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SR GNT Rev 19:4 τέσσαρες (tessares) ‘the elders twenty four and the four’ Strongs=50640 Lemma=tessares
Word role=determiner/case-marker case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (5) of identical word form τέσσαρες (E-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τέσσαρες’ (E-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘four’.

Rev 4:4 ‘throne were thrones twenty four and on twenty’ SR GNT Rev 4:4 word 9

OET-LV: 4 And around the throne were twenty thrones four, and on thrones the twenty four elders sitting, having _been _clothed clothes white, and on the heads of _them crowns golden. (REV_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Surrounding that throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on them sat twenty-four elders dressed in white and with golden crowns on their heads. (REV 4:4)

Rev 4:10 ‘will_be falling the twenty four elders before the one’ SR GNT Rev 4:10 word 6

OET-LV: 10 will _be _falling the twenty four elders before the one sitting on the throne, and they _will _be _prostrating before _the one living to the ages of _the ages, and they _will _be _throwing the crowns of _them before the throne saying, (REV_4:10)

OET-RV: 10 the twenty-four elders drop to their knees with their faces to the ground in front of the one sitting on the throne and worship the one who lives through all the ages. They place their crowns down in front of the throne and say: (REV 4:10)

Rev 5:8 ‘and the twenty four elders fell before’ SR GNT Rev 5:8 word 12

OET-LV: 8 And when he _took the four, scroll the living _creatures and the twenty four elders fell before the lamb, having each a_harp and bowls golden being _full of _incenses, which are the prayers of _the holy ones. (REV_5:8)

OET-RV: 8 When he’d taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders knelt down in front of the lamb. Each elder held a harp and a bowl that was full of incense (which symbolised the prayers of the believers). (REV 5:8)

Rev 9:15 ‘and were untied/released the four messengers having_been prepared for’ SR GNT Rev 9:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15 And were _untied/released the four messengers, which having _been _prepared for the hour, and day, and month, and year, in _order _that they _may _kill _off the third of_ the _mankind. (REV_9:15)

OET-RV: 15 So the four messengers who had been prepared for this exact time were released to kill a third of humankind. (REV 9:15)

Rev 11:16 ‘and the twenty four elders before of god’ SR GNT Rev 11:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 And the twenty four elders which before of_ the _god were _sitting on the thrones of _them, fell on the faces of _them, and they _prostrated the before_god (REV_11:16)

OET-RV: 16 The twenty-four elders sitting on their thrones in front of God knelt down with their faces to the ground and worshipped God, (REV 11:16)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘tessares’ have 4 different glosses: ‘by its four’, ‘by four’, ‘to four’, ‘four’.

Greek words (34) other than τέσσαρες (E-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘four’

Have 34 other words with 1 lemma altogether (tessares)

YHN 11:17 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AFP ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) found him four already days having’ SR GNT Yhn 11:17 word 13

OET-LV: 17 Therefore having _come the Yaʸsous found him, having already four days. in the tomb. (JHN_11:17)

OET-RV: 17 So when they eventually arrived, Lazarus body had already been in the burial chamber for four days. (JHN 11:17)

YHN 19:23 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-ANP ‘of him and they made four parts to each soldier’ SR GNT Yhn 19:23 word 16

OET-LV: 23 Therefore the soldiers when they _executed _on _a _stake the Yaʸsous, took the clothes of _him, and they _made four parts, a_part to _each soldier, and the tunic. And the tunic was seamless, from the_ top _parts woven through all. (JHN_19:23)

OET-RV: 23 After the soldiers had fastened Yeshua to the stake, they took his clothes and placed them in four piles, one for each of them. This left his robe, which had been woven from top to bottom in one piece. (JHN 19:23)

MARK 2:3 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) S-GMP ‘a paralytic being carried by four’ SR GNT Mark 2:3 word 17

OET-LV: 3 And they _are _coming bringing a_paralytic to him, being _carried by four. (MRK_2:3)

OET-RV: 3 Four men arrived, carrying a paralysed man to Yeshua, (MRK 2:3)

MARK 13:27 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GMP ‘of him from the four winds from extremity’ SR GNT Mark 13:27 word 16

OET-LV: 27 And then he _will _be _sending _out the messengers and he _will _be _gathering _together the chosen ones of _him from the four winds, from extremity of_the_earth to extremity of _heaven. (MRK_13:27)

OET-RV: 27 He’ll send the messengers out to collect all the chosen people from the four corners of the world, from everywhere between the earth and the sky. (MRK 13:27)

MAT 24:31 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GMP ‘of him from the four winds from the extremities’ SR GNT Mat 24:31 word 20

OET-LV: 31 And he _will _be _sending _out the messengers of _him with a_ great _trumpet cry, and they _will _be _gathering _together the chosen of _him from the four winds, from the_extremities of_the_heavens to the_extremities of _them. (MAT_24:31)

OET-RV: 31 There’ll be a trumpet blast as he sends out his messengers to bring together all his chosen people from every part of the earth—from one pole to the other. (MAT 24:31)

LUKE 2:37 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘until years eighty four who not was withdrawing’ SR GNT Luke 2:37 word 10

OET-LV: 37 and she was a_widow until eighty four years, who not was _withdrawing from _the temple, with _fastings and petitions serving night and day. (LUK_2:37)

OET-RV: 37 and then had been widowed for eighty-four years. She was always at the temple, serving night and day in prayer and fasting. (LUK 2:37)

ACTs 10:11 τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) E-DFP ‘as a linen_sheet great by four corners being let_down on’ SR GNT Acts 10:11 word 15

OET-LV: 11 and he _is _observing the heaven having _been _opened _up, and an_ certain _object coming _down, as a_ by _four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down on the earth, (ACT_10:11)

OET-RV: 11 and saw the sky open up. Something like a sheet was being lowered down to the earth by the four corners (ACT 10:11)

ACTs 11:5 τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) E-DFP ‘like a linen_sheet great by its four corners being let_down out_of’ SR GNT Acts 11:5 word 20

OET-LV: 5 I was in the_city of _Yoppaʸ praying, and in a_trance I _saw a_vision, an_ certain _object coming _down like a_ by_its_four _linen _sheet, great corners being _let _down out _of the heaven, and it _came until me, (ACT_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 “I was staying in Yoppa, and as I was praying I saw a vision of an object like a sheet coming down, as if it was being let down out of the sky by its four corners. As it came down to me (ACT 11:5)

ACTs 12:4 τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) E-DNP ‘in prison having given_over him to four squads_of_four of soldiers to_be guarding’ SR GNT Acts 12:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 whom also having _arrested, he _put in prison, having _given _over him to _four squads _of _four of _soldiers to _be _guarding him, wishing after the passover_feast to _bring_ him _up to _the people. (ACT_12:4)

OET-RV: 4 After being arrested, Peter was put in prison where he was guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. After the Passover Feast, Herod planned to display Peter to the people, (ACT 12:4)

ACTs 21:9 τέσσαρες (tessares) E-NFP ‘and were daughters four virgins prophesying’ SR GNT Acts 21:9 word 7

OET-LV: 9 And with _this man were four daughters, virgins prophesying. (ACT_21:9)

OET-RV: 9 Philip had four unmarried daughters still at home, and they shared messages from God. (ACT 21:9)

ACTs 21:23 Τέσσαρες (Tessares) E-NMP ‘are with us men four a vow having for’ SR GNT Acts 21:23 word 10

OET-LV: 23 Therefore do this, what we _are _saying to _you. Four Men are with _us, having a_vow for themselves. (ACT_21:23)

OET-RV: 23 So here’s what we suggest that you do: Four of our men are making a public vow. (ACT 21:23)

ACTs 27:29 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AFP ‘the stern having thrown_down anchors four they were hoping for day to become’ SR GNT Acts 27:29 word 19

OET-LV: 29 And fearing lest we _may _run _aground somewhere on rough places, having _thrown _down four anchors from the_stern, they _were _hoping for _day to _become. (ACT_27:29)

OET-RV: 29 Worrying that the ship might run aground on rough rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern as they hoped that daylight would come quickly. (ACT 27:29)

REV 4:4 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AMP ‘and on twenty four thrones elders sitting’ SR GNT Rev 4:4 word 18

OET-LV: 4 And around the throne were twenty thrones four, and on thrones the twenty four elders sitting, having _been _clothed clothes white, and on the heads of _them crowns golden. (REV_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Surrounding that throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on them sat twenty-four elders dressed in white and with golden crowns on their heads. (REV 4:4)

REV 4:6 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-NNP ‘around the throne four living_creatures were being_full of eyes’ SR GNT Rev 4:6 word 19

OET-LV: 6 and something before the throne was like a_sea glass, similar to _crystal. And in the_midst of _the throne and around the four, throne living _creatures were, being _full of _eyes ahead and behind. (REV_4:6)

OET-RV: 6 In front of the throne was something like a sea of glass that was as clear as crystal.
¶ Around the throne were four living creatures, covered both front and back with eyes. (REV 4:6)

REV 4:8 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-NNP ‘and the four living_creatures one by’ SR GNT Rev 4:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 And the four living _creatures, one by one of _them, having each six wings, around and inside they _are _being _full of _eyes, and rest not they _are _having by _day and night saying: holy, holy, holy, master the god the almighty, who was, and who being, and who coming. (REV_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings with eyes all around and underneath them. Day and night they never stop saying:
⇔ ‘Holy, holy, holy,
⇔ is Yahweh, almighty God,
⇔ who was and is and is to come.’ (REV 4:8)

REV 5:6 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘throne and of the four living_creatures and in’ SR GNT Rev 5:6 word 13

OET-LV: 6 And I _saw in the_midst of _the throne and of _the four living _creatures and in the_midst of _the elders, a_lamb having _stood as having _been _slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of_ the _god, having _been _sent _out into all the earth. (REV_5:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then I saw a lamb standing there between the throne and the four living creatures and the elders. The lamb looked like it had been slaughtered, and it had seven horns and seven eyes which are God’s seven spirits that had been sent throughout the world. (REV 5:6)

REV 5:8 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-NNP ‘the scroll the four living_creatures and the’ SR GNT Rev 5:8 word 7

REV 5:14 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-NNP ‘and the four living_creatures were saying Truly’ SR GNT Rev 5:14 word 3

OET-LV: 14 And the four living _creatures were _saying: Truly. And the elders fell and prostrated. (REV_5:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then the four living creatures said, “May it be so,” and the elders knelt down and worshipped. (REV 5:14)

REV 6:1 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘from one of the four living_creatures saying as’ SR GNT Rev 6:1 word 18

OET-LV: 6 And I _saw, when opened _up the lamb one of of _the seven seals, and I _heard from _one of the four living _creatures, saying as with_a_voice of _thunder: Be _coming. (REV_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 Then I saw the lamb breaking the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, “Come,” in a thunderous voice. (REV 6:1)

REV 6:6 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘in the midst of the four living_creatures saying a ⱪoinix_measure’ SR GNT Rev 6:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 And I _heard something like a_voice in the_midst of _the four living _creatures saying: A_ⱪoinix_measure of _wheat three, for_a_daʸnarion_coin and ⱪoinix_measure of _barley for_a_daʸnarion_coin, but the olive _oil and the wine not you _may _injure. (REV_6:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures that said, “A kilo of wheat for a day’s pay, or three kilos of barley for the same price. But don’t harm the oil and wine supplies.” (REV 6:6)

REV 7:1 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AMP ‘after this I saw four messengers having stood on’ SR GNT Rev 7:1 word 6

OET-LV: 7 After this I _saw four messengers having _stood on the four corners of _the earth, taking _hold _of the four winds of _the earth, in _order _that neither may _be _blowing the_wind on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (REV_7:1)

OET-RV: 7 After that I saw four messengers standing around the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. (REV 7:1)

REV 7:1 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AFP ‘having stood on the four corners of the earth’ SR GNT Rev 7:1 word 11

OET-RV: 7 After that I saw four messengers standing around the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. (REV 7:1)

REV 7:1 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AMP ‘earth taking_hold_of the four winds of the earth’ SR GNT Rev 7:1 word 17

OET-RV: 7 After that I saw four messengers standing around the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind would blow on land or sea or on any tree. (REV 7:1)

REV 7:2 τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) E-DMP ‘with a voice loud to the four messengers to whom was given’ SR GNT Rev 7:2 word 22

OET-LV: 2 And I _saw another messenger, going _up from the_rising of_the_sun, having the_seal of_god the_living, and he _cried _out with_a_voice loud to _the four messengers to _whom was _given to _them to _injure the earth and the sea (REV_7:2)

OET-RV: 2 Then I saw another messenger coming up from the direction of the rising sun, and he was holding the living God’s seal. He called out loudly to the four messengers that God had permitted to damage the earth and the sea, (REV 7:2)

REV 7:4 τέσσαρες (tessares) E-NFP ‘having_been sealed hundred forty four thousands having_been sealed out_of’ SR GNT Rev 7:4 word 11

OET-LV: 4 And I _heard the number of _the ones having _been _sealed, hundred forty four thousands, having _been _sealed out _of every tribe of_the_sons of _Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl): (REV_7:4)

OET-RV: 4 Then I heard the count of those who were marked with the seal. There were 144,000 from all of Yisrael’s tribes. (REV 7:4)

REV 7:11 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘elders and the four living_creatures and they fell’ SR GNT Rev 7:11 word 14

OET-LV: 11 And all the messengers had _stood around the throne, and the elders, and the four living _creatures, and they _fell before the throne on the faces of _them, and they _prostrated the before_god (REV_7:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then all the messengers stood around the throne, and around the elders and the four living beings. The messengers all knelt down in front of the throne with their faces to the ground and worshipped God (REV 7:11)

REV 9:14 τέσσαρας (tessaras) E-AMP ‘trumpet release the four messengers having_been bound at’ SR GNT Rev 9:14 word 14

OET-LV: 14 saying to _the sixth messenger, which having the trumpet: Release the four messengers, which having _been _bound at the river the great Eufrataʸs. (REV_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 that was telling the sixth messenger (with the trumpet), “Release the four messengers that are tied up by the large Euphrates River.” (REV 9:14)

REV 14:1 τέσσαρες (tessares) E-NFP ‘him a hundred forty four thousands having the’ SR GNT Rev 14:1 word 19

OET-LV: 14 And I _looked, and see, the lamb having _stood on the Mount of _Siōn/(Tsiyyōn), and with him a_hundred forty four thousands having the name of _him, and the name of _the father of _him, having _been _written on the foreheads of _them. (REV_14:1)

OET-RV: 14 Then I looked and wow, the lamb was standing on Mt. Tsiyyon/Zion, and with him were 144,000 people with his name and the name of his father written on their foreheads. (REV 14:1)

REV 14:3 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘and before the four living_creatures and the’ SR GNT Rev 14:3 word 16

OET-LV: 3 And they _are _singing a_song new before the throne, and before the four living _creatures, and the elders. And no _one was _able to _learn the song, except not/lest the hundred forty four thousands, which having _been _bought from the earth. (REV_14:3)

OET-RV: 3 They sang a new song in front of throne and the four living creatures and the elders, and no one was able to learn the song except the 144,000 who had been bought from the earth. (REV 14:3)

REV 14:3 τέσσαρες (tessares) E-NFP ‘the hundred forty four thousands having_been bought from’ SR GNT Rev 14:3 word 34

REV 15:7 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GNP ‘one of the four living_creatures gave to the’ SR GNT Rev 15:7 word 5

OET-LV: 7 And one of the four living _creatures gave to _the seven seven messengers bowls golden, being _full of _the rage of_ the _god, the one living to the ages of _the ages. (REV_15:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven messengers seven golden bowls that were full of the anger of God who lives through all the ages, (REV 15:7)

REV 19:4 τέσσαρα (tessara) E-NNP ‘four and the four living_creatures and they prostrated’ SR GNT Rev 19:4 word 12

OET-LV: 4 And fell the elders the twenty four, and the four living _creatures, and they _prostrated the before_god, the one sitting on the throne saying: Truly. Praise _Yāh. (REV_19:4)

OET-RV: 4 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures knelt down and worshipped God, the one sitting on the throne, saying, “May it be so. Praise Yahweh.” (REV 19:4)

REV 20:8 τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin) E-DFP ‘nations in the four corners of the earth’ SR GNT Rev 20:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 and he _will _be _coming _out to _deceive the nations which in the four corners of _the earth, the Gōg/(Gōg) and Magōg/(Māgōg), to _gather _together them to the war, of _whom the number of _them is like the sand of _the sea. (REV_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 and he’ll go out to deceive the nations right around the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them together to battle. They’ll be too many to count like the sand on the beach. (REV 20:8)

REV 21:17 τεσσάρων (tessarōn) E-GMP ‘of it of a hundred forty four cubits a measure of human_origin’ SR GNT Rev 21:17 word 11

OET-LV: 17 And he _measured the wall of _it, of_a_hundred forty four cubits, a_measure of _human _origin that is also of_the_messenger. (REV_21:17)

OET-RV: 17 He also measured the wall to be 70m using normal measurements. (REV 21:17)

Key: E=determiner/case-marker S=substantive adjective AFP=accusative,feminine,plural AMP=accusative,masculine,plural ANP=accusative,neuter,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural DNP=dative,neuter,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural GNP=genitive,neuter,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NNP=nominative,neuter,plural