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G5068 τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos)
Greek
Adjective
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Quick Definition

square

Strong's Definition

four-cornered, i.e. square

Derivation: from G5064 (τέσσαρες) and G1137 (γωνία);

KJV Usage: foursquare

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τετράγωνος, τετραγον (from τέτρα, which see, and γωνος (i. e. γωνία)), quadrangular, square; (A. V. four-square) (Vulg.in quadro positus): Rev_21:16. (The Sept.; Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τετράγωνος tetragōnos 1x four-angled, quadrangular, square, Rev_21:16

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τετράγωνος , -ον ( <τετρα -, v. supr ., + γωνία ), [in LXX for H7251 and cogn . forms;] square: Rev_21:16 ( Hdt ., Plat ., al. ).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τετράγωνος [page 632] with four corners, square (Hesych. τετραντίας· τετράγωνος καὶ ἰσχυρός ) occurs in Rev_21:16 : cf. PSI VI. 677 .11 (iii/B.C.) στρω ?]μ̣άτιον τετρά [γ ]ων̣ον ᾱ , BGU IV. 1167 .32 (B.C. 12) ἐν τῇ τετραγώ (νῳ ) στοᾷ , ib . I. 162 .12 (temple-inventory ii/iii A.D.) βωμίσκιον ἀργυροῦν μεικρὸ [ν τε ]τ [ράγωνον , P Lond 46 .401 (hymn to Hermes iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 78) στρονγύλε καὶ τετράγωνε λόγων ἀρχήγετα γλώσσης , and from the inscrr. OGIS 90 .45 (Rosetta stone B.C. 196) ἐπὶ τοῦ περὶ τὰς βασιλείας τετραγώνου . MGr τετράγωνο , square, For τετραγωνίας in a personal description = square-built, robust, see P Petr III. 12 .21 (a Will B.C. 234) λευκόχρως τετρα [γω ]νίας τ [ετανός , and for τετραγωνισμός , a squaring, see P Magd 29 .6 (B.C. 218) αὐτὸς δ [ὲ ] ἐν τετραγωνισμῶι τὰ αὑτοῦ ἕχει , with reference to a partition of property.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

τετράγωνος τετρά-^γωνος, ον, [Etym: γωνία] "with four equal angles, rectangular or square", Lat. quadratus, Hdt. ; δοκοί τ. "squared" beams, Thuc. :— τετράγωνον, ου, "a square", Plat. : "a body of men drawn up in square", Lat. agmen quadratum, Xen. τ. ἀριθμός "a square" number, i. e. a number "multiplied into itself", Plat. metaph. "square", i. e. "perfect", Simon. ap. Plat.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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

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