What does τέσσαρες (téssares) mean in the Bible?
τέσσαρες (téssares): Cardinal number denoting a set of four units; foundational in NT apocalyptic and narrative structure.
Greek · G5064
τέσσαρες
Four
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τέσσαρες G5064
Pronunciation téssares
What does τέσσαρες (téssares) mean in the Bible?
τέσσαρες (téssares): Cardinal number denoting a set of four units; foundational in NT apocalyptic and narrative structure.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5064?
The BSB source-word alignment has 41 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include four (24), . . . (9), - (2), [into] four (1), [were] four (1).
Where does τέσσαρες (téssares) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:31. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (29), Acts (6), John (2), Mark (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It four 24× Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27, John 11:17, Acts 21:9
. . . 9× Luke 2:37, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 7:4
- 2× Revelation 4:4
[into] four 1× John 19:23
[were] four 1× Revelation 4:6
by [its] four 1× Acts 11:5
by four 1× Acts 12:4
by its four 1× Acts 10:11
four [men] 1× Mark 2:3
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Matthew 24:31 τεσσάρων to four Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 2:3 τεσσάρων to four [men] Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Mark 13:27 τεσσάρων to four Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Luke 2:37 τεσσάρων to . . . Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural John 11:17 τέσσαρας to four Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural John 19:23 τέσσαρα to [into] four Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Acts 10:11 τέσσαρσιν to by its four Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural Acts 11:5 τέσσαρσιν to by [its] four Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural Acts 12:4 τέσσαρσιν to by four Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural Acts 21:9 τέσσαρες to four Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:31
Aligned rows 41
Books represented 6
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 1 John 2 Acts 6 Revelation 29
Source forms
τεσσάρων 12x tessarōn Matthew 24:31, Mark 2:3, Mark 13:27, Luke 2:37
τέσσαρες 11x tessares Acts 21:9, Acts 21:23, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 4:10
τέσσαρας 7x tessaras John 11:17, Acts 27:29, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 7:1
τέσσαρα 6x tessara John 19:23, Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 5:8
τέσσαρσιν 5x tessarsin Acts 10:11, Acts 11:5, Acts 12:4, Revelation 7:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural 8x Luke 2:37, Revelation 5:6, Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:6
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 7x Acts 21:23, Revelation 4:4, Revelation 4:10, Revelation 5:8
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 5x Revelation 4:6, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 5:8, Revelation 5:14
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 4x Revelation 4:4, Revelation 7:1, Revelation 9:14
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 24:31, Mark 2:3, Mark 13:27, Revelation 21:17
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 4x Acts 21:9, Revelation 7:4, Revelation 14:1, Revelation 14:3
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x John 11:17, Acts 27:29, Revelation 7:1
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural 3x Acts 10:11, Acts 11:5, Revelation 20:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cardinal number denoting a set of four units; foundational in NT apocalyptic and narrative structure.
Strong's G5064
Lexical occurrences 40 verses Greek text appearances 35 times 16 shown below Word forms 10 forms 40 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
four
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 35 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:31 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
τεσσάρων tessarwn
four
Read verse Mark 2:3 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
τεσσάρων. tessarwn
four
Read verse Mark 13:27 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
τεσσάρων tessarwn
four
Read verse John 11:17 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
τέσσαρας tessarav
four
Read verse John 19:23 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
τέσσαρα tessara
four
Read verse Acts 10:11 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
τέσσαρσιν tessarsin
four
Read verse Acts 11:5 Adjective Dative Plural Feminine
τέσσαρσιν tessarsin
four
Read verse Acts 12:4 Adjective Dative Plural Neuter
τέσσαρσι tessarsin
four
Read verse Acts 21:9 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
τέσσαρες tessarev
four
Read verse Acts 21:23 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τέσσαρες tessarev
four
Read verse Acts 27:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
τέσσαρας, tessarav
four
Read verse Revelation 4:4 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τέσσαρες· tessarev
four
Read verse Revelation 4:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τέσσαρας tessarav
four
Read verse Revelation 4:6 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
τέσσαρα tessara
four
Read verse Revelation 4:8 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
τέσσαρα tessara
four
Read verse Revelation 4:10 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
τέσσαρες tessarev
four
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 40 Case pattern Nominative (16) Number pattern Plural (39)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 21:23 · Rev 4:4 · Rev 4:10 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 9:15 · Rev 11:16 · Rev 19:4 7×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rev 4:6 · Rev 4:8 · Rev 5:8 · Rev 5:14 · Rev 19:4 5×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Acts 21:9 · Rev 7:4 · Rev 14:1 · Rev 14:3 4×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Luke 2:37 · Rev 5:6 · Rev 6:1 · Rev 6:6 · Rev 7:11 · Rev 14:3 · Rev 15:7 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 24:31 · Mark 2:3 · Mark 13:27 · Rev 21:17 4×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 10:11 · Acts 11:5 · Rev 20:8 3×
Dative · Plural · Neuter Acts 12:4 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 7:2 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 4:4 · Rev 7:1 · Rev 9:14 4×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine John 11:17 · Acts 27:29 · Rev 7:1 3×
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain