What does τέταρτος (tétartos) mean in the Bible?
τέταρτος (tétartos): Ordinal numeral denoting the fourth position in a sequence or division.
Greek · G5067
τέταρτος
Fourth
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τέταρτος G5067
Pronunciation tétartos
What does τέταρτος (tétartos) mean in the Bible?
τέταρτος (tétartos): Ordinal numeral denoting the fourth position in a sequence or division.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5067?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include fourth (5), [the] fourth (1), a fourth (1), During the fourth (1), Four (1).
Where does τέταρτος (tétartos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (7), Acts (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
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 fourth 5× Revelation 4:7, Revelation 6:7, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 21:19
[the] fourth 1× Mark 6:48
a fourth 1× Revelation 6:8
During the fourth 1× Matthew 14:25
Four 1× Acts 10:30
fourth [angel] 1× Revelation 16:8
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:25 Τετάρτῃ to During the fourth Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular Mark 6:48 τετάρτην to [the] fourth Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Acts 10:30 τετάρτης to Four Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 4:7 τέταρτον to fourth Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular Revelation 6:7 τετάρτην to fourth Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular Revelation 6:7 τετάρτου to fourth Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular Revelation 6:8 τέταρτον to a fourth Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Revelation 8:12 τέταρτος to fourth Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 16:8 τέταρτος to fourth [angel] Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 21:19 τέταρτος to fourth Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:25
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Acts 1 Revelation 7
Source forms
τέταρτος 3x tetartos Revelation 8:12, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 21:19
τετάρτην 2x tetartēn Mark 6:48, Revelation 6:7
τέταρτον 2x tetarton Revelation 4:7, Revelation 6:8
Τετάρτῃ 1x Tetartē Matthew 14:25
τετάρτης 1x tetartēs Acts 10:30
τετάρτου 1x tetartou Revelation 6:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Revelation 8:12, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 21:19
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Mark 6:48, Revelation 6:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 6:8
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Matthew 14:25
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 10:30
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 6:7
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Revelation 4:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Ordinal numeral denoting the fourth position in a sequence or division.
Strong's G5067
Lexical occurrences 10 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 7 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
fourth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:25 Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
τετάρτῃ tetarth
fourth
Read verse Mark 6:48 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
τετάρτην tetarthn
fourth
Read verse Acts 10:30 Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
τετάρτης tetarthv
fourth
Read verse Revelation 4:7 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
τέταρτον tetarton
fourth
Read verse Revelation 6:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
τετάρτην, tetarthn
fourth
Read verse Revelation 6:7 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
τετάρτου tetartou
fourth
Read verse Revelation 6:8 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
τέταρτον tetarton
fourth
Read verse Revelation 8:12 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τέταρτος tetartov
fourth
Read verse Revelation 16:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τέταρτος tetartov
fourth
Read verse Revelation 21:19 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τέταρτος, tetartov
fourth
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 7 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 7 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (10)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 8:12 · Rev 16:8 · Rev 21:19 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rev 4:7 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 10:30 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Rev 6:7 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 14:25 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Mark 6:48 · Rev 6:7 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Rev 6:8 1×
Word Origins
τέταρτος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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