Strong G5068τετράγωνος
square
- Transliteration
- tetragōnos
- Pronunciation
- tet-rag'-on-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
τετράγωνος, -ον
(τετρα-, see supr., + γωνία), [in LXX for רָבַע and cogn. forms;]
square: Rev.21:16 (Hdt., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
(τετρα-, see supr., + γωνία), [in LXX for רָבַע and cogn. forms;]
square: Rev.21:16 (Hdt., Plat., al.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5068 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- foursquare1
First verses
- Revelation 21:16And 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.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τετράγων-ος [ᾰ], ον,
with four angles, but usually square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.178, 181, 2.124, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 13)]; δοκοὶ τ. squared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.112)]; ξύλα τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.313.101, 42(1).108.162, +others (Epid., 4th-3rd c.BC))]; τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.27; πρόσωπον -ότερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 809b16)]; κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαις a ring with four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 5.1 (with the commentary of 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 6.3).)]
2 τὸ τ. a square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 510d)], and frequently in Geometry texts, but sometimes of any quadrilateral, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1054b2, compare 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] “*Deff.” 100, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.166 F.)]
2.b in Tactics, a body of men drawn up in square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.1; τ. τάξις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125.)]
3 τ. ἀριθμός a square number, i.e. a number made up of two equal factors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147e, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1, 15.)]
4 in quartile aspect, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 2.16, 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 446, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 1.16.)]
II metaphorically, square, i.e. perfect as a square, χερσί τε καὶ ποσὶ καὶ νόῳ τετράγωνος τετυγμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.2; τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα φάναι τετράγωνον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1411b27, compare “EN” 1100b21.)]
III ἱμάτιον τ., of the χλαῖνα which hung square, while the χλαμύς took a circular form, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 500)]; contrasted with the ἡμικύκλιον formed by the Roman toga, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.11.)]
III.2 οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ τὴν τ. ἐργαζόμενοι perhaps those who trade in the ἀγορὰ τετράγωνος, Durrbach Choix d'Inscrr. de Délos [Refs (138.)]
IV adverb -νως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.42.)]
with four angles, but usually square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.178, 181, 2.124, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 13)]; δοκοὶ τ. squared, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.112)]; ξύλα τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 12.313.101, 42(1).108.162, +others (Epid., 4th-3rd c.BC))]; τ. ἐργασία, of the Hermes-statues, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.27; πρόσωπον -ότερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physiognomonica” 809b16)]; κύκλος τετράγωνος ταῖς ἐπιφανείαις a ring with four surfaces, the breadth of the outer and inner equal to the depth of the two sides, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 5.1 (with the commentary of 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 6.3).)]
2 τὸ τ. a square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 510d)], and frequently in Geometry texts, but sometimes of any quadrilateral, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1054b2, compare 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus)] “*Deff.” 100, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.166 F.)]
2.b in Tactics, a body of men drawn up in square, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 12.1; τ. τάξις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125.)]
3 τ. ἀριθμός a square number, i.e. a number made up of two equal factors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147e, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 1, 15.)]
4 in quartile aspect, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 2.16, 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 446, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 1.16.)]
II metaphorically, square, i.e. perfect as a square, χερσί τε καὶ ποσὶ καὶ νόῳ τετράγωνος τετυγμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 5.2; τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα φάναι τετράγωνον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1411b27, compare “EN” 1100b21.)]
III ἱμάτιον τ., of the χλαῖνα which hung square, while the χλαμύς took a circular form, [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 500)]; contrasted with the ἡμικύκλιον formed by the Roman toga, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus 36 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.11.)]
III.2 οἱ ἔμποροι καὶ οἱ τὴν τ. ἐργαζόμενοι perhaps those who trade in the ἀγορὰ τετράγωνος, Durrbach Choix d'Inscrr. de Délos [Refs (138.)]
IV adverb -νως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 7.42.)]