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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τέταρτοςG5067
Pronunciationtétartos
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 Itfourth5×Revelation 4:7, Revelation 6:7, Revelation 8:12, Revelation 21:19
[the] fourth1×Mark 6:48
a fourth1×Revelation 6:8
During the fourth1×Matthew 14:25
Four1×Acts 10:30
fourth [angel]1×Revelation 16:8
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:25ΤετάρτῃtoDuring the fourthAdjective - Dative Feminine SingularMark 6:48τετάρτηνto[the] fourthAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularActs 10:30τετάρτηςtoFourAdjective - Genitive Feminine SingularRevelation 4:7τέταρτονtofourthAdjective - Nominative Neuter SingularRevelation 6:7τετάρτηνtofourthAdjective - Accusative Feminine SingularRevelation 6:7τετάρτουtofourthAdjective - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 6:8τέταρτονtoa fourthAdjective - Accusative Neuter SingularRevelation 8:12τέταρτοςtofourthAdjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 16:8τέταρτοςtofourth [angel]Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularRevelation 21:19τέταρτοςtofourthAdjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 14:25
Aligned rows10
Books represented4
Matthew1Mark1Acts1Revelation7
Source forms
τέταρτος3xtetartosRevelation 8:12, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 21:19
τετάρτην2xtetartēnMark 6:48, Revelation 6:7
τέταρτον2xtetartonRevelation 4:7, Revelation 6:8
Τετάρτῃ1xTetartēMatthew 14:25
τετάρτης1xtetartēsActs 10:30
τετάρτου1xtetartouRevelation 6:7
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular3xRevelation 8:12, Revelation 16:8, Revelation 21:19
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular2xMark 6:48, Revelation 6:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular1xRevelation 6:8
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular1xMatthew 14:25
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular1xActs 10:30
Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular1xRevelation 6:7
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular1xRevelation 4:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Ordinal numeral denoting the fourth position in a sequence or division.
Strong'sG5067
Lexical occurrences10 versesGreek text appearances10 timesWord forms7 forms10 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
fourth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 14:25Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
τετάρτῃtetarth
fourth
Read verseMark 6:48Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
τετάρτηνtetarthn
fourth
Read verseActs 10:30Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
τετάρτηςtetarthv
fourth
Read verseRevelation 4:7Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
τέταρτονtetarton
fourth
Read verseRevelation 6:7Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
τετάρτην,tetarthn
fourth
Read verseRevelation 6:7Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
τετάρτουtetartou
fourth
Read verseRevelation 6:8Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
τέταρτονtetarton
fourth
Read verseRevelation 8:12Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τέταρτοςtetartov
fourth
Read verseRevelation 16:8Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τέταρτοςtetartov
fourth
Read verseRevelation 21:19Adjective 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 patterns7Aligned forms10Case patternNominative (4)Number patternSingular (10)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRev 8:12 · Rev 16:8 · Rev 21:193×
Nominative · Singular · NeuterRev 4:71×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 10:301×
Genitive · Singular · NeuterRev 6:71×
Dative · Singular · FeminineMatt 14:251×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMark 6:48 · Rev 6:72×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterRev 6:81×
Word Origins
τέταρτος is built from this root:
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