lao.He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.