Quick Definition
τετράπους, ουν Adj four-footed
Strong's Definition
a quadruped
Derivation: from G5064 (τέσσαρες) and G4228 (πούς);
KJV Usage: fourfooted beast
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ουν · gen. τετράποδος | τέσσαρες + πούς
4.4 · Animals · Animals
animal, quadruped any four-footed animal, either wild or domesticated A high percentage of languages appear to have no generic term to identify all kinds of quadrupeds whether wild or domesticated. Rather, they tend to make quite clear distinctions between wild and domesticated animals, and therefore it may be necessary to indicate both types in those contexts where the reference is to both wild as well as domesticated animals. For example, one may sometimes speak of ‘animals of the grass and animals of the forest’ or ‘animals of the barn and animals of the mountains.’
In ACT 10:12 the reference is primarily to wild animals, since for the most part wild animals would be those designated as unclean. However, swine were also regarded as unclean, and they were domesticated.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τετρά-πους, -ouv, gen. -odos, (fr. rérpa, q. V., and πούς a foot), fr. Hdt. and Thue. down, four-footed : neut. plur. se. beasts, Acts x. 12; xi. 6; Ro.i. 23. (Sept. for 7973.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τετράπους tetrapous 3x
four-footed; quadrupeds, Acts 10:12; 11:6; Rom. 1:23*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τετρά-πους, -ουν
[in LXX chiefly for בְּהֵמָה ;]
four-footed: of beasts, neut. pl., Ac 10:12 11:6, Ro 1:23.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τετράπους, “*four-footed” (for form see Thackeray G7. i. p. 88, Moulton G7. 111. ὃ 107). For the neut. plur., as in Ac rol’, 118, Rom 17%, cf. P Hib I. 95% (B.c. 256) τετραπόδων ᾿Οξυρύγχων πόλεως, ‘‘four-footed animals at the city of Oxyrhynchus,” P Strass I. 515 (A.D. 262) τὰ θρέμματα καὶ τὰ τετράποδα τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀφήρπᾳσ[α]ν, and P Thead 6° (A.D. 322) βοϊκὰ καὶ πάντα τετράποδα. See also from nom. τετράποδος P Oxy III. 646 (A.D. 117-138) δίφρου [τετρ]απόδου, and 74. XIV. 1638° (division of an inheritance —A.D, 282) τετραπόδοις kal δουλικοῖς σώμασι τέσσαρσι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τετράπους (tetrapous) — four-footed. τετρά-πους, ὁ, ἡ, πουν, τό, genitive ποδος, plural ποδα, four-footed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λεία τ. a booty of cattle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τετράποδα ζῴδια, viz. Aries, Taurus, Leo, Sagittarius, [Refs]
2. τετράπουν, τό, quadruped, beast, [NT+5th c.BC+]
II. of things, δίφρος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of four feet in length or area, [Refs 5th c.BC+]